SkyWatch, a data analysis, risk-assessment and active risk-reduction platform for the UAV industry, announced that it has signed an exclusive partnership deal with Starr Companies (Starr) to offer an ingenious telematics-based UAV insurance platform. The partnership will allow Starr to expand their existing UAV insurance product, and
Under DARPA's Offensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics program, Raytheon BBN Technologies is developing technology to direct and control swarms of small, autonomous air and ground vehicles. The technology includes: * a visual interface that allows "drag and drop" creation and manipulation of drone tactics * a game-based simulator
Military
AeroVironment, Inc, has announced at the AUSA Global Force Symposium (booth 1429) that the company is now taking orders for its new Puma 3 small unmanned aircraft system. “We are in constant communication with our customers to ensure they have the most innovative and advanced small drones to successfully complete
Business
Phase One Industrial, a global provider of medium format metric cameras and imaging solutions for aerial applications, announced that it has signed an agreement with Aerialtronics DV, a developer of end-to-end aerial data capture solutions. Together, these companies’ high-end products are opening up new opportunities in high-
Military
Italy’s Leonardo has teamed with Air Affairs Australia to present its AWHERO rotary unmanned air system (RUAS) for the RAN’s future Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) fleet. The company has been briefing Australian government and industry, with briefings set to conclude at the end of this week. Leonardo said
Business
Drone Aviation Holding Corp., a manufacturer of tethered drones and lighter-than-air aerostats, announced that it has received its largest single contract award to date for its multi-mission capable tactical Winch Aerostat Small Platform ("WASP"). The latest Department of Defense (“DoD”) customer order is the third
Military
Schiebel has successfully demonstrated the heavy fuel variant of the CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Air System as part of its customer acceptance program with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Under the directive of the Navy Minor Project (NMP) 1942 to procure a vertical takeoff and landing Maritime Tactical Unmanned Aircraft
C-UAS
Australian Police have taken down a suspect drone flying near a Commonwealth Games venue, Deputy Commissioner Steve Gollschewski revealed the bust at a media conference on the Gold Coast. He said a drone flying a few hundred metres from a Games exclusion zone was detected by police on Sunday night.
Amazon’s delivery drone will have the capability of recognizing human gestures and responding accordingly. Even though the patent was filed back in July 2016, it has just come to light now. The patent shows a man wildly flailing his arms to get the attention of the drone that is
Increasing demand for 2-stroke engines has prompted Hessian company 3W-International to expand its sales structure. But it's not just about the expansion of pure sales structures; it's also about expanding project management capacities. "We're experiencing increasing demand for propulsion solutions. It
Commercial
NEDO (The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization), KDDI(a Japanese telecommunications operator), Terra Drone (a Japanese industrial drone service provider), SECOM(a Japanese security company) succeeded in the world’s first security verification experiments of multiple drones using 4G LTE mobile communication network at a wide-area facility.
Software
Using machine learning, planning and multi-agent technologies, Accelerated Dynamics is building a full-stack robot intelligence solution that is optimised for enterprise applications. It transforms drones, autonomous cars, satellite systems, unmanned boats into IoT devices that do not require human operators. The company is a successful start up, back