C-UAS
It’s time to think about how many eyes are in the sky and how to avoid unwanted aerial surveillance. One way that’s within reach of nearly everyone is learning how to simply disappear from view. Crowded Skies Over the past decade there’s been an explosion in the
Targets
A team from Boeing and the U.S. Air Force completed the first QF-16 Full-Scale Aerial Target to undergo conversion from a modification line in Arizona. The aircraft was flown last month to Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, where it will be used autonomously in future weapons training operations. The
Military
Duke Robotics introduces TIKAD, an innovative military UAS octocopter drone with a mounted lightweight firearm and advanced stabilization technology. TIKAD features a lightweight robotic gimbal with the unparalleled ability to carry and stabilize payload recoil up to three times its weight. In addition, TIKAD's gimbal offers real-time, 6
Business
The Rwandan Ministry of ICT and Innovation and HAPSMobile Inc., a subsidiary of SoftBank Corp., announced they signed a Memorandum of Understanding on July 29, 2020 under which both parties will conduct a Joint Research Project (“JRP”) that studies the use of High Altitude Platform Stations (HAPS) to provide mobile
Military
Armasuisse contracted Lockheed Martin for a fleet of Indago 3 small unmanned aircraft systems with options for spares, training and tech support and additional systems for the Swiss Army. Indago provides aerial reconnaissance in environments unreachable by normal fixed-wing, unmanned aircraft systems. The first phase comprises manufacturing development to optimize
C-UAS
Numerica Corporation’s newest commercial software product, MIMIR, is helping to defend against malicious drone activity by enabling the creation of layered Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) capabilities using autonomous sensor fusion and precise target tracking technology. With the MIMIR software suite, users can seamlessly operate multiple sensors and defeat
Military
Greece’s Defence Ministry categorically denied last week's news report that the Greek Ministry of Defence had decided to buy 50 drones made by a Turkish company and even threatened Greek media who spread the fake news. On July 30th we published in good faith a story posted
UAM/UTM
A ground-breaking new project announced on July 30 will build and then demonstrate how Open-Access UTM (Unmanned Traffic Management) capability can support drone operations below 400ft in the UK. The Connected Places Catapult is bringing together a national and international consortium to develop a world leading Open-Access UTM framework for
Commercial
Drone delivery service provider Skyports has announced its partnership with Robotic Skies, the global maintenance, repair, and overhaul network for commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Skyports specialises in operating end-to-end drone deliveries within the medical, e-commerce, and logistics sectors. The company is conducting medical drone deliveries to assist the NHS
Research
Woolpert has been contracted to research and develop airfield design guidelines for large unmanned aircraft systems for the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP). The ACRP is managed by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine and sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The
News
Twelve months ago, ultra-fast charging (UFC) pioneer, StoreDot, achieved a world first with its partner BP by successfully fully-charging a two-wheeled electric vehicle in just 5 minutes. Today, the company is launching its award-winning UFC technology for the drone industry, having achieved its mission of fully-charging a commercial drone in
News
The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is a single-seat, twin turbofan engine, straight wing jet aircraft developed by Fairchild-Republic for the United States Air Force (USAF). It is commonly referred to by the nicknames "Warthog" or "Hog", although the A-10's official name comes from