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The Tanzania National Parks Authority (TANAPA) says it is looking to deploy the French-made Delair Tech DT-18 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to carry out surveillance operations over key national reserves to protect critically endangered elephant and rhinos from poachers. Continue reading
The FAA is still investigating the incident involving a drone and a US Airways jet over Florida in spring. But the newly released record offers a reminder that not everyone agrees on what is meant by the word “drone,” a term that can encompass anything from a toy quadcopter to a military weapon — complicating the debate about whether, and how, federal authorities should regulate their use in the civilian skies. Continue reading
The US Army has begun to install a ground-based sense and avoid radar at five installations to keep UAVs from crashing into other flying objects. The radar, built by SRC, is planned for five sites to allow the General Atomics-built MQ-1C Gray Eagle fly safely in domestic airspace, said Col. Courtney Cote, project manager for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, speaking at an industry conference last week. Continue reading
Iran’s state TV on Wednesday broadcast footage of an aircraft it says is a replica of a RQ-170 captured in 2011. Continue reading
Researchers at Queensland University sent budgies down a tunnel, where they were met by an obstruction in the middle, with a choice to fly either to the left or to the right of it. What they found surprised them.
Lockheed Martin’s partner Altavian Inc. has been awarded a $4 million contract to provide gimbaled sensor payloads for the Army’s RQ-20 Puma small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). These payloads will feature the Lockheed Martin Procerus Technologies Perceptor gimballed imaging sensor, which provides advanced stabilization and sharper images, along with dual-band imaging and laser illumination capabilities. Continue reading
Kratos Defense & Security‘s unmanned systems division (USD) has successfully tested its BQM-177A subsonic aerial target (SSAT) unmanned aerial drone system at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division’s Sea Range in Point Mugu, California, US. Continue reading