Military
QinetiQ is to demonstrate the integration of unmanned systems into Royal Navy operations, under a £1m contract with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD). Under the contract with the Mine countermeasures and Hydrographic Capability (MHC) team in the MOD’s Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), QinetiQ will provide
Regulations
The Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has banned people from operating “Unmanned Air Systems”, or drones, in Qatar’s airspace without its permission. In an advertisement published in the newspapers yesterday, the CAA noted that Law Number 11 of 2002 prohibits unauthorised use of “automated or Remotely Piloted Air Vehicles
Data Links & Communications
Harris Corporation has introduced a comprehensive solution to increase the safety of drones and other commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) flying at low altitudes in the U.S. Harris’ ADS-B Xtend service provides critical surveillance information to help UAS operators and airspace managers to increase safety of their operations
Commercial
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Military
The quadcopter-based contraption Insitu and Hood Technology have developed for launching the ScanEagle – the flying launch and recovery system (FLARES) – should be ready for production by late 2017. Insitu’s director of advanced development, Andrew Hayes, told Flightglobal at the AUVSI Xponential exhibition in New Orleans, Louisiana on 3
C-UAS
A new free smart phone app that tracks drone signals close to airports or crowded events could help prevent unmanned aerial vehicles being used for nefarious purposes such as terrorism. With terror attacks gripping the world in recent years, security experts are seeking new ways of ramping up defense systems.
TEKEVER has new vessel detection capabilities for its AR3 and AR4 product lines. The new capabilities allow for an increased effectiveness of the systems in multiple types of maritime missions.Automatically detecting vessels from visual images at sea presents multiple technical and operational challenges, such as highly dynamic background, sun
Business
The loosening of restrictions in the U.S. regarding use of unmanned aerial vehicles for commercial purposes has unlocked vast markets and opportunities throughout North America. To serve these new markets, German UAV manufacturer, Microdrones has merged with Avyon, the North American UAV solutions provider that brought the Microdrones brand
Regulations
Dave Mathewson, executive director of the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA), which is the world’s largest community-based organization whose members fly model aircraft for recreational and educational purposes, has released the following statement on the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) new broad-based advisory committee and the
A computer model of how bees use vision to avoid hitting walls could be a breakthrough in the development of autonomous drones. Bees control their flight using the speed of motion (optic flow) of the visual world around them. A study by Scientists at the University of Sheffield Department of
Roke Manor Research (Roke) will be trialling the world’s first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capable of landing autonomously on a moving ship using vision technology during the Royal Navy’s Unmanned Warrior exercise in October. Roke’s Autoland technology, which has been funded and developed in collaboration with the
Regulations
The FAA has just published this synopsis of it various UAS initiatives. Drone Advisory Council (DAC) The purpose of the FAA's newly announced UAS Advisory Committee is to provide an open venue for FAA and key decision makers supporting the safe introduction of unmanned aircraft systems into the