Weapons Systems
Four explosive-laden drones hit locations northeast of Erbil early Saturday morning. The attack caused material damage, but there were no casualties. “Three drones hit the house of a citizen near the village of Bragh in Erbil province and another drone landed in an unpopulated area on Mount Tarin,” Kurdistan Region’
Commercial
With over 270 flight hours of pollution patrolling in Lithuania on behalf of the Lithuanian authorities, Nordic Unmanned identified more than 10 cases of non-compliant vessels, with one shipping company being fined €10.000 for sulphur pollution. This vessel became the first known violator in the world to be fined
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Plymouth Rock Technologies Inc., a supplier of detection apparatus and unmanned technologies, has announced that the first PRT X1-H model UAS has been sold and delivered to Aardvark LLP, to perform long range oil pipeline security and environmental operations in remote locations. Alisher Valikhanov, General Director of Aardvark stated, “This
Commercial
In June 2021, Russian IT company ‘Radar MMS’ unveiled a number of their latest technologies, including a cargo drone that’s capable of even secretly carrying hundreds of kilos of cash (yes, you heard it right) and a UAV that can save drowning people after a ship accident or a
Electronic Systems
The experimentation and demonstration campaign of the ECARO (Egnos Civil Aviation Roadmap) project, performed at Grottaglie Airport, has just concluded. Its results were discussed at the online conference GNSS-BASED AUTONOMOUS UAS FLIGHT - DEMO DAY, in which representatives of EUSPA (Eruopean Union Agency for the Space Programmes), ENAC, Aeroporti di
Electronic Systems
uAvionix Corporation announced that, for the second time in as many quarters, it has certified a micro-transponder with the Department of Defense (DoD) Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System Identification Friend or Foe Program Office (AIMS PO). The RT-2087/ZPX-A, now certified in accordance with the AIMS 17-1000 performance specification,
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A group of demonstrators gathered in Springfield, Missouri, last week as part of a movement claiming that birds are actually drones operated by the government. One demonstrator's sign claimed that when birds innocuously sit on power lines, they are in fact charging their batteries. It's unclear
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Three Norwegian graduate students enrolled in the MIT Professional Education Advanced Study Program (ASP), spring 2020 was the moment when technology, innovation, and preparation met opportunity and they began working together to transport biological samples using autonomous vehicles. Lars Erik Matsson Fagernæs, Bernhard Paus Græsdal, and Herman Øie Kolden were
Commercial
Reign Maker, a drone and data services innovation company, has announced the launch of Nixie, a drone-enabled water sampling and data collection system, designed to drastically increase sampling rates and accuracy while reducing the number of required field personnel and eliminating the dependence on marine vessels. To ensure our water
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Volocopter, flew its Volocopter 2X electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft at Le Bourget Airfield during the Paris Air Forum. With both, the flight demonstration of their Volocopter 2X and the VoloCity model onsite, the German UAM developer demonstrated the progress they are making to introduce eVTOL aircraft as
C-UAS
Dedrone, a supplier of smart airspace security announced that it has surpassed 1,000 sensors sold, and continues to rapidly expand the global Dedrone footprint exceeding 250% revenue growth year-over-year. Dedrone detects, identifies, and locates nearly 250 different drone types and can provide mitigation when authorized for use. Dedrone’s
Research
The USAF Armament Directorate has awarded the North American Wave Engine Corporation a $1 million contract to build and demonstrate the Versatile Air-Launched Platform (VALP) as part of the USAF’s efforts to develop high-impact technologies critical to the future of aviation and aerial combat. Designed primarily as a decoy,