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The UAE signed three deals worth more than Dhs 1.47bn (USD 400M) at the UMEX exhibition, including a contract for eight drones. Brigadier General Rashid Mohammed Al-Shamsi said the country had signed a Dhs 1.32bn contract with Abu Dhabi Autonomous Systems Investments Company for aircraft equipped with night
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Abu Dhabi-based ADCOM Systems, which is a pioneer in the manufacturing of drones in the country, has displayed four of the five drones manufactured in Abu Dhabi. The Company put on static display its potent weapon systems at the UMEX-2016 that opened in the capital on Sunday. Yabhoon Flash-40 attracted
Commercial
Exhibiting amongst the world’s largest helicopter manufacturing companies at the HAI Heli-Expo in Louisville, Kentucky this week, Olaeris unveiled AEVA, a new unmanned aircraft with a 4-5 hour flight time. AEVA represents a pivot in the world of VTOL aviation, being described by the industry as the “21st Century
Military
The US Air Force has offered an artist’s impression of the Pentagon’s “arsenal plane” concept in a video presented by service secretary Deborah Lee James at the Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Florida. As first seen in DARPA "system of systems" promotion released last year, the
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Singapore has developed the Unmanned Hybrid Vehicle (UHV), capable of operating both beneath the waves and through the clouds and it as on display for the first time at the annual Singapore Airshow - the prosaically named Unmanned Hybrid Vehicle (UHV), a developmental project of Singapore's ST Engineering.
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The UK Ministry of Defence has placed a highly anticipated order for two Airbus Defence & Space Zephyr 8 high-altitude pseudo-satellites. Announced during Singapore air show on 18 February, the contract will cover the acquisition of two solar-powered, long-endurance surveillance unmanned air vehicles, the first of which is already under
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A consortium of Singaporean institutions and private sector companies including HES Energy Systems, ST Aerospace, DSO National Laboratories, and the Future Systems and Technology Directorate of Singapore’s Ministry of Defense, have worked jointly to achieve a record 6 hour endurance, 300km flight on the Skyblade 360 UAV built in
Weapons Systems / Lasers
Russia has revealed a new concept whereby a multicopter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has been adapted to the anti-tank role with the fitting of cameras and a shoulder-launched rocket system. The multicopter complex was unveiled at a military robot conference near Moscow. Consisting of several drones, the complex is set
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First revealed by way of an information sheet at the Beijing Aero Show in September last year, the Chengdu Wing Loong II turboprop-powered UAV is being exhibited in model form at the Singapore Airshow for the first time outside China. The model shows an air vehicle with a slender fuselage,
Commercial
207 entries from 25 countries are now being judged for the inaugural Bay Area Drone Film Festival, which will take place on Sunday, February 28, 7 p.m., at the 500-seat AMC Mercado-20 at 3111 Mission College Blvd, Santa Clara.The mission of the festival is to promote drone education
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Following the successful first edition of Drone World Expo in 2015, the organizers have been busy planning for the second annual event scheduled for November 15-16, 2016, once again at the San Jose Convention Center. The inaugural Drone World Expo welcomed 2,120 people from 29 countries to Silicon Valley.
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The winners of the second UAE Drones for Good Award and the first UAE AI & Robotics Award for Good, the world's biggest awards in civilian applications of drones and robotics technology, were announced in the presence of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President