Business
Cyberhawk has signed a global teaming agreement with John Zink Hamworthy Combustion (JZHC), a world-leading authority on flares, burners and emissions control and a pioneer in smart combustion solutions. Cyberhawk will be supporting JZHC with aerial inspections of industrial assets and comprehensive inspection reporting worldwide. JZHC and Cyberhawk inspection
Events
The French SSI Groupe is preparing to release to market its latest generation in K9 Vision Systems to support military working dogs in special operations. Speaking to MONCh at the Special Operations Forces Innovation Network Seminar (SOFINS) at Camp de Souge, France on 2nd April, company officials explained how Version
Commercial
The National Agricultural Aviation Association (NAAA) is asking all Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) operators to be aware of agricultural aircraft operations this growing season. As UAS operators know, UAS are not allowed above 400 feet without a waiver from the FAA. However, UAS operators should also know agricultural aviators fly
DARPA is soliciting creative proposals for the fourth swarm sprint in its OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET)program. OFFSET envisions swarms of 250 collaborative autonomous systems providing critical capabilities to ground units in urban areas where challenges such as tall buildings, tight spaces, and limited sight lines constrain essential communications,
Collins Aerospace Systems executives revealed plans for The Grid—the industry’s most advanced electric power systems lab. Collins Aerospace will use the high-power, high-voltage lab to design and test systems like high-power generators for the next generation of more electric aircraft, including commercial, military, business aviation,
Business
Italian Defense Minister Elisabetta Trenta announced last week that she has decided to postpone the planned € 250 million purchase of eight P.1HH drones produced by Piaggio Aerospace, Italy’s only manufacturer of large drones. Part of the funding, around 70 million euro, was due to finalizing the development and
VTOL
Singapore's ST Engineering believes it is one step closer to securing the first customer for its DrN-15 hexacopter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) now that it has secured a key permit, according to a company official. Calvin Tan, assistant principal engineer, told Jane's on 4 April
Commercial
A remotely piloted, unmanned drone aircraft will be flight-tested in Egilsstaðir, East Iceland over the coming months. RÚV reports that the 15-metre (49-ft) wide craft that is under the joint oversight of the Icelandic Coast Guard and the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) will be landing and
Commercial
DroneClash held its second annual event last month. Produced by the Technical University Delft’s Mavlab in the Netherlands, nine teams from around the world competed against each other in capture-the-Queen style battles. “Each team has a Queen Drone which other teams must destroy or incapacitate for 10
Commercial
Valqari, a Chicago-based start-up, offers a new solution for the last inch logistic problems associated with drone delivery with its patented Smart Drone Delivery Mailbox, a universal drone receptacle for package delivery and pick-up. Backed with a strong international patent portfolio, the smart mailbox features agnostic capabilities
C-UAS
Dedrone has announced the launch of DroneTracker 4, which detects, localizes, and tracks simultaneous drones to protect against advanced drone threats. DroneTracker 4 software uses Dedrone’s DroneDNA database to recognize and classify RF, WiFi, and autonomous drones approximately one kilometer away from a protected site. DroneTracker 4 brings significant
Business
Lebanon received six Boeing Insitu Scan Eagle unmanned aerial systems from the United States on Wednesday, April 3, the Lebanese Armed Forces and the U.S. Embassy in Beirut said. A single ScanEagle system reportedly comprises four air vehicles, a ground control station, a remote video terminal and the launch