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L3 MAS announced that it has teamed with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to form Team Artemis to offer the state-of-the-art Artemis Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), based on IAI’s Heron TP, for the Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF) Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) program. The Artemis
A historic ribbon cutting ceremony took place last Thursday morning at Naval Base Ventura County for a special surveillance system. The Unmanned Patrol Squadron One Nine (VUP-19) celebrated the base's re-purposed, WWII-era hangar, now housing two MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicles. "Today is
Accidents
A 20-year-old Pasco man won’t serve any jail time for crashing a drone onto the roof of the Space Needle on New Year’s Eve 2016, but he’s been ordered by a Seattle Municipal judge to forfeit the aircraft, according to court records. Cole Kelley pleaded
The International Transport Forum (ITF) at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) is an intergovernmental organisation with 59 member countries. It acts as a think tank for transport policy and organises the Annual Summit of transport ministers. ITF is the only global body that covers all transport modes.
Commercial
Intel and TIME Magazine unveiled the June cover of its all-drone issue – an image created entirely by 958 Intel Shooting Star drones forming the iconic TIME logo. This marks the first cover in TIME’s 95-year history that was captured via a drone camera. At first glance, readers
First Responders
Nevada and California agencies are working together to advance drone use in emergency evacuations. On May 19, a first-of-its-kind evacuation drill was performed on the Nevada-California border just north of Lake Tahoe, the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems and partners said. The institute works with the
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Drone Delivery Canada and Toyota Tsusho Canada Inc. ‘TTCI’ have that announced they have signed an agreement to collaborate on a drone delivery logistics platform. “We are confident drone delivery services are the way of the future. This agreement with DDC will enable us to participate in this cutting edge
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UMS SKELDAR, has joined forces with a provider of unmanned air, land and surface vehicle targets QinetiQ Target Systems. The partnership has been formed to enable both organizations to provide the platforms and solutions for a joint Canadian maritime program, including the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) UAV contract. With platforms
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The vast expanse of the United States electrical grid stretches several million miles. A complex network of power generation plants and substations are interspersed between overhead transmission lines. Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) like the Falcon 8+ operated by Skynetwest LLC provide a safe and efficient method to survey and inspect
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Bell’s V-280 Valor tilt-rotor demonstrator has now flown in cruise mode, reaching 190 knots. To achieve cruise mode, the rotors in the V-280 pivot from vertical lift to fully forward-facing. While the company reached 190 knots in recent flight tests, it will continue to expand
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New laws being introduced in the UK on 30 May 2018 will restrict all drones from flying above 400 feet and within 1 kilometre of airport boundaries. Following a year-on-year increase in the report of drone incidents with aircraft – with 93 in 2017 - these measures will reduce the
Commercial
A patent just issued to Amazon addresses methods by which a drone could signal its approach, as well as techniques for signalling back. The application was filed by a group of Seattle-area inventors on Amazon’s behalf almost two years ago. There’s no indication that two-way messaging