Training
CybAero signed a framework agreement with a company belonging to the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) on July 2. The framework agreement entails a commitment by AVIC to purchase at least 70 of CybAero's unmanned helicopter systems over the next eight years. The framework agreement is expected
Xiaomi is the fastest growing smartphone manufacturer in the world at the moment. The company’s growth rate is kind of staggering, and they have huge plans for the future. This company is selling smartphone and tablets, but those are just a part of the big picture for Xiaomi. This
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The Federal Aviation Administration has granted eight more regulatory exemptions for commercial use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operations, bringing the total number of exemption grants to 24. The agency has issued new exemptions to Total Safety U.S. Inc. for flare stack inspections, to Slugwear, Inc. (dba LikeonaTree Aerial)
Testing
CybAero received an order from China Customs for three systems in January 2014. These systems are to be stationed on three new vessels China Customs will be commissioning in 2015. CybAero commenced factory testing on the first system on February 2nd. The purpose of the factory testing is to verify
Business
The Obama administration rolled out a proposed Fiscal Year 2016 defence budget of $585.3 billion on February 2. Nearly $50 billion would be spent on aircraft and related systems during the fiscal year, which begins in October. Among the four services, the Air Force had the largest plus-up
East Liberty-based Identified Technologies has created an automated drone and docking system for gathering data at industrial sites, especially shale gas operations.A helicopter equipped with magnetic sensors flew over three plots of Pennsylvania state lands hunting for signs of forgotten oil and gas wells last summer at a
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Northrop Grumman Corporation will begin production of four RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for the Republic of Korea's Air Force. The systems will provide valuable wide-area intelligence gathering capabilities to military commanders so they can make more informed decisions. Under a contract awarded Dec.
Regulations
Three BBC journalists have been questioned by Swiss police for breaching high-level security protocols by using a drone at the World Economic Forum in Davos last month. The journalists, who are understood to have worked with the BBC’s chief business correspondent Linda Yueh, were briefly detained by Swiss
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Even for the world’s biggest icebreaker, the best way through Arctic ice is to go around it. There’s an art to navigating an obstacle course of ice floes thick enough to smash a hole in a steel hull. Experienced seamen know how to suss out the softer spots.
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Anti-submarine warfare (ASW) experts at BAE Systems are developing an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) sensor payload able to look for submerged enemy submarines by detecting small variations in the Earth's magnetic field. Officials of the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) in Arlington, Va., announced an
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China has supplied at least one UAV, the Pterodactyl (Yilong-1), which was developed by China's Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group, to Uzbekistan.This was part of a series of contracts for the provision of defence equipment to these Central Asian countries were signed back in 2013. The purpose
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Puy du Fou has become the first theme park to introduce an ‘intelligent’ drone fleet to enhance its visitors’ experience. France’s second most-visited theme park (after Disneyland Paris) allows visitors to witness history being brought to life through 60+ shows – from the Vikings and Knights of the Round