Business
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been issued a task order to support the Department of Defense Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) to begin engineering and planning work to reconfigure four United States Air Force EQ-4 Block 20 Global Hawk aircraft for use in the SkyRange fleet of testing vehicles. Northrop
Training
A 90-year-old man who runs a farming business in this west Japan city obtained a proficiency certification for drone operations on December 10, and is also seeking qualifications to operate large agricultural drones by the spring of 2022. Mamoru Tanaka started fully engaging in farming after retiring from
Weapons Systems / Lasers
AeroVironment Inc. just released this video showing a Simulated Sensor to Shooter mission demonstration of a Puma AE small unmanned aircraft system and Switchblade 300 tactical missile system. Source: YouTube [themoneytizer id="15547-28"]
Research
The Drone Flight Management System Market research report has been added to Technavio's catalogue. The market is anticipated to witness healthy growth at a CAGR of 30.47%. This growth can be attributed to increase in legal acceptance of drone operations for commercial applications. However, lower battery life
Testing
Researchers, roboticists, and technologists deployed swarms of autonomous air and ground vehicles to test mission capabilities in the final field experiment (FX-6) of DARPA’s OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program at the Cassidy Combined Arms Collective Training Facility (CACTF) in Fort Campbell, Tennessee. Since the program kicked off
Transport
After nearly a year of trial operation in Shenzhen, Meituan UAV takeaway will soon be launched in Shanghai, and it is currently in the internal test phase. On November 28, Dragon TV showed an example in a report. When a user logged into the Meituan app, he found that a
Inspections
SPH Engineering has introduced the Remote Water Sampling System, a new UAV-based solution within UgCS Integrated Systems product line.
UAV Navigation recently performed remote support to one of their Australian customers using their Visionair CloudLink technical support tool. Using this software, UAV Navigation was able to monitor the client's platform in real time during the flight carried out and confirm the gains that define the correct operation
Law Enforcement
A Red Bluff, California man was arrested on Tuesday this week after shooting a BB gun at a police drone and admitting to recent burglaries in the area. Police said they were operating a drone near the Raley's Shopping Center at around 11:54 a.m. late Tuesday
Military
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is unveiling a new Unmanned Aircraft System called Mojave, named for one of the harshest and most austere areas the world, where deadly rattlesnakes and horned lizards adapt to survive the extreme forces of nature. Mojave is based on the avionics and flight
Propulsion
China has successfully tested a new homegrown powerful turboprop engine especially designed for drones to be used in the country's southwest plateau regions, overcoming a technical barrier that limited the performance of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) at high altitudes, with analysts speculating that it will boost the logistics
Drone Racing
The Drone Racing League (DRL), the world's premier, professional drone racing property, announced it has been accredited by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as the first unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) event organizer. A leader in drone-event safety, DRL also announced its participation in FAA's Partnership