Loitering Munitions - One Way Effector (OWE)
On January 2, 2024, the Russian-based ZALA Group unveiled their latest development, the "Izdeliye 55" loitering munition or kamikaze drone for deployment in Ukraine. This new drone is an addition to the renowned Lancet family, notable for its distinctive X-wing aerodynamic design and is equipped with
Drone technology has advanced significantly in recent years, with uses ranging from transportation to military operations. Drones are also increasingly popular among leisure users. This report highlights a Buddhist priest who hopes his love of drones will help revitalize his community Fuji Akinori is the Chief Priest in the Hiroshima
Loitering Munitions - One Way Effector (OWE)
AeroVironment Inc., Simi Valley, California, was awarded a $65,402,691 modification (P00036) to contract W31P4Q-20-C-0024 for the Switchblade weapon system. Work will be performed in Simi Valley, California, with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2024. Fiscal 2024 Foreign Military Sales funds in the amount
UAM/UTM
NASA has partnered with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, to successfully demonstrate the safe integration of unmanned aircraft systems on a use case to support emergency response and disaster recovery activities. This test, which happened in October 2018, connected JAXA’s Disaster Relief Aircraft Information Sharing Network, or
Transport
Despite all of the excitement and all of the big investment in drone programs, we still don’t have drone delivery in most places. Food’s still being dropped off by gig drivers, and nobody’s getting a new iPhone 18XXL dropped onto their lawns. If anything, packages and deliveries
Anduril Industries Inc., Costa Mesa, California, was awarded a $31,115,802 firm-fixed-price delivery order for Wide-Area Infrared System for Persistence Surveillance SkyFence. This contract provides for a passive sensing capability, coupled with sensor fusion and artificial intelligence, for use by the 412th Test Wing to provide
Business
The U.S. Army plans to substantially increase its arsenal of Coyote counter-drone interceptors, as well as associated launchers and radars, in the next five years or so. The service says it wants to buy 6,000 jet-powered Block 2 variants, which carry an explosive warhead to destroy
A PhD engineering student who built a 'kamikaze' drone in the hopes it would deliver chemical weapons for Isis was jailed for life on DEcember 22nd. Mohamed Al Bared, 27, used a 3D printer in his bedroom to put together a prototype of the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
Testing
Turkey's first flying-wing, deep-strike unmanned aerial vehicle has successfully performed its maiden flight, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on Thursday, the latest addition to the country's famed homegrown drone fleet. The debut of the new generation air combat fighter, named Anka-3, marks the
Testing
In a significant milestone for the DEGREE project, UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía, a Spanish company specializing in guidance, navigation, and control systems for RPAS/UAS, has successfully conducted flight tests to validate the performance of the EGNSS receiver developed under the project, funded by EUSPA and led by Qascom in
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PrecisionHawk, a Raleigh, North Carolina-based developer of commercial drones, is shutting down. In mid-December 2023, the company voluntarily filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy indicates a company no longer has plans to continue operating. According to the filing, PrecisionHawk has about $17 million of
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The U.S. Department of Defense and the Japanese Ministry of Defense signed a project arrangement for joint research on Overwhelming Response through Collaborative Autonomy, Dec. 22, 2023. The project’s objective is to revolutionize airborne combat by merging state-of-the-art artificial intelligence and machine learning with advanced