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The 2016 will be the beginning of the end for the MQ-1 Predator. Now 20 years old, the Predator has been an ubiquitous part of America’s conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. But the ageing platform is starting to be replaced by more of the MQ-9 Reapers, which have a
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ARCA Space Corporation announced that it has created ArcaBoard which closely resembles Marty McFly's Hoverboard in 'Back to the Future' and not to be confused with the wheeled versions currently on sale. ArcaBoard, an electric powered flying machine with 272 horsepower and 203,000 watts of
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DJI opened its first flagship store on December 20th. at OCT Harbour in Shenzhen. The 800-square-meter store will feature a full range of DJI’s consumer products and aims to let consumers see, touch and learn firsthand about the company’s innovative and creative platforms. “The DJI flagship experience is
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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that it has successfully performed the third flight demonstration of its Unmanned Tactical Aerial Platform (UTAP-22) onDecember 11, 2015, on the Navy test range at China Lake, CA. This mission demonstrated two UTAP-22 aircraft in continuous collaborative airborne operations through the tactical datalink
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Northrop Grumman has scheduled flight tests of three new payloads for the RQ-4B Global Hawk fleet next year. The tests are made possible by the development of a universal payload adaptor jointly funded by Northrop and the US Air Force. In its original form, the RQ-4B lacked the payload attach
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Jonathan Downey, 32, CEO of San Francisco-based Airware.com, has been named USA TODAY’s Small-Business Innovator of the Year. He was chosen from among 10 finalists by a team of USA TODAY editors and last year's winner, Porch.com CEO Matt Ehrlichman. “I really appreciate the recognition,
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Despite all the hype surrounding the high-power microwave energy weapon known as CHAMP, interest in the computer-frying device assembled and tested by Boeing Phantom Works and the US Air Force Research Laboratory appears stalled. “There was a lot of activity when we did the demonstration a couple of years ago,
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The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CDOT) is testing an unmanned aerial vehicle to inspect the underside of the northbound Gold Star Memorial Bridge in New London on December 15th.. “This is an important step for our agency—the testing of a new technology with the potential to improve results, efficiency,
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NORAD and the US Air Force are once again ready to track Santa as he makes his way around the world. Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs USAF General Paul Selva told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Dec. 9. "I don't have a complete intelligence report,
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In Chennai, a city of 4.6 million people on India's southeast coast, City Police used drones to locate people stranded in certain pockets of the city, which were seriously affected by the flooding. A senior officer said that since Thursday, they had deployed drones in Nandambakkam Defence
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Tokyo-based Clue has announced the launch of a data management service for drones called DroneCloud. The service will offer a platform to manage drone data, such as tracking who operates which drone, managing projects and team members operating drones, as well as managing and sharing drone flight data. In the
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On 1 December the FAA granted Terrafugia an exemption to operate small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) in the TF-X configuration for research and development (R&D) purposes. The TF-X, Terrafugia’s vision for the future of personal transportation, is a four-seat, hybrid electric, semi-autonomous, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL)