Textron Systems unveiled its X5-55 vertical take-off and landing engineering testbed at the AUVSI Xponential show in Denver, Colorado, on 1 May. Continue reading
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Raytheon Key Partner to Develop America’s First Drone-Testing Airspace Corridor
The Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance selected Raytheon as a key partner in the development of America’s first and most advanced unmanned aircraft system-testing airspace corridor in New York state. Continue reading
German Navy to Field AeroVironment Puma with Mantis i45 Sensor
AeroVironment, Inc. and ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH, a system and software house in Germany for development and service, have announced that the German Navy has acquired the AeroVironment Puma maritime unmanned aircraft system. Continue reading
Ground-Based Sense and Avoid Helps Search & Rescue
Skysense, a provider of airspace surveillance equipment, Wireless@KTH, KTH centre for wireless systems and the Swedish Sea Rescue Society (SSRS), the NGO providing maritime search and rescue in Swedish waters, partner to make drones visible and able to detect manned aircraft. Continue reading
Norway’s Robot Aviation Acquires Sweden’s UAS Europe
Norwegian company Robot Aviation – a producer of Unmanned Aircraft Systems – has acquired Sweden-based UAS Europe AB. Continue reading
Defence Forces Ireland Choose COPTRZ as UAV Partner
COPTRZ has been announced as the exclusive supplier of UAV solutions to Defence Forces Ireland. The force has invested in their drone fleet with the purchase of four specialist UAVs capable of carrying both thermal and visual cameras simultaneously. Continue reading
Insitu Launches Commercial ScanEagle 3
The ScanEagle 3 is a simultaneous multi-mission capable commercial variant of ScanEagle/Integrator military UAS. Being a commercial variant, the UAS is not covered by U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), allowing accelerated global acquisition by customers. Continue reading
Five Companies Share AUVSI XCELLENCE Humanitarian Award
Five organizations that flew drones on critical, life-saving missions are winners of the inaugural XCELLENCE Humanitarian Award by the Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International (AUVSI). The award was presented on Thursday May 3rd at the AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2018 conference at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver.