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The Miami-Dade County Police Department has finalised a deal to buy a T-Hawk from Honeywell and officially applied for permission from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) last month to begin flying it around the county. The 20-pound UAS has cameras mounted on the sides, can fly for
Military
ORBIT Communication Systems, Ltd., has won a contract valued at $3.1 Million for the supply of multiple ship borne Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) tracking and communications systems to an undisclosed customer. The advanced tracking and communications systems are designed to be operated on platforms at sea. Compensating for the
Military
NEW DELHI: India is now deploying naval spy drones on the Gujarat coast to detect terror and conventional threats emanating from sea from across the border in real-time. The naval UAV ( unmanned aerial vehicle) squadron, named INAS 343, with a mix of Israeli Searcher and Heron drones, will be
Commercial
The amateur enthusiasts at the DIY Drones Factory announced that they are working on a dozen new products at the moment, and, in the spirit of the open source community, reveal some details on their blog in the name of transparency. Read more details here
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Testing
Euro Hawk, the premier unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for the German Air Force, successfully proved its long endurance capability with a 30.3-hour flight over Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Built by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) and EADS Deutschland GmbH, operating through Cassidian, the defence and security division
Testing
The Northrop Grumman/Bell Helicopter Fire-X demonstrator is executing a series of flight trials following its first unmanned flight Dec. 10 in Yuma, Ariz., just days after arriving there for flight testing. Northrop approached Bell and crafted the jointly funded project in early 2010 with the goal of flying
Military
The US Defense Department announced that it has awarded $85 million to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems to provide logistical support for its Warrior A/Warrior Block O unmanned aircraft system (UAS), which is being developed for the Army. The work will be performed in Poway but represents support to four
Events
UVS International’s annual conference & exhibition for the global unmanned aircraft systems community with take place in Paris, France on 5-7 June 2012. In order to remain in line with the terminology [remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) & remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS)] being proposed by the International Civil
Commercial
Arizona received its fourth unmanned aircraft system last Tuesday in the form of a Predator-B. US Customs and Border Patrol
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