Drone operators wanting to fly in the airspace around Southampton Airport can now benefit from a digital flight approval service, NATS Services has announced. Continue reading
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UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía Develops Heads-Up Display for Enhanced First-Person Flight Visualization
– UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía, the company that is an expert in guidance, navigation and control solutions for UAS, has announced the development of advanced On-Screen Display (OSD) technology which improves the Primary Flight Display (PFD) of the flight control system to show first-person visualization to NATO CAT I & II UAS operators. Continue reading
GA-ASI’s Gray Eagle Extended Range UAS Supports Army Vanguard Demos
As part of the U.S. Army’s Vanguard demonstrations that took place in Fort Huachuca, Arizona, on Sept. 17–18, 2024, a Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) Unmanned Aircraft System provided by the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) showcased several new capabilities, including the integration of an Expeditionary Cyber Chassis (ECC) for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) and Modular Open Suite of Standards (CMOSS) with Communications Intelligence (COMINT) and Mobile Ad Hoc Networking (MANET) radios from Silvus Technologies. Continue reading
Teledyne FLIR Defense Unveils Cerberus XL C-UAS Mobile Counter-Drone System at AUSA 2024
– Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, is introducing its Cerberus XL C-UAS air domain monitoring and counter-drone platform at this week’s Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) conference in Washington D.C. Continue reading
Russia Shows Shahed Launch Site for First Time
The first daytime photo of the launch position of russian Shahed-136/131 kamikaze drone taken during the full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine appeared on social media. Continue reading
The Future of Drone Navigation
In the modern battlefield, GPS cannot be relied upon. This was starkly demonstrated when, as reported by The Wall Street Journal, “Ukrainian officials have found U.S.-made drones fragile and unable to overcome Russian jamming and GPS blackout technology.” Continue reading
AeroVironment to Manufacture Switchblade 600 in Ukraine
The American company AeroVironment has signed an agreement with a Ukrainian company to localize the Switchblade 600. The agreement was signed at the International Defense Industries Forum in Kyiv. Continue reading
Leidos Rebrands C-UAS System with Updated Technology
– Leidos , a Fortune 500 innovation leader, announced AirShield, the new name for its latest solution for counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) missions. The next step in the evolution of the system’s architecture will include expanded capabilities featuring both kinetic and non-kinetic effectors. Continue reading