Together with The University of Manchester, BAE Systems has successfully completed the first phase of flight trials with MAGMA – a small scale unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which will use a unique blown-air system to manoeuvre the aircraft – paving the way for future stealthier aircraft designs.
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Drone Delivery Canada Sparrow Gets Compliant Status
Drone Delivery Canada has announced that Transport Canada has accepted the Company’s Declaration of Compliance for the X1000 Sparrow cargo delivery drone. This unmanned aircraft system (UAS) is now compliant with the Transport Canada UAS standard. Continue reading
New C2 System Enhances Heron 1 Capabilities
Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) has developed a command and control (C2) system which integrates video feeds from the Heron 1 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) into an augmented reality display. Continue reading
Black Swift and Leptron Join Forces for Fixed-Wing UAS
Black Swift Technologies (BST), a specialized engineering firm based in Boulder, CO, and Leptron Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), a subsidiary of Geotech Environmental Equipment, Inc. of Denver, CO, announced a strategic alliance showcasing the individual strengths of each respective company—Leptron UAS for its manufacturing capabilities, and Black Swift Technologies for their advanced avionics and flight management systems. Continue reading
Trump Bill Reinstates FAA’s Drone Registry
The FAA Drone Registry is back on, courtesy of a bill signed into law earlier today by President Trump. The reinstated rules were one small piece of the $700 billion National Defense Authorization Act. Continue reading
Russian Base in Armenia Trains UAV Operators
Instructors of Divisions of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) of Russian military base in Armenia started training of newly-arrived servicemen.
Fire Scout to Serve as Forward Spotter for US Navy
An MQ-8C Fire Scout helicopter sits on the deck of Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Montgomery (LCS-8). US Navy Photo
The US Navy’s MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicles will receive a new radar and datalink to set the UAV up as a forward spotter for the Navy’s surface fleet. Continue reading
RUAS and Bangor University to Map Wales coastline
RUAS division has announced that it has recently partnered with Bangor University to work alongside them on a new project to map artificial and natural substrates at coastal locations across Wales. Continue reading