The Secret Service is conducting middle-of-the-night drone flights near the White House in secret tests to devise a defence against the unmanned aircraft. The government-controlled drones will be flown between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m. during the next several weeks over parts of Washington —airspace that’s usually off limits as a no-fly zone, according to a U.S. official briefed on the plans. Continue reading
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UK Royal Parks Impose No-Fly Zone
Drone pilots who fly in the Royal Parks will have to leave their flying gadgets at home under new legislation. Continue reading
Airbus Teams with KDS to Offer Targets in India
Airbus Defence and Space has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with India-based Kadet Defence Systems (KDS) for the sale and marketing of services and products in the field of aerial target systems. Continue reading
US Navy Awards $99M Strike System Contract
The US Navy has awarded nine companies a spot on a maximum $99 million set of contracts to provide software development and other services for the Naval Air Systems Command’s Strike Planning and Execution Systems, which supports a number of air, sea and ground missions.
Audi A6 Escapes Drone Attack
Audi’s 2016 A6 is for the birds. The Herndon, Va., luxury car brand has launched a humorous campaign for the sedan whose lead-off TV spot updates, in a truly creepy way, the most famous sequence from Alfred Hitchcock’s ornithological horror movie, switching out rogue crows for the much scarier prospect of rampaging flocks of drones. Continue reading
Australian UAS Operating Applications Continue to Soar
The Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) says it is being inundated with an unprecedented number of applications to commercially operate drones.
Surveillance Expert Uses Kites
“Drones are here to stay, and they are a very valuable tool,” said Randy Anglin of Lionstrike Forensics. “But kites and balloons have become a very valuable tool for what we do.” Continue reading
EasyJet Considers UAVs for Spare-Parts Resupply
UK low-cost carrier EasyJet is looking at using unmanned air vehicles to reduce the logistics burden in quickly supplying spares to grounded aircraft. Continue reading