3D Robotics announced that it has locked up a $30 million Series B round, with a list of participants that includes Foundry Group, True Ventures, O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, and SK Ventures. Continue reading
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Grand Forks County Sheriff’s Department Trains UAS Night Flights
The Grand Forks County sheriff’s department is expanding its unmanned aircraft operations to include night flights. Continue reading
DARPA Programme Seeks to Develop a Reusable Hypersonic Unmanned Vehicle
DARPA’s new Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1) programme seeks to lower satellite launch costs by developing a reusable hypersonic unmanned vehicle with costs, operation and reliability similar to traditional aircraft. XS-1 envisions that a reusable first stage would fly to hypersonic speeds at a suborbital altitude. Continue reading
Iran to Deploy New UAS in Upcoming Wargames
Iranian Army Ground Force will make use of its newest Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) during forthcoming military drills, a senior commander announced. Continue reading
Iran Unveils New UAS
The Iranian Ground Force unveiled the country’s latest home-made UAS named ‘Yasir’ on Saturday, September 28, 2013 at a ceremony attended by Commander of the Iranian Army Ground Force Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan. Continue reading
China UAS Competition Practices Simulated Carrier Landings
Chinese media reports indicate that the winner of the 2nd AVIC-Cup International UAV Innovation Grand Prix (UAVGP) in the fixed-wing category this week was fielded by a group of students representing Shenyang Aerospace University in Liaoning Province. Continue reading
NASA Demonstrates Unmanned Aircraft Systems at Edwards Air Force Base
Source: KTLA5
Raytheon AI3 Missile Intercepts its First UAS Target
In a first-of-its-kind test for Raytheon Company‘s Accelerated Improved Intercept Initiative system, AI3 destroyed an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) in flight. The intercept was part of the second guided test flights for the AI3 programme and follows its first in-flight defeat of a 107mm rocket earlier in the test series. Continue reading