Launchers
Fruity Chutes, a manufacturer of recovery systems for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has unveiled a small, spring-loaded parachute launcher for small drones. In response to demand for a small spring loaded launcher perfect for fixed wing and small multicopters, like the DJI Mavic Pro and 3DR Solo, Fruity Chutes has
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The Dutch engineer behind the idea for circular runways at airports has revealed plans to build a test runway for unmanned delivery drones. Henk Hesselink is collaborating with Valkenburg airport, a disused naval base near The Hague, which has ambitions to become a drone innovation centre. His design for circular
Business
Indemnis hopes to put its Nexus ballistic drone recovery system on the market by next summer. Company founder Alan Erickson said the system should retail for between $1,700 and $2,500 and satisfy upcoming FAA regulations for UAS flight over people and in urban areas for Part 107 commercial
Launchers
AeroVironment, Inc. has introduced a Multi-Pack Launcher (MPL) for it’s Switchblade Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile System and it’s Blackwing tube-launched unmanned aircraft. The MPL can be employed in Forward Operating Bases and controlled from remote locations, such as bunkers and buildings, to protect system operators from incoming fire.
Launchers
Robonic Ltd Oy (a subsidiary of Safran Electronics & Defense) has announced an order for its third generation KONTIO (type MC2555LLR) pneumatic launchers. Under the terms of the contract, Robonic will partner with Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. to supply two KONTIO launchers to the U.S. Army PEO
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DroneRafts LLC has developed the Patent Pending WaterStrider which bridges the gap between land and water; allowing operators to take their UAV wherever they want to go and liberating them from the concern of where to land. WaterStrider is a multi-terrain landing gear system for unmanned aircraft. Designed to fit
Military
The quadcopter-based contraption Insitu and Hood Technology have developed for launching the ScanEagle – the flying launch and recovery system (FLARES) – should be ready for production by late 2017. Insitu’s director of advanced development, Andrew Hayes, told Flightglobal at the AUVSI Xponential exhibition in New Orleans, Louisiana on 3 May,
Launchers
Robonic Ltd Oy of Finland (a subsidiary of Sagem – Safran) has delivered its fourth generation OHTO pneumatic launcher to Lockheed Martin, broadening Robonic’s portfolio of highly efficient pneumatic zero-point launchers for tactical unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) as well as aerial targets. This launcher is smaller, more efficient and more
Video
Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1 (VMU-1) conducts its first launch of an RQ-7Bv2 "Shadow" unmanned aircraft system at the Canon Air Defense Complex aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Saturday, March 26, 2016. Source: YouTube
Launchers
Robonic Ltd Oy (a subsidiary of Sagem - Safran) has delivered its tenth KONTIO MC2555LLR pneumatic launcher to Airbus Defence & Space (Direct Aerial Targets unit). This launcher reflects of the company’s drive to expand its range of products for the global target drone market. “The delivery of this
Launchers
The AVTO-01 Launcher is based on the patent pending Assisted Vertical Take-off technology developed by AMORES Robotics Ltd. in Hungary. This technology enables the vertical launch of fixed wing UAVs (RPAs) from small spots. Provides enough altitude to avoid bushes, camp accessories and even small trees. The launch is powered
Launchers
A little more than a year ago, the team at FlyMotion Unmanned Systems decided it was time to develop a command and control vehicle for unmanned aerial systems. They saw a need in the UAS market for this type of product, which they released in the form of the rapidly