UAV Turbines, Inc. (UAVT), a pioneer of micro-turbine technology, announced that it successfully demonstrated its Monarch Hybrid Range Extender (HREX), a micro-turbine powered generator technology that extends the range of electrically powered medium-sized unmanned aircraft (UAVs). The HREX developmental system can extend the endurance of a wide
The ability to fly unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) beyond the visual line of sight (BVLOS) significantly improves their effectiveness and potential. The increased range of BVLOS operations requires real-time airspace situational awareness for the UAV pilot and support crew to ensure safe, repeatable operations. Canadian UAVs and Lockheed Martin
As the US Navy and US Marines continue to highlight close naval integration, the interconnectedness of the two services has moved beyond concepts and doctrine and is spilling into acquisition decisions being made, a top Marine Corps general told USNI News. The Navy and Marine Corps both recognize that their
Woolpert has been selected to perform aerial mapping and surveying via manned aircraft and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for two global mining operations under two separate contracts. The imagery is being collected to assist in volumetric calculations, provide digital terrain information for autonomous hauling trucks, enable change detection analysis and
Electronic Sub-Systems
Northrop Grumman Corp. will upgrade a sophisticated surface-search radar system on eight of the U.S. Navy's MQ-8C Fire Scout shipboard unmanned helicopters. Officials of the Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., announced a $9.1 million order Monday to the
Business
Atos GmbH, as prime, has teamed up with Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and various partners, to demonstrate use of UAS in conjunction with combat vehicles, to achieve a real-time, three-dimensional, dynamic situation picture for mobile operations.Atos GmbH has been selected to act as prime contractor by the
Weapons Systems / Lasers
A drone with a machine gun attached can hit targets with high precision, according to its makers. Turkey is set to become the first country to have the drone, when it gets a delivery this month. The 25-kilogram drone has eight rotating blades to get it in the air.
Commercial
An ASTM International standard aims to satisfy the growing demand for better identification and tracking of unmanned aircraft systems in airspace systems worldwide. Similar to the function of a car license plate, the Remote ID standard supports technology that allows the general public and public safety officials to identify a
Testing
Nova Systems has successfully completed the second stage of flight trials for the first UAS Traffic Management (UTM) trials in Singapore. The two-year project is focused on enabling safe and efficient Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) delivery operations and Urban Air Mobility (UAM) within Singapore’s densely populated urban environment.
Business
Ciconia and RelmaTech are working together to deliver a unique onboard Control & Collision Avoidance System (C&CAS) that uses proven Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) radio technologies to enable proximate aircraft to avoid mid-air collisions by being able to ‘see’ and communicate with each other. The companies have
Commercial
The Iranian Minister of Information and Communications Technology Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi has unveiled a plan to use unmanned aerials vehicles as a new way to deliver mail in the country. In a post on his Instagram page, Azari Jahromi said the good news that he had promised people would
Accidents
A US Navy surveillance drone suffered major damage during a takeoff attempt while operating in the Middle East, Navy officials confirmed to USNI News. The service’s $180-million RQ-4A Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Demonstrator (BAMS-D) was attempting to take off from a runway in U.S. Central