The first unified electronic platform for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and air vehicles to be used in the UAE for recreational, service and commercial purposes has been announced. Continue reading
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Russia Developing New-Generation Drones for Security Services
Russia is developing new-generation drones and robotics control systems for its special services, Federal Security Service or FSB secret police—one of the successors of the Soviet-era KGB— (FSB) Chief Alexander Bortnikov told Rossiyskaya Gazeta. Continue reading
NASA’s X-56A Flexible Wing Aircraft in Flight
NASA just published this video of the X-56A which flew with a flexible wing configuration at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California on August 31. Continue reading
Wankel Engine Opens Doors to New Target Groups
3W-International exhibited the new 3W-180 SRE hybrid Wankel engine at this year’s Xponential early in the summer of 2017. After half a year, CEO Karsten Schudt draws a positive balance relative to the new engine. Continue reading
U.T.SEC 2018: Expo and Conference on Unmanned Technologies
Following its highly promising launch in early March 2017, preparations are already in full swing for the second U.T.SEC – Unmanned Technologies & Security – Expo & Conference. On Wednesday 7 and Thursday 8 March 2018, experts in drones and unmanned systems will once again meet at the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg to learn and talk about the latest developments regarding the use of these technologies, and how to defend against them. Continue reading
Lockheed Martin UAE Payload Challenge
The inaugural Unmanned Aerial Systems Payload Design Challenge brings university students together from across the United Arab Emirates to design, develop and integrate payloads with commercial and industrial applications. Continue reading
General Atomics Gets $95M US Army Gray Eagle Block Zero Logistics Services Contract
General Atomics Aeronautical, Poway, California, was awarded a $94,575,690 modification (P00018) to contract W58RGZ-17-C-0035 for contractor logistics services for the unmanned aircraft system Gray Eagle Block Zero. Continue reading
Intel’s Falcon 8+ Helps Preserve 15th-Century German Cathedral
The 15th century Halberstadt Cathedral in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany is getting help from 21st century technology: the Intel Falcon 8+ drone. In collaboration with experts from Bauhaus University Weimar and Kulturstiftung Sachsen-Anhalt, a foundation for the preservation of cultural monuments, Intel is powering inspections and damage assessment of the cathedral with advanced commercial drone technology. Continue reading