C-UAS
Chilean Protesters Use Lasers to Take Down a Drone
This is the most cyberpunk thing I've seen for a while: Chilean protesters using lasers to take down a drone. pic.twitter.com/tLSgj7YSB6 — NetSec Focus (@netsecfocus) 13 de noviembre de 2019
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Accidents
Russian Military Drone Crashes into Garden
A military-grade drone crash-landed a few dozen meters away from homes in a tiny town in central Russia. Footage and images of the grounded drone shows it planted in an apartment's block's shared garden on Saturday afternoon. Around a dozen people are seen surrounding
Testing
Iris Automation and Kansas DOT Complete BVLOS Flight
The Kansas Department of Transportation’s (KDOT) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Pilot Program (IPP) has successfully completed the first beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) drone operation using only onboard detect-and-avoid systems. The flight mark the first time under Part 107 the FAA has authorized an operation
Camcopter S-100 Completes Integration on French LHD
France's Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA) procurement agency has qualified the integration of Schiebel's S-100 Camcopter rotary-wing unmanned aerial system (UAS) on board the French Navy's Mistral-class amphibious assault (LHD) ship Dixmude . The S-100 UAV is now fully
C-UAS
French Army STAT Unit Tests SkyWall C-AUS System
An evaluation of OpenWorks Engineering, SkyWall net capture systems was recently conducted by the innovative STAT unit from the French Army, at a test range in the south of France. Soldiers were trained to operate both systems, SkyWall Patrol (previously known as SkyWall100) and SkyWall Auto, prior to a test
Business
ADASI Partners with Swissdrones for Surveying and S&R Operations
ADASI has signed a contract with SwissDrones, a high-tech company based in Switzerland, that specialises in the development and production of UAVs for superior endurance in critical unmanned aerial applications. The partnership will allow ADASI to integrate other payloads on SwissDrones SDO-50V2, and exclusively sell the drone within
Business
Governor Cuomo Announces Completion of 50-Mile Drone Corridor
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the completion of the state supported 50-mile unmanned traffic management drone corridor, which runs from Central New York to the Mohawk Valley. The first-in-the-nation corridor is the most advanced drone testing corridor in the nation. With the needed infrastructure now in
C-UAS
DroneShield Launches Vehicle-Mounted C-UAS System
DroneShield Ltd has announced the release of vehicle-mounted drone detection and defeat product, DroneSentry-X. Lightweight at approximately 10kg, compact size and and easily mountable on most vehicles, the product is expected to be of significant interest to a range of DroneShield’s customer base globally, across military, law
Business
ManTech Wins $82M Task Order for US Navy Unmanned Platform Analysis, R&D Support
ManTech announced that it has been awarded a five-year $82 million prime task order to provide analysis, research and development support for the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division in support of Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) unmanned aircraft (PMA 262). ManTech was awarded this contract under
National Press Photographers Association Partners with DRONERESPONDERS to Promote Drone Safety
The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) has announced a partnership with DRONERESPONDERS to help promote increased safety and communication between the news media and first responders operating drones in the National Airspace System (NAS). Announced at the Drone Journalism Leadership Summit held at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism
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CANSO Publishes Paper on Safe Integration of Drones
Members of Europe’s leading aviation associations have published a joint paper setting out the principles to support the safe integration into European airspace of unmanned aircraft, or ‘drones’. This is one of the most critical issues facing the aviation industry today. Drones will revolutionise many aspects of everyday life,
P-51 Mustang at Air Force Armament Museum Gets Vinyl Wrap
Over the summer, the Air Force Armament Museum’s P-51 Mustang got its first new paint job in more than 30 years. And not a single drop of paint was used in the process. That is because the P-51 became the first Air Force museum aircraft to be