Schiebel, together with partner Nordic Unmanned, successfully completed a two-day test of its sniffer capability on board the CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS in the shipping lane outside Gniben, Denmark. Continue reading
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Crashed Drone in Cambodia was ‘Privately Owned’
Cambodia’s Defence Minister General Tea Banh said on March 2 that a large drone which crashed in Koh Kong province’s Kiri Sakor district last month belonged to a private company. Continue reading
UMS SKELDAR Launches New V-150 VTOL Platform
UMS SKELDAR is launching its new enhanced V-150 Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) platform to support tactical operations including defence forces, surveillance, blue light forces and homeland security. Continue reading
Swift Navigation and Deutsche Telekom Announce Partnership
Swift Navigation, a San Francisco-based tech firm redefining GNSS positioning technology for autonomous vehicles, has announced a partnership with Deutsche Telekom, one of the world’s leading integrated telecommunications companies. Continue reading
NASA Langley Opens Applications for $20,000 UAV Competition
Applications are now being accepted for NASA Langley‘s Safeguard with Autonomous Navigation Demonstration (SAND) Challenge. Continue reading
Bristow and Schiebel Perform UK’s First Unmanned SAR Trial
International aviation services provider Bristow is carrying out the UK’s first trial of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for lifesaving operations in maritime and land environments, in partnership with the Schiebel Group. Continue reading
Griffon Aerospace Gets $50M US Army Order for Targets
MQM-171 Broadsword
U.S. Army fire-control experts needed two kinds of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) targets to help ground forces train to attack and defeat enemy UAVs. They found their solution from Griffon Aerospace Inc. in Madison, Alabama. Continue reading
teTra Wins $100K Disruptor Award at GoFly Fly-Off
teTra Aviation, a team from Tokyo, Japan, has won the $100,000 Pratt & Whitney Disruptor Award in the Inaugural GoFly Prize Final Fly-Off, the world’s first global competition to create personal human flyers. Continue reading