The third edition of the Airspace Security Report encompasses drone detection and airspace security news for the first half of 2018. Continue reading
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PrecisionHawk Partners With AOPA To Enable Commercial Drone Pilots
PrecisionHawk Inc., a provider of drone technology for the enterprise, has announced a partnership with the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), a non-profit organization that advocates for general aviation. This collaboration brings together two of the top aviation organizations to connect pilots with a growing network of drone service providers, as well as access to training, legal services, and job opportunities. Continue reading
Martin UAV – Naval Air Systems Command Sign Contract
Martin UAV LLC, Naval Air Systems Command Sign Contract for V-BAT Development
On June 20, 2018, Martin UAV LLC and the Naval Air Systems Command entered into a research contract to explore extending the V‑BAT’s existing autonomous landing capability. Continue reading
DARPA Picks Silent Falcon for Power Beaming Demo
Silent Falcon UAS Technologies solar electric, fixed wing, long endurance, long range Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) has been selected by DARPA as the unmanned aircraft system for its Stand-off Ubiquitous Power/Energy Replenishment – Power BeamingDemo (SUPER PBD). Continue reading
Flock of Drones Acquires Collective Intelligence
Gabor Vásárhelyi, director of the Robotic Lab in the Department of Biological Physics at Eötvös University in Budapest is the first author of a study just published in Science Robotics. Continue reading
Griffiss International Airport to Get $800,000 in State Funding for Drone Technology
Griffiss International Airport is set to receive $800,000 in state funding secured by Senator Joseph Griffo for drone technology. Griffo announced the funding along with Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente, Oneida County Aviation Commissioner Chad Lawrence, Rome Mayor Jacqueline Izzo, and CNY Defense Alliance Executive Director Mary Carol Chruscicki. Continue reading
Insitu Gets $11M ScanEagle Contract for Afghanistan
Insitu Inc., Bingen, Washington, is awarded $10,826,778 for modification P00004 to a previously issued firm-fixed-price delivery order (N6833518F0050) placed against basic ordering agreement N68335-16-G-0046. Continue reading
COPTRZ Gets OFQUAL Level 4 Accreditation for CAA Training Course
COPTRZ, the UK based drone solution provider, has announced that it has become the first CAA NQE to receive OFQUAL Level 4 Accreditation for its CAA PfCO Training Course. Continue reading