UAS VISION
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Raytheon Company and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. are working together to develop a highly autonomous, unmanned electronic warfare capability based on equipping GA-ASI’s Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) with Raytheon’s Miniature Air Launched Decoy (MALD). Continue reading
The US Navy’s RQ-21A Insitu Integrator Small Tactical Unmanned Air System (STUAS) completed its first flight at sea Feb. 10 from the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19). Continue reading
For several years now Texas Equusearch has been using RP Services to help with search and rescue. Gene Robinson with the non-profit RP Search Services in Wimberley says that his UAS can cover more area than 100 foot searchers in a shorter amount of time and see objects as small as six inches. Continue reading
LaserMotive, an independent R&D company specializing in laser power beaming, has announced the MicroPoF, the first in LaserMotive’s new line of general-purpose Power over Fiber (PoF) products. Continue reading
Everybody loves a good paper airplane, but the problem is they only fly straight, and that’s only so much fun. Well, that about to be a problem of the past. Thanks to the Power Up 3.0, you can not only outfit your paper creations with a motor, but steer them directly from your phone. Continue reading
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. announced that it will have a significant presence at the upcoming IDEX show in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Feb. 17-21, including a full-scale mock-up of its new RPA, Predator XP. Continue reading
The City of Arlington has two UAS, but they’ve never flown a single mission. News 8 has learned the police department’s unmanned aircraft programme might finally get to fly in the coming weeks. Continue reading
Insitu has won back the contract to provide UAS intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) services to U.S. Special Operations Command (Socom), after AAI was dismissed from the contract it won away from Insitu last year. Continue reading