The UK Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA) has begun studies into introducing an unmanned aircraft to assist in search and rescue (SAR) operations by the end of 2019. Continue reading
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General Atomics Gets $12M UK MQ-9 Support Contract
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded an $11,894,645 undefinitized contract action for spare parts and support equipment for United Kingdom’s MQ-9 fleet. Continue reading
US Navy Uses Spike Miniature Missiles to Down UAVs
Weapons specialists at the US Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) at China Lake, CA. have recently tested the capability of guided missile to defeat an unmanned aerial vehicle in flight. The Spike miniature, lightweight precision guided missile was used for the test performed in December 2016 at China Lake. Continue reading
Rwanda Forges Forward in Drone Mapping Use
After Rwanda made waves in the news early last year for allegedly being the first country to approve drone delivery, people payed attention. The country, with its rolling hills and one of the fastest growing economies in Central Africa has already established regulations regarding drones and become a vanguard of sorts for the region. Continue reading
DARPA SideArm Catches UAS Flying at Full Speed
Few scenes capture the U.S. Navy’s prowess as effectively as the rapid-fire takeoff and recovery of combat jets from the deck of an aircraft carrier. The ability to carry air power anywhere in the world, and both launch those aircraft to flight speed and bring them to a stop over extremely short distances, has been essential to carriers’ decades-long dominance of naval warfare. Continue reading
Drone Advisory Committee Considers Important Taskings
On January 31, 2017, the Drone Advisory Committee (DAC) – a multi-stakeholder advisory group to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) – met in Reno, Nevada to discuss the critical issues affecting the integration unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into the national airspace. Continue reading
Precise Elevation Data for Safer Artic UAV Flights
Recently new digital surface model ArcticDEM Release 3 has been released for wide list of territories – Alaska, Baffin Island (Canada), Svalbard (Norway), Iceland, Novaya Zemlya (Russia) and Franz Josef Land (Russia) enabling safer UAV mission planning. Continue reading
Camcopter S-100 Wins Royal Australian Navy Contract
The Royal Australian Navy awarded to Schiebel a contract for the supply of its CAMCOPTER S-100 System and three years of follow-on Contractor Logistics Support. Continue reading