Airbus to Trial Drone and AR-Based Aircraft Inspection
Airbus has announced that the Spanish Air Force has become the first air force worldwide to support the development of the company’s drone and augmented reality (AR)-based maintenance inspection...
View ArticleCanadian Armed Forces UAS Equipped with PicoSAR Radar
Leonardo has announced that it has signed a multi-million Euro contract with prime contractor QinetiQ to provide a number of PicoSAR Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA, also known as ‘E-Scan’)...
View ArticleEO/IR Surveillance Payload Integrated onto SkyGuardian & Reaper UAS
L3 WESCAM and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) have announced that, as members of Team SkyGuardian Canada and supporters of the MQ-9B SkyGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft System...
View ArticleQinetiQ Launches New Supersonic Target UAV
QinetiQ has unveiled a new Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) supersonic target that can be attached to the company’s jet Banshee aerial target and launched during flight. Rattler was built to enable ships...
View ArticleSilent Falcon Extended Endurance UAS Announced
Silent Falcon UAS Technologies, manufacturer of the Silent Falcon solar electric fixed-wing Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), has announced the introduction of the Silent Falcon EE (Extended Endurance)...
View ArticleDroneSense Software Platform Provides Security for Indy 500
DroneSense has announced that its drone management software platform was used by pilots from Speedway, IN Police Department, the Indianapolis Metro Police Department, Indianapolis Fire, and Wayne...
View ArticleDrone Imagery Used for Flood Prevention Modelling Service
Airbus Aerial and Swiss Re Corporate Solutions have announced a collaboration that will help companies efficiently identify flood risks and more accurately predict weather-related flood damage. Under...
View ArticleDrone Aviation Awarded Additional $1.7 Contract
Drone Aviation Holding Corp., a manufacturer of tethered drones and lighter-than-air aerostats, has announced that it has been selected by a prime contractor for an additional award valued at...
View ArticleAirborne Audio Management Solution Selected for Heron TP UAV
Orbit Communications Systems, a provider of airborne communications solutions, has announced that Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has placed a $US1.8 million order for Orbit’s Orion airborne audio...
View ArticleDrone Parachute System Granted FAA Waiver to Fly Over People
ParaZero Technologies Ltd., a drone safety systems company, has announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved a first-ever waiver allowing general contractor, Hensel Phelps, to...
View ArticleBoeing Invests in Commercial UAS Services & Repair Provider
Boeing has announced its investment in Robotic Skies, a services provider that connects manufacturers and operators of commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) with a global network of more than 170...
View ArticleBlack Hawk Helicopter Flown With Optionally Piloted Vehicle Technology
Sikorsky has announced that a technology kit developed by the company has been used for the first time to operate a Black Hawk helicopter with full-authority, fly-by-wire flight controls. The flight...
View ArticleExtended Capacity InstantEye Mk-3 sUAS Variants Developed
InstantEye Robotics has announced the availability of new extended range, endurance, and payload capacity variants of the InstantEye Mk-3 family of Group I sUAS (small unmanned aerial systems). The...
View ArticleNew LiDAR Data Processing Software Released
YellowScan, a developer of UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) LiDAR solutions, has announced the release of its new CloudStation software, which provides a complete solution for the creation and...
View ArticleLORD Provides Inertial Sensing Technology for GPS-Denied Environments
LORD Corporation has confirmed that it has partnered with Emesent, a developer of autonomous technology for industrial drones, to bring inertial sensing technology to Emesent’s Hovermap 3D lidar...
View ArticleKa-Band In-Flight Connectivity System Unveiled for UAVs
Viasat has announced the availability of its new Ka-band Global Aero Terminal (GAT-5518), which provides in-flight connectivity (IFC) services for government, business and military Unmanned Aerial...
View ArticleHoneywell Radar System Selected for Automated Air Taxi Takeoff & Landing
Honeywell has announced that it has signed an agreement with an unnamed air taxi developer to supply multiple units of its new IntuVue RDR-84K Band Radar System for the developer’s urban air mobility...
View ArticleElectrohydraulic Flight Control Actuation Selected for MQ-25 Unmanned Tanker
Parker Aerospace, a developer of motion and control technologies, has announced that it has been awarded a contract by The Boeing Company to supply flight control tail actuation for the MQ-25 unmanned...
View ArticleNASA Autonomous Mars Helicopter Enters Final Testing Phase
NASA has announced that its autonomous Mars Helicopter flight demonstration project has passed a number of key tests and moved into the final testing phase. In 2021, the small, autonomous helicopter...
View ArticleAeroVironment Acquires VTOL UAS Developer
AeroVironment has announced that it has acquired Pulse Aerospace, LLC, a developer and supplier of small VTOL unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), for $25.7 million. Pulse’s HeliSynth technology provides...
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