InstantEye Robotics has announced the release of the InstantEye Mk-3 GEN4-D1 sUAS multiple capability system. The InstantEye Mk-3 GEN4-D1 is the most recent addition to the InstantEye family of combat-proven, high-performance, affordable systems. It is an encrypted, all-digital system with superb real-time
Testing
Indemnis has successfully passed the ASTM F3322-18 standard testing matrix. The technical standard is designed to enable safe flight operations over people on small unmanned aerial vehicles while using a parachute as a risk mitigation device. The Indemnis Nexus parachute system for the DJI Inspire 2 has been validated
Lighter Than Air
Miami Beach Police Department circumvented a 2015 ban on police drone surveillance when it monitored a crowded Orange Bowl celebration event last month using a small, helium-filled blimp, called a “tethered aerostat.” Essentially a camera-equipped balloon at the end of a leash, the aerostat was purchased by MBPD
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) intends to develop a system that can monitor unmanned aircraft systems islandwide. This system will allow Singapore to check if individual drones are operating under valid permits, and issue alerts to pilots who fall afoul of regulations, Senior Minister of State for Transport
Business
Ukraine’s state-owned defense exports and industry agency Ukrspecexport signed a contract for the procurement of six Bayraktar TB2 unmanned combat aerial vehicles from the Turkish company Baykar Makina. On 12 January Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has reported that the agreement between the State Company Ukrspetsexport, which is part
Video
On January 5, 2018, China Central Television (CCTV) released the video featuring the "saucer-like flying wing design " SkyHawk/TianYing drone. It is a high-altitude, long-range and high-speed unmanned aerial vehicle capable of conducting reconnaissance and patrol missions in hostile environments, CCTV reported. This wasn&
Transport Canada is committed to enhancing aviation and public safety while encouraging innovation and economic growth in the drone sector. The Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport, announced Canada’s new rules for remotely piloted aircraft systems, more commonly known as drones. The new rules, which will come into force
In a request for information quietly issued late December, the FAA said it wants to find partners to help develop a practical approach to the data sharing required to remotely identify small drones in controlled airspace. The data collected would include a unique identifier for the UAS, tracking information and
Business
As 2018 came to a close, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) awarded Hybrid Air Vehicles Ltd a Production Organisation Approval. Following the successful award of our Design Organisation Approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in October 2018, this latest achievement sees HAV starting 2019 in a strong position
Video
UAS Vision has obtained this unique close-up video footage of China’s Beihang Unmanned Aircraft System Technology TYW-1 taken inside the company’s new factory in the eastern Chinese city of Taizhou. The TYW-1, which has a wingspan of 18 m, features the same pusher-engine, twin-
Drone Racing
Two teenagers from Queensland's Sunshine Coast have started what is believed to be an Australian first — drone racing camps. Eamon Kriz and Connor Middleton, both 17, were tired of having so few people from their region to play with in one the world's fastest growing sports.
Business
Israel's state-owned Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and businessman Avihai Stolero have offered to buy unmanned aerial vehicle maker Aeronautics for 850 million shekels ($232 million). The news sent shares of Aeronautics up 37 percent in morning trade in Tel Aviv on Sunday. Aeronautics rejected a 430 million