Business
Honeywell has signed an agreement with an unnamed air taxi developer to supply multiple units of its new IntuVueTM RDR-84K Band Radar System for the developer's urban air mobility (UAM) prototype aircraft. The innovative, compact and lightweight software-based radar detects multiple obstacles in and around its
C-UAS
Russia’s Central Military District developed and tested a new method of jamming enemy aircraft using three different types of ground-based electronic counter-measures systems. The new method allows electronic warfare specialists to create "vacuum" space shielded from the impacts of drones, airborne radars, radio-controlled high-
Business
AeroVironment, Inc. has announced it has acquired Pulse Aerospace, LLC, a developer and supplier of small VTOL UAS, for $25.7 million in cash, including milestone-based earn-out payments of $5 million. AeroVironment financed the transaction entirely from available cash on hand. Pulse Aerospace is a leading developer of
Events
Elbit Systems’ Hermes 45 Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) will be making its first appearance at the Company’s static display area (A-8) in the upcoming Paris Airshow 2019. Hermes 45 offers a unique combination of extended range and duration with point launch and recovery, to and from
Business
DroneShield Ltd and Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies have entered a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on opportunities with the Australian military and globally, with a focus on adding DroneShield’s counter-drone capabilities to customers already utilising the broader surveillance systems produced by Collins Aerospace. Collins
Propulsion
STORM is a custom aerial platform powered by DJI Studio. It’s designed for the professional cinematography industry, able to carry various popular cinema cameras and lenses with the support of Ronin 2, Master Wheels, or Force Pro, elevating aerial photography to the highest standards. It is an octocopter with
C-UAS
U.S. Marine Corps surveillance experts are ordering 30 versions of a new radar system designed to protect Marines on attack beaches from rockets, artillery, mortars, cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and other low observables under terms of a contract worth nearly a billion dollars. Officials of the Marine
UAM/UTM
Terra Drone Corporation, one of the world’s largest providers of industrial drone solutions, has successfully demonstrated to Taiwanese government officials an unmanned traffic management (UTM) system developed jointly with Unifly, a leading drone traffic management provider from Europe and a portfolio company of Terra Drone. The test run of
Commercial
A Chinook helicopter flies over a wildfire The air attack coordinator flying on the Coldwater Fire Saturday spotted a drone within the Temporary Flight Restriction area and grounded the helicopter assigned to the fire until it was safe to resume any needed flying operations. There is a TFR over the
Accidents
A U.S. MQ-9 unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) was shot down by the Yemeni Air Defense Force, an ally of the Houthis, while it was conducting a sortie over the western province of al-Hudaydah, where a UN-sponsored ceasefire is implemented. The Houthis media wing released a
Commercial
DZYNE Technologies has developed an electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that uses a whole wing as a rotor that does not compromise forward flight performance when transitioned to fixed-wing mode. The aircraft, called ROTORwing, is designed to optimise hovering and forward flight. For
Business
Robotic Skies Inc., a global maintenance network for commercial UAS, announced that it has been selected by Silent Falcon UAS Technologies to provide its customers access to a comprehensive UAS service and support package. Robotic Skies adds Silent Falcon to its growing list of commercial UAS OEMs seeking to improve