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American University of Sharjah Conducts First Hydrogen Fuel Cell-Powered UAV...
The American University of Sharjah (AUS) has announced that a team of researchers from its Department of Mechanical Engineering has successfully conducted the first hydrogen fuel cell powered unmanned...
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EC-SAFEMOBIL Project Achieves First Tethered UAV Landing on Mobile Platform
The Centre for Advanced Aerospace Technologies (FADA-CATEC) has announced that its EC-SAFEMOBIL project has achieved the first tethered landing of an unmanned aircraft on a platform moving in three...
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RQ-4 Global Hawk Demonstrates Advanced Mission Management & Control Capabilities
Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully demonstrated mission management control features that create more unmanned aircraft system (UAS) versatility and efficiencies. During a series of...
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National Science Foundation Awards $6 Million Grant for Meteorological UAVs
The University of Kentucky has announced that, along with Oklahoma State University, University of Oklahoma, and University of Nebraska, it has been awarded a $6 million National Science Foundation...
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Aero Kinetics and GridMeNow to Develop On-Demand UAS Technology
Aero Kinetics, an aerospace and defense firm, has announced a partnership with GridMeNow, a developer of a mobile platform that provides location-based digital content. Aero Kinetics plans to...
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Remote GeoSystems Adds DJI Inspire 1 UAV Support to LineVision Recording...
Remote GeoSystems, Inc., a developer of Geospatial Full Motion Video (FMV) recording solutions, has announced that it has added direct support for DJI’s Inspire 1 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in all...
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AeroVironment’s RQ-11B Raven UAS to be used by Spanish MOD
AeroVironment, Inc. has received a contract from the United States Army totaling $3.4 million for RQ-11B Raven® unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to supply the Spanish Ministry of Defense via the Foreign...
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Drone Aviation WASP Aerostat Completes DoD Enterprise Challenge
Drone Aviation Holding Corp. (DAC), a manufacturer of tethered drones and lighter-than-air aerostats, has announced that its U.S. Army-owned WASP (Winch Aerostat Small Platform) tactical aerostat has...
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Mitsui Chemicals POLYMETAC to be Used in New Lightweight UAV Frames
Mitsui Chemicals Inc. has announced that the company’s unique metal resin integral technology, POLYMETAC, has been selected for use in the frames of new autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles which are...
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U.S. Army Upgrades AeroVironment RQ-11B Raven UAS
The new configuration of the Raven R-11B Small UAS with the Gimbal payload. (Image: US Army) The U.S. Army confirmed last week that selected units had received an upgrade to their RQ-11B Raven UAS, to...
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Trimble Announces New ZX5 Multirotor UAS for Mapping and Inspection
Trimble has announced the release of its new ZX5 Multirotor Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), an aerial imaging and workflow solution that captures and processes geo-referenced photo and video data for...
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NASA Chooses UASUSA Tempest Drone to Monitor Wildfires and Swamp Algae
UASUSA, a manufacturer of small electric unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and developer of complete UAV-based solutions, has announced that its Tempest drone has been chosen by NASA to monitor...
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US Navy and Northrop Grumman Test Endurance of MQ-8C Fire Scout
Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced that, in conjunction with the U.S. Navy, it has successfully demonstrated endurance capabilities with the MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter. On a planned...
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PRENAV Announces High-Precision Commercial Drone System
PRENAV, a startup technology company, has announced that it is developing a precision drone system with centimetre-level accuracy for infrastructure inspection. The company has received $1.2 million in...
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Northwest UAV Concludes Flight Testing with NW-44 Engine
Northwest UAV (NWUAV), a developer of propulsion systems for unmanned aerial vehicles, has announced the completion of over 100 hours of rigorous flight testing with the NW-44 engine, setting a new...
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Pearson Sponsors Ocean Alliance to Study Whales with Drones
Pearson, the publishing and education company, has announced that it is partnering with the Ocean Alliance and the Olin College of Engineering to help sponsor a project that aims to aid in the study of...
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NASA to Install Locata Network at UAS Research Center
Locata Corporation, a developer of terrestrial positioning networks, has announced that NASA plans to install a Locata network (LocataNet) as the core positioning technology for safety-critical...
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Boston Engineering Receives USAF Grant to Improve UAV Motor Control
Boston Engineering, an engineering consultancy company, has announced that it has been awarded a $150,000 contract by the U.S. Air Force to enhance UAV capabilities and to also reduce drone noise....
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Orbital Receives Insitu Order for UAV Engines and Propulsion Systems
Orbital Corporation Limited (“Orbital” or “the Company”) has received an order valued at US$9.7 million (A$12 million) from Insitu Inc. (“Insitu”), a subsidiary of The Boeing Company (“Boeing”), to...
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Hydrogen Fuel Cell-Powered UAV to Attempt 300km Flight
Horizon Energy Systems (HES), a developer of high-performance fuel cells, has announced that one of the company’s fuel cells will be powering a new civilian UAV designed for search and rescue during...
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