Accidents
An Airbus Zephyr high-altitude pseudo-satellite (HAPS) Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) has crashed while on a test flight in Australia, marking the second crash this year. In a statement sent to Air Force Technology Airbus confirmed the crash occurred on 28 of September. The UAS was being launched from an airstrip
Testing
C-Astral, the Slovenia based integrator of small unmanned systems, has been successfully fielding its new mini UAS ATLAS C4EYE (Advanced Technology Light Acquisition/ATAK System) in a series of closed trials, involving the cooperation of manned, unmanned and NATO JTAC assets. The 2.6 kg blended-wing-body platform has been going
Weapons Systems
Northrop Grumman has achieved a technical readiness level (TRL) 7 milestone with its Hatchet unpowered precision strike munition, following the completion of a campaign of live end-to-end guide-to-hit trials in August. The next milestone will be full platform integration. The campaign, which was continued from the end of 2018 to
Testing
A drone air taxi designed by Airbus has successfully completed 114 test flights in Pacific Northwest skies. The enthusiasm around the test flight hangar in Pendleton, Oregon, has to be leavened, though. Industry insiders said the technology is running years ahead of regulators and public acceptance. "No crashes, no
News
A Melbourne company has received an AU $3.5 million contract to develop an unmanned aerial system with potential future applications for the Royal Australian Navy. Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Melissa Price MP, announced the Defence Innovation Hub contract with Sypaq Systems at PACIFIC 2019 in Sydney. Sypaq
News
UVision Air Ltd. - a supplier of Loitering Munition Systems of all sizes for a variety of missions ‒ will present its new Hero-120SF configuration for the first time at AUSA. The new Hero-120SF is designed to meet the specific requirements of US military forces. The company will also highlight its
First Responders
Women And Drones, the leading organization dedicated to driving excellence in the unmanned industry by achieving equity and participation of women in all disciplines and across all employment sectors, today announced a new strategic alliance with DRONERESPONDERS, the world’s fastest growing non-profit program promoting public safety UAS. Together, the
Testing
Skyward, a Verizon company, recently met with Southern Company and representatives from Hitec at the New York UAS Test Site in Rome, NY to conduct multiple BVLOS drone test flights. The goal: aid Southern Company, a leading energy company, in testing drone aircraft and procedures at an active airport as
Business
Dedrone has announced the purchase of DroneDefender from Battelle. This purchase includes all assets and intellectual property associated with DroneDefender. With this acquisition, Dedrone has launched a new consultancy, Dedrone Defense, specializing in services and solutions for U.S. federal agencies, including the Department of Defense, and providing a proven,
News
uAvionix has announced that it has received approval from the FAA Spectrum Office to develop and test an "ADS-B like" solution for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Remote Identification (RID) and Detect and Avoid (DAA) capability that leverages L-Band Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) protected spectrum. The solution, notionally called
News
The Russian defense ministry is going to spend a billion roubles ($15.5 million) on procuring the Eleron-3 lightweight unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in 2019-2021, according to an announcement on the ministry’s website earlier this month. The announcement follows a number of news and video releases in August-September that
C-UAS
Echodyne, a manufacturer of innovative, high-performance, small electronically scanned array (ESA) radars for government and commercial markets, announced that its EchoGuard radar has been selected by Security Radar Integrators (SRI) as its preferred 3D radar sensor for C-UAS security solutions. The radar is recognized in the industry as the best-performing