Military
The unmanned aerial system was unveiled at a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade in Moscow. The Korsar system comprises several unmanned aerial vehicles, a command and control post and some other systems. "The system may receive aerial vehicles with better capabilities and additional functions. In particular, the system’
Accidents
A Labor Day celebration display created by over a thousand drones dotting the night sky in the Chinese city of Xi’an should have been a sight to behold. And for the 100,000 or so spectators, it was—but not necessarily for the right reason. The show, put on
Propulsion
Textron Systems unveiled its X5-55 vertical take-off and landing engineering testbed at the AUVSI Xponential show in Denver, Colorado, on 1 May. The company developed the aircraft to meet demands from military customers for an unmanned air vehicle that is able to nimbly take off and land vertically
Commercial
The Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance selected Raytheon as a key partner in the development of America’s first and most advanced unmanned aircraft system-testing airspace corridor in New York state. Raytheon’s Intelligence, Information and Services business will help plan, design, build and support the state’s
Military
AeroVironment, Inc. and ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH, a system and software house in Germany for development and service, have announced that the German Navy has acquired the AeroVironment Puma maritime unmanned aircraft system. The Puma systems will include the Mantis i45 sensor and pocket Remote Video Terminal (p/RVT)
Commercial
Skysense, a provider of airspace surveillance equipment, Wireless@KTH, KTH centre for wireless systems and the Swedish Sea Rescue Society (SSRS), the NGO providing maritime search and rescue in Swedish waters, partner to make drones visible and able to detect manned aircraft. The Swedish Sea Rescue Society (SSRS) is actively
Business
Norwegian company Robot Aviation – a producer of Unmanned Aircraft Systems – has acquired Sweden-based UAS Europe AB. Headquartered in the Swedish aviation capital of Linköping, UAS Europe is considered to be a leading developer of small unmanned aircraft systems and subcomponents. The acquisition is part of Robot Aviation’s long-
COPTRZ has been announced as the exclusive supplier of UAV solutions to Defence Forces Ireland. The force has invested in their drone fleet with the purchase of four specialist UAVs capable of carrying both thermal and visual cameras simultaneously. The new drones will be operated by the Corps of Engineers
Commercial
The ScanEagle 3 is a simultaneous multi-mission capable commercial variant of ScanEagle/Integrator military UAS. Being a commercial variant, the UAS is not covered by U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), allowing accelerated global acquisition by customers. The design combines the ScanEagle fuselage with the twin-tail
Commercial
Five organizations that flew drones on critical, life-saving missions are winners of the inaugural XCELLENCE Humanitarian Award by the Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International (AUVSI). The award was presented on Thursday May 3rd at the AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2018 conference at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. These first
C-UAS
Dedrone has announced a partnership with the University of North Dakota (UND) unmanned aerial systems (UAS) education program. The installing of Dedrone’s UAS detection technology will improve safety and security for UND’s current UAS flights, and expand opportunities for research and training in the university’s Counter UAS
Events
As divergent as the three keynote speakers who addressed a full house at Xponential 2018 were Tuesday, they shared a common message of optimism for the future of unmanned systems. From a business point of view, PrecisionHawk Inc., chief executive officer Michael Chasen described how his company’s work in