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Amazon.com Inc.’s latest drone can avoid a helicopter, but it might cancel a delivery if your dog wanders into the Prime-package drop zone. That’s according to a letter the company sent federal regulators in July seeking the OK to fly its unmanned aircraft to customers’ homes in
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Atlas, an aerospace company specializing in the design and manufacture of autonomous Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) for security organizations and first responders, partnered with the Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State (PMERJ) to leverage the company’s flagship autonomous UAS product, the AtlasPRO, as part of the PMERJ’s
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A family of UAVs for military and civilian use has been developed by the Hungarian startup company Ku-Me Invest Kft. The basic blended-wing design of the fuselage is the same for all sizes of UAV, which range in wingspan from two to seven meters. A prototype, the four-meter MP-H with
Business
The Parrot Group has decided to pull the plug out of drone service supplier Airinov, because of disappointing financial results. On its website Airinov has published a statement: ‘Airinov has launched a discussion with its shareholder, the Parrot Group, on the future of its activities. The conclusions of this reflection
Business
YellowScan, a supplier of UAV LiDAR Solutions, has announced a new US distribution partnership with Frontier Precision, a company that has been dedicated to its clients for more than 30 years. YellowScan customers will benefit greatly from their extensive experience delivering survey, mapping, engineering, construction, GIS, forensics, law enforcement, forestry,
Business
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has begun placing engine orders in anticipation of receiving first series production contracts for its XQ-58A Valkyrie unmanned combat air system (UCAS) before the end of 2019. Developed in conjunction with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Low Cost Attritable Strike Demonstrator (LCASD)
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Randall K. Nichols, cybersecurity professor of practice at the Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus, is helping students better understand electronic security threats in the unmanned aircraft systems industry with the release of a second edition of his co-authored textbook. "Unmanned Aircraft in the Cyber Domain" was written by
Testing
Russia’s Okhotnik (Hunter) heavy unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), developed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau, has made the first flight, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters on Saturday. "Under the test program, a long-duration flight time UCAV Okhotnik has performed its first flight," says the press release
Weapons Systems
Raytheon Company will deploy two prototype high energy laser weapon systems to troops overseas under a U.S. Air Force contract. The Air Force experimentation includes 12 months of in-field operation against unmanned aerial systems and operator training. Raytheon's HELWS uses pure energy to detect, identify and instantly
Weapons Systems
The U.S. Army issued a contract award to accelerate the rapid prototyping and fielding of its first combat-capable laser weapon system. This prototype will deliver 50 kilowatt (kW)-class lasers on a platoon of four Stryker vehicles in Fiscal Year 2022, supporting the Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) mission.
Testing
The China-developed solar-powered unmanned aircraft "MOZI 2" has completed a successful maiden flight, its producer OXAI Aircraft Co., Ltd. announced last week. The flight was conducted on July 27 at Moganshan airport in Deqing County in east China's Zhejiang Province, according to the Shanghai-based company. The
VTOL
An unmanned helicopter unveiled by Korean Air has made its first test flight as part of efforts to develop a fully unmanned platform that could be used for high-risk civilian and military missions. Korean Air said the Korean Air Unmanned System - Vertical Helicopter (KUS-VH) performed its maiden flight for