The Interior Department authorized officials to buy drones from a Chinese manufacturer that experts in government and industry view as a national security threat. Continue reading
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DroneShield Releases DroneGun MKIII
DroneShield Ltd has released a new product, DroneGun MKIII, following extensive development in response to end-user feedback. The product is available for purchase from today to qualified end-users, where lawful. Continue reading
RIEGL Invests in New Office and Production Facilities
RIEGL, a manufacturer of LiDAR scanners for surveying applications headquartered in Horn, Austria, is investing heavily in the expansion of production and office space. The continued, worldwide demand for the high-performance sensors allows the company to grow and expand further. Continue reading
Researchers Trial Camera-Based Auto-Land System
Researchers at two German universities have tested an experimental automatic landing system on a light aircraft that uses optical information from onboard cameras and satellite positioning data, instead of ground-based navigation aids. Continue reading
Task Force Reports Airports Need Federal Guidance on Counter UAS Technologies
ADIS – Liteye’s Critical Infrastructure Counter-UAS Detection System
Current federal guidance leaving airports to figure out the legality and effectiveness of counter-drone technology is insufficient and the government needs to establish a standard approach to make it easier for airports to adopt these technologies, says an interim report by the Blue Ribbon Task Force charged with making recommendations for mitigating threats from unmanned aircraft systems. Continue reading
Wing Launches OpenSky Safety App for Australian Drone Operators
Drone delivery service Project Wing (or just Wing as it’s now called) recently won governmental approval to operate in the suburbs outside the Australian capital, Canberra. There, its service delivers food, coffee, pet supplies and more to area residents. Related to these efforts, Wing this week launched a new app for drone flyers, OpenSky, to help them find safe places and times to fly their drones or drone fleets. Continue reading
Black Sage C-UAS Bought by Private Equity Group
Acorn Growth Companies, a private equity firm investing exclusively in aerospace, defense and intelligence, has announced the acquisition of Black Sage Technologies (Black Sage), a company specialised in in the development, integration and deployment of counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) solutions, headquartered in Boise, Idaho. Continue reading
Russian Naval Aviation Armed with Drones
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The Russian Navy follows the trend to operate robotic systems and increases the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in the naval aviation. Naval aviation Commander Major-General Igor Kozhin said drone development for the Navy is a priority guideline for leading design bureaus. Continue reading