Construction
Skycatch to Deliver 1,000 Industrial Drones for Komatsu
Commercial drone data company Skycatch, and DJI have extended their partnership to manufacture and deliver a fleet of 1,000 high-precision drones for Komatsu Smart Construction.
Business
Business
UAV Vision Launches Military-Focused Defence Vision
UAV Vision, specialist designers of lightweight, gyro-stabilised imaging systems, announced the launch of its sister company, Defence Vision, which will focus exclusively on the military market. Utilising some of UAV Vision’s best talent, Defence Vision will provide innovative products, quality service, and a tailored customer journey for military
Commercial
Phase One Industrial and Aerialtronics to Partner
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-
Business
Drone Aviation Gets $1.7 M Enhanced WASP Tactical Aerostat Contract from DoD
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
Business
Egypt Spends $9M on Puma II AE Systems
Egypt is to acquire and field the AeroVironment (AV) RQ-20B Puma II AE tactical unmanned aircraft system (UAS), the US Department of Defense (DoD) disclosed on 16 March. A Foreign Military Sales (FMS) deal for an undisclosed number of systems valued at USD 9.1 million has been awarded
Commercial
LG Uplus Enters Drone Business in Korea
Korean mobile carrier LG Uplus will foster drone business as one of its new growth drivers by expanding its fledgling aerial robotics to a wide range of businesses in the public and private sectors, including transportation, logistics and safety inspections, powered by its nationwide wireless network. The company officially added
Electronic Sub-Systems
Boeing Shares in $15M Investment in Detect and Avoid BVLOS Radar Firm
Fortem Technologies, Inc., a Salt Lake City, Utah-based company developing advanced radar systems for unmanned and manned aircraft, announced that it has closed a $15 million Series A funding round led by DCVC (Data Collective) with key participation from Boeing and Mubadala Investment Company, as well as Manifest Growth,
Military
Turkey's Baykar to Export Armed UAVs to Qatar
Turkish unmanned aircraft producer Baykar Makina signed an agreement on Wednesday to export six armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to Qatar's armed forces. Under the agreement, six Bayraktar TB2 armed UAV Platforms, three ground control station systems and equipment, and a UAV training simulator will be delivered within
Business
Insitu Names Esina Alic President and CEO
Esina Alic has been named Insitu President and Chief Executive Officer, assuming the role effective April 5. Alic rejoins Insitu from adidas in Germany where she served as senior vice president of Global Operations, Strategy and Programs. Prior to adidas, she held a number of senior executive positions in business,
C-UAS
Airspace Systems Raises $20M Series A Funding for Anti-Drone Technologies
Airspace Systems has built what it calls “kinetic capture” technologies, which currently consists of a ground-based system that identifies an offending unmanned aircraft, then launches its own drone to chase it down, fire a tethered net at it and carry it away. But the compmay has shifted attention from
Business
AeroVironment Gets $44M Puma AE Contract from Middle East
AeroVironment, Inc. has announced that a major country in the Middle East has awarded the company a contract valued at $44.5 million (USD) for Puma II AE small UAS featuring the new Mantis i45 sensor. “This contract for the ground forces of a Middle East regional power, and our
Business
First European DroneSentinel Order
DroneShield Ltd has announce that ForcePro, one of the Company’s European distributors, has placed an order for the Company’s DroneSentinel product, as well as two DroneGun units. The DroneSentinel version ordered by the distributor is in a “light” radar/radio frequency detection sensor configuration. The radar used in