Electronic Sub-Systems
Aurora Flight Sciences is collaborating with Socionext Inc., a top expert in radar sensor technology, to provide a radar-enabled collision protection system for consumer drones. The Radar Flight Control Module (RFCM) is comprised of a single-chip 24GHz radar with range measurement software. The radar responds acutely to its
Accidents
Crew error and datalink issues caused an MQ-1B to crash Feb. 2, 2016, in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, according to an Air Combat Command Abbreviated Accident Investigation Board report just released. The MQ-1B was assigned to the 432nd Wing at Creech Air Force Base,
Commercial
The Commercial Unmanned Aircraft Association of Southern Africa (CUAASA), an affiliate of the Commercial Aviation Association of Southern Africa (CAASA), hosted its Annual General Meeting on Saturday 27 January 2018 and set out a plan of action for 2018. In his opening remarks, Dean Polley, President of CUAASA, emphasised the
Business
Atlas Dynamics, a next generation aerospace company providing autonomous UAV solutions, announced that it has entered a partnership with Luxriot, developer of high-performance Luxriot Evo Video Management Software, to develop drone-based solutions for the defense, security and first response markets. "These are three key markets that are
Events
Abu Dhabi based Krypto Labs has recently opened the worldwide registration for its Drone Innovation Startup contest. Krypto Labs DISC 2018 is open to both individual innovators and team-based projects or start-up companies with no more than 10 employees, and from anywhere in the world DISC 2018 will
Regulations
Developers can now integrate AirMap's low-altitude authorization and notification capability (LAANC) directly into their unmanned aerial systems (UAS) apps, providing Part 107 commercial drone operators with a seamless, automated way to request and receive waivers for flights in controlled airspace. The capability, which uses app-to-app
Regulations
The European airport industry is calling for the swift adoption of safety and traffic management rules at EU level on the use of drones. The EU Aviation Strategy has been a major driver of the development of new regulation on the use of drones, since its announcement in December 2015.
Business
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. has been awarded a $49,336,683 cost-plus-fixed-fee order (FA8620-18-F-2363) to previously awarded basic ordering agreement FA8620-15-G-4040. This contract provides for tasks necessary to develop, field, and sustain Air Force Special Operations Command and Air Combat
NASA has successfully applied a new technology in flight that allows aircraft to fold their wings to different angles while in the air. The recent flight series, which took place at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California, was part of the Spanwise Adaptive Wing project, or SAW. This
First Responders
Skyfire Consulting, a public safety-focused drone company, kicked off 2018 by gaining the FAA's sign-off on the Los Angeles Fire Department's in-house UAV program. LAFD, one of the nation's busiest fire/rescue agencies, put their trust in the four-year-old
Commercial
The southern Polish mining city of Katowice has started testing a drone to pinpoint offenders who break anti-smog rules. The machine, supplied by the local Flytronic company, can analyse the chemical composition of smoke emitted from the chimneys of individual houses. Local authorities hope that the eye in the
Commercial
GreenSight Agronomics, a drone services and agricultural intelligence provider, has secured a waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration to operate its drone system beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS). BVLOS operations allows GreenSight to control its drone systems stationed anywhere in the world remotely from its Boston command center. While