Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) continues its efforts to meet the country's demand for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems. The engine of Turkey's new UAV ANKA-2, which will have a higher payload capacity than the current UAVs, delivered a successful performance during testing. The brand new
C-UAS
Korean defense contractor Hanwha Systems has begun development of an anti- drone system, and development has proceeded to prototyping of the radar. Research and development of the counter-UAV (C-UAV) technology is being conducted at the Hanwha Systems Research Center located in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province. There, researchers are conducting
Events
From starting out as a speck in the sky, the aircraft flew in smoothly, landing precisely on the runway before pausing and then taxiing itself to a point where it was towed to the static display area. This autonomous system has been supporting the U.S. and its allies for
Business
FlytBase, Inc. and Skysense, Inc. have just announced a partnership to bring fully-automated, low-cost drone-in-a-box solution to the market and help customers scale their commercial drone deployments. As drone operations continue to grow in 2019, businesses are looking for ways to automate and scale their
Commercial
Thales and Telstra combine their expertise with a view to building a robust, safe and secure ecosystem that will enable the management of low altitude airspace for manned and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Thales and Telstra have jointly prototyped a data and communication solution to prepare the way for the
Business
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that it has acquired an 80.1% interest in Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc. and FTT Core, LLC (collectively “FTT”), a leading technology company and innovation leader in advanced turbine engines, for $60 million, consisting of $33 million in cash and $27 million in
Data Links & Communications
Hughes Network Systems, LLC has announced the first shipments of its specialized, multiband HM400 SATCOM modems to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), powering beyond-line-of-sight communications for their next-generation Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) known as the MQ-9B SkyGuardian. Customized to meet specific operational requirements,
Testing
Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) demonstrated its outstanding capabilities to a large European oil and gas corporation during demanding trials in Rivers State, Nigeria, from 27 to 30 January 2019. The international oil and gas industry has shown increasing interest in employing UAS to effectively monitor
Commercial
The second-generation Laser Methane Copter by SPH Engineering and PERGAM transfers high-precision data on the go. This solution answers the need for a safer ready-to-use drone-based detecting system for every company that produces, transfers or uses methane. Natural gas pipeline surveys, tank inspections, landfill emission
Business
UAV Vision, an Australian company that specializes in high-performance imaging systems for air, ground and maritime domains, will be trading under a new name – AVT Australia – as part of its corporate rebranding initiative. The new branding represents the strategic partnership between UAV Vision and Ascent Vision Technologies. The two
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has partnered with Kittyhawk to redevelop B4UFLY to further our safety mission and create a new and improved mobile application to help recreational drone operators learn where they can and can't fly. The project is being done at no cost to the FAA.
Just over a year ago Northwest UAV announced that the NW-44 Multi-Fuel Engine had reached the noteworthy milestone of logging over 1,000 combat flight hours. Today, that same engine line has flown over 10,000 flight hours and has logged over 1,000 flights. As the NW-