Aim. Engage. Stop. Battelle’s revolutionary DroneDefender, is the first portable, accurate, rapid-to-use counter-weapon to stop suspicious or hostile drones in flight, providing critical security protection at home and abroad. The Battelle DroneDefender uses radio control frequency disruption technologies to safely stop drones in the air, before
Military
The UK’s Military Aviation Authority is preparing the release of an updated version of its regulations on unmanned air vehicles, which will draw on feedback from a first document that was released last January. Following the UK's drawdown from Afghanistan – a theatre in which UAVs were operated
Radar
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has developed a range of ground-based systems for detecting, tracking, and disrupting (jamming) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in response to growing global security concerns over the proliferation of cheap and easy-to-operate remote-controlled (RC) aircraft. The systems, which will be unveiled during the
The Patroller (1) drone system from Sagem (Safran) operated very successfully in homeland security tests from October 5 to 8 within the scope of AIRBEAM, a European Integrated Project. As the main surveillance system in an overall protection and intervention organization, the Patroller drone was operated as part of a
Korean Air displayed the KUS-FT tactical unmanned aerial system (UAS) at the ADEX 2015 defence exhibition in Seoul. The system, which comprises four unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), a launch catapult and recovery system, a ground control station, and a support station, is in Republic of Korea Army and Republic
Regulations
Federal officials plan to announce on Monday that all drones will have to be registered with the U.S. Transportation Department, Fortune has learned. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and F.A.A. Administrator Michael Huerta will hold a press conference in Washington D.C. to explain the government’
Accidents
Turkey said its warplanes shot down a drone Friday near its border with Syria, underscoring heightened hostility in the region's increasingly crowded airspace. The aircraft was warned three times to turn back before being fired on by Turkish jets patrolling the border, the Turkish military said in a
The city-based University of Central Lancashire is working on a research initiative, between the University of Central Lancashire’s Engineering Innovation Center (EIC), and The University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute which has just seen the first flight of a UAV part-constructed with graphene. This new nano-
Military
Indra, a Spanish defence systems company, has announced that it has presented the unmanned version of its P2006T MRI maritime reconnaissance and intelligence aircraft at a London conference on maritime reconnaissance. Indra’s General Manager of Defense and Security, José Manuel Pérez-Pujazón, took advantage of the firm’s participation
Testing
Lockheed Martin and KAMAN Corporations demonstrated for federal officials how the remotely piloted K-MAX helicopter can be used to perform wildland firefighting scenarios, including cargo drops, single target water drops, and progressive line building with a bucket. The demonstration provided officials from the U.S. Department of the Interior
Events
Dr. Patrick Meier, founder of Humanitarian UAV Network and representatives from UNICEF and the American Red Cross, will discuss the latest developments and explore partnership opportunities with the humanitarian community during a dynamic panel on Humanitarian Applications for UAVs at the Drone World Expo. This panel, scheduled for Tuesday, November
Business
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems announced that it has been awarded a full-rate production contract by the US Army for 19 Improved Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft to be delivered by September 2018. “We are very pleased that the Army has awarded us this production contract for IGE, which delivers a