C-UAS
The Belgian police were seen wielding systems made by Australia's DroneShield and Britain's OpenWorks Engineering. The security forces of Belgium were armed with two types of weapons against drones as part of the network for protection of U.S. President Joe Biden during his meeting this
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Delivering packages between Malta and Gozo has gotten easier as a new drone service is set to launch this week. The new cargo drone service is the brainchild of three companies, HandsOn Systems, QuAero and Phoenix Wings, who aim to provide a “fast delivery service” between the islands. The Unmanned
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IN-FLIGHT Data has announced its strategic partnership with Airial Robotics from Germany. Starting June 2021, IN-FLIGHT Data is the Approved Canadian Distributor and North American Reseller of the entire line of Airial Robotics drones, from 4 kg to an eye-popping 600 KG max take-off weight. IN-FLIGHT Data is also the
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Japan Post is joining forces with Autonomous Control Systems Laboratory (ACSL), a domestic drone manufacturer, to start delivering mail by air. Japan Post Group announced its plans to collaborate with ACSL to create an air delivery system that would prove useful in mountainous areas and in remote islands. ACSL is
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NASA established the ASRS in 1976 to address the lack of a consolidated reporting and data-collection system regarding aviation incidents and accidents. In that year, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) established ASRS to collect, analyze, and respond to voluntarily submitted aviation safety incident reports to lessen the likelihood of
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Axon a global supplier of connected public safety technologies and DroneSense, a software platform for drones in public safety, have announced a strategic partnership to provide public safety agencies with an end-to-end drone software solution, including piloting, administration, evidence management and live streaming. Axon will implement DroneSense's piloting,
Military
The US Defense Department and its partners will hold the next demonstration of the highly anticipated drone swarming concept this fall, according to a top general. During a question-and-answer session hosted Wednesday by Defense News, Air Force Lt. Gen. Brian Robinson, deputy commander of Air Mobility Command, revealed the next
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UAS Drone Corp. announced that Duke Airborne Systems Ltd., its wholly owned Israeli subsidiary, has received a notice of allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a patent titled “Stabilization System” with regard to its stabilization technology incorporated in its advanced robotic system. “The awarded patent demonstrates
BVLOS
Iris Automation has been selected by the Federal Aviation Administration to participate in the FAA's BVLOS ARC (Aviation Rulemaking Committee). The UAS BVLOS ARC will provide recommendations to the FAA for performance-based regulatory requirements to normalize safe, scalable, economically viable, and environmentally advantageous UAS BVLOS operations that are
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BlueBird Aero Systems, partially owned (50% of shares) by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), completed the delivery of 100 WanderB-VTOL UAVs to a European customer. The Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) UAVs are part of a transaction involving over 150 WanderB-VTOL and ThunderB-VTOL UAVs worth tens of millions of dollars (USD)
C-UAS
DroneShield Ltd has announced the release of the Immediate Response Kit (IRK), a rapidly deployable C-UAS detection and defeat kit. The IRK consists of an RfPatrol portable (1.2kg/2.6lbs incl battery) detection device and a DroneGun MKIII (2.1kg/4.7lbs incl. battery) defeat device, in a single
Electronic Systems
uAvionix has announced that it has conducted a milestone technology demonstration flight at the Northern Plains UAS Test Site (NP UAS TS) in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The 40-mile demonstration flight, witnessed by the NP UAS TS leadership team, combined the Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) flight control capabilities of