DRONERESPONDERS has announced the formation of the DRONERESPONDERS Major Cities Working Group designed to unite and assist public safety agencies operating unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in urban and large metropolitan areas. Formalized at the Drone Journalism Leadership Summit held November 13 at the City University of New York (CUNY), charter
FLIR Systems, Inc. announced the FLIR StormCaster family of Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) payloads for its SkyRanger R70 and R80D SkyRaider airframes. The new line launches with two multi-sensor products –StormCaster-T, which delivers continuous zoom and long-wave infrared (LWIR) imaging; and StormCaster-L, which provides ultra-low-
Weapons Systems / Lasers
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems is developing a new attritable jet-powered unmanned air vehicle (UAV). Called SparrowHawk, it is intended to be air-launched from and air-recoverable by the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) MQ-9 Reaper. The company has built one prototype so far, which could be
Weapons Systems / Lasers
Thirty upgraded KARGU (Autonomous Tactical Multi-Rotor Attack UAV) kamikaze drones developed by Turkish defense contractor Defense Technologies Engineering and Trade Inc. (STM) will join the Turkish Armed Forces' inventory as of 2020 to take part in critical operations in the country's east and along the Syrian
Mapping & Surveying
“LiDARUSA and Innoflight Technology are both committed to customer success, and this partnership provides the whole package for LiDAR mapping solutions with UAV,”
Testing
Sendai City and Nokia successfully conducted a test flight of a Nokia drone on a private LTE network provided by Nokia Digital Automation Cloud. They tested the potential use of drones during a tsunami or other disasters to help in prevention and mitigation efforts. The test verified that using a
C-UAS
This is the most cyberpunk thing I've seen for a while: Chilean protesters using lasers to take down a drone. pic.twitter.com/tLSgj7YSB6 — NetSec Focus (@netsecfocus) 13 de noviembre de 2019
Accidents
A military-grade drone crash-landed a few dozen meters away from homes in a tiny town in central Russia. Footage and images of the grounded drone shows it planted in an apartment's block's shared garden on Saturday afternoon. Around a dozen people are seen surrounding
Testing
The Kansas Department of Transportation’s (KDOT) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Pilot Program (IPP) has successfully completed the first beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) drone operation using only onboard detect-and-avoid systems. The flight mark the first time under Part 107 the FAA has authorized an operation
France's Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA) procurement agency has qualified the integration of Schiebel's S-100 Camcopter rotary-wing unmanned aerial system (UAS) on board the French Navy's Mistral-class amphibious assault (LHD) ship Dixmude . The S-100 UAV is now fully
C-UAS
An evaluation of OpenWorks Engineering, SkyWall net capture systems was recently conducted by the innovative STAT unit from the French Army, at a test range in the south of France. Soldiers were trained to operate both systems, SkyWall Patrol (previously known as SkyWall100) and SkyWall Auto, prior to a test
Business
ADASI has signed a contract with SwissDrones, a high-tech company based in Switzerland, that specialises in the development and production of UAVs for superior endurance in critical unmanned aerial applications. The partnership will allow ADASI to integrate other payloads on SwissDrones SDO-50V2, and exclusively sell the drone within