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Under the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory’s (DSTL) three-year Autonomous Systems Underpinning Research (ASUR) programme, which aims to develop key technologies for unmanned systems, Plextek is developing sense-and-avoid, communications and camouflage systems that are compact and power-efficient enough to be used on small UAVs. The
Aeryon Labs, a provider of small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) for military, public safety and commercial operators, has announced that it has entered into a technology partnership with TrellisWare Technologies, Inc., a developer of wireless communications solutions and signal processing innovations. The two firms will work together to integrate TrellisWare
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A team at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, has succeeded in launching 50 drones that were all controlled by a single person. “To our knowledge, this is a world record for the number of UAVs under single operator control, by quite a long way,” says project lead Kevin
US Air Force Special Operations Command wants an expendable, tube-launched small unmanned aerial vehicle for its AC-130 “battleplane” for peering beneath cloud cover to direct gunfire and precision-guided munitions. The special forces organisation, which employs a large fleet of manned gunships equipped with 30mm and 105mm cannons,
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Airbus Defence and Space has developed a Counter-UAV System which detects illicit intrusions of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over critical areas at long ranges and offers electronic countermeasures minimising the risk of collateral damage.“All over the world, incidents with universally available small drones have revealed a security gap
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The U.K. Ministry of Defence has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to support the Desert Hawk 3 programme and establish the small unmanned aerial system (UAS) as a Core Defence Capability. Desert Hawk 3 has flown more than 30,000 hours, mostly under austere conditions, to support critical mission
Agriculture
Kansas State University recently signed a research partnership with PrecisionHawk Inc., a Raleigh, North Carolina, company that develops unmanned aerial systems and applications that manage the data collected by the vehicles while in operation. The partnership establishes the four-year project "Advancing an end-to-end solution for agricultural
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Thales’ new modular Watchkeeper X system reflects a growing need for high-end military-standard Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) capability to wider markets. This modular Unmanned Aircraft System offers a range of options that can be adapted to specific operational requirements. The versatile system is ideal for
Testing
Evolving technologies necessary for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to safely avoid other aircraft while moving through the nation's skies recently were put to the test using NASA's remotely piloted Ikhana aircraft. Equipped with a prototype system of Detect-and-Avoid (DAA) sensors working in concert with
Worldwide Aeros Corp. (Aeros), a California manufacturer of airships and aerostats operating with a FAA Production Certificate, announced today that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Aeros have reached agreement on the plan for certification of Aeros’ latest airship, the ‘40E Sky Dragon.’ Aeros expects the 40E ‘Sky Dragon’ will
MAPPS, the trade association of private sector geospatial firms, will be co-locating its Fall Policy Conference at Drone World Expo, November 17-18 at the San Jose Convention Center. The conference will kick off with a presentation on What You Need to Know Before Starting Up Your Unmanned Aircraft
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Swedish unmanned helicopter company CybAero has gained a new shareholder. Subversive Capital, a US fund, has acquired the remainder of California-based AeroVironment's CybAero holding. "We are delighted that Subversive Capital decided to become a major shareholder of CybAero and we look forward to working closely with