As divergent as the three keynote speakers who addressed a full house at Xponential 2018 were Tuesday, they shared a common message of optimism for the future of unmanned systems. Continue reading
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Department 13 International to Launch Counter Drone System in South Korea
Department 13 International Ltd has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Korea Counter Terrorism Solutions (KCTS), a leading distributor of counter-terrorism solutions in South Korea. Continue reading
New Solar UAV Could Stay Airborne for a Year
(L-R) Paul Brooks, Managing Director, Prismatic Ltd and Michael Christie, Strategy Director, BAE Systems Air
A new solar electric unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which has the potential to fly for up to a year before needing maintenance, has become a step closer to reality following a new agreement between two cutting-edge British companies, BAE Systems and Prismatic. Continue reading
NovAtel’s New Positioning Solutions for Space-Constrained Systems
NovAtel has introduced several new precision positioning solutions for space-constrained applications. With enhanced positioning accuracy in a compact form, the PwrPak7D, PwrPak7DE1 and OEM7600 are suitable for automotive, airborne and other smaller unmanned systems. Continue reading
AeroVironment & FlightWave Team for VTOL Tech
AeroVironment has teamed with FlightWave Aerospace Systems to produce Shrike 2, a new small UAS that can takeoff and land like a quadcopter but transition to forward flight as needed, using FlightWave’s patented Edge VTOL technology. Continue reading
Weird Airplanes That Could Actually Fly
It was 1903 when the very first successful flight in history occurred. It was thanks to the relentless efforts of Orville and Wilbur Wright that the self-propelled little aircraft took flight. It was piloted by Orville and stayed in the air for 12-seconds and managed to cover 120-feet. Continue reading
Schiebel Integrates Maritime Surface Search Capability by Overwatch Imaging
Schiebel and Overwatch Imaging successfully integrated PT- 8 Oceanwatch, a revolutionary small target detection payload, on the CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS). Continue reading
Boeing and Kittyhawk Team up on LAANC Drone Authorizations
Kittyhawk has announced a collaboration with Jeppesen, a Boeing Company, where the companies have started working toward being to offer digital airspace authorization directly from the FAA into Kittyhawk’s platform. Upon FAA approval, Kittyhawk’s elite enterprise customers will be able to receive digital authorization to operate within thousands of square miles of airspace in near-real time and will be able to send digital flight plan notifications. Continue reading
