C-UAS
Commander of Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmayeeli announced that a highly advanced home-made radar system will be deployed in Northeastern Iran soon with the capability of detecting and tracing very small flying objects."Deploying a radar system in North Khorassan region, which has
Commercial
A new joint venture between global asset management consultancy, Amey, and VTOL Technologies, will use precision, long-range drones to transform asset management inspections – making it safer, quicker and easier to assess vital infrastructure such as bridges and railways. Richard Butterfield, AmeyVTOL’s Service Development Director said: “Doing more with
Commercial
AT&T has reached another milestone by launching the trial phase of our national drone program. Led by Art Pregler, our national drone program is driving innovation, and focuses on how AT&T and our customers can benefit from drone-based solutions. Art's team brings decades
Military
Leonardo has won the first two customers for its upgraded Falco Evo unmanned air vehicle, although has yet to finalise contracts with the clients. It declines to name the purchasers, but says they are drawn from operators of the baseline Falco variant. The only disclosed customer is the United Nations,
Triumph Group, Inc. haas announced the signing of a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Northrop Grumman Corporation at the Farnborough International Air Show. The purpose of the MOU is to successfully ramp-up high altitude long endurance unmanned aircraft system (UAS) production rates. Over the next five years, Triumph,
Russia will arm its sixth-generation combat drones with microwave weapons. These weapons, which disable an aircraft’s electronic equipment, already exist today “and can hit targets within a radius of tens of kilometers,” said Vladimir Mikheev, a director of state-owned Russian electronics firm KRET, in an interview with
Accidents
Images have emerged of a strange drone shaped like a real bird that was found crashed in Somalia, leading to claims it was being used to spy on targets. The metal bird, which is shaped to mimic a large bird of prey with 'feathered' wings, is reported to
Commercial
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has tapped the usage of drones in an effort to give an endangered species hope for survival. The endangered species in question is the black-footed ferret, which is affected by the declining population of prairie dogs. Prairie dogs are the main
Military
Further to interest from the Ministry of Defence to develop the Argentina Air Force Base in Chamical, Province of La Rioja as the main base exclusively for UAVs in the Argentina Republic, details of the most recent UAV project, the 2A Vigia, have just been released. Originally developed as the
Commercial
The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has warned operators of drones in unapproved areas without certification to desist from the practice or face prosecution that could result in 5 to 30 years imprisonment. The caution follows an earlier announcement by the GCAA over moves to issue New Directives on the
The US Air Force recently selected the first 10 enlisted Airmen to attend RQ-4 Global Hawk pilot training, marking the first time since World War II enlisted Airmen will be behind the stick. The first combined enlisted and officer training course will begin October 2016, with the first enlisted
Regulations
The FAA has given the Transportation Security Administration (“TSA”) a new and potentially time-consuming task: vetting commercial sUAS pilots who do not already have a certificate to operate manned flights. The proliferation of new applications underscores the importance of having an adequately staffed and funded TSA so integration of