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Parrot Drops Consumer Drones… and Profits Soar
Last week Parrot group reported 64% growth. That might come as a bit of a surprise to many owners of Parrot drones, since the company ‘finalized’ sales of consumer drones in 2021 but in fact Parrot – and the Anafi brand – is still very much in business, and made over €70M in 2022. Continue reading
Baykar Unveils Bayraktar TB3 Ship-Based UAV
Turkish defense firm Baykar Technologies has unveiled its new Bayraktar TB-3 drone for launch from naval vessels. Company chief technology officer Selcuk Bayraktar shared photos of the unmanned system on social media, revealing that it is now on the production line pending first flight. Continue reading
Dronetech Picks Veronte Autopilot for Pelican UAV
Embention, with more than 15 years of experience and specialised in Autopilots and Motor Controllers developed in compliance with the aeronautical certification standards DO178C and DO254, has announced a collaboration with Dronetech. Continue reading
Airbus Controls Drone from a Tanker Aircraft
Airbus Defence and Space and the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Airbus UpNext, have achieved in-flight autonomous guidance and control of a drone using an A310 MRTT. Continue reading
Self-Flying F-16s will Enable Future Fighter Drones
The Air Force is rigging F-16s to fly autonomously, but that’s not the main point of automating one of the service’s most numerous fighter jets, the commander of the Air Force Test Center said Monday. Instead, the Venom project aims to refine an AI engine to fly a wide variety of today’s and tomorrow’s aircraft. Continue reading
Septentrio Launches Agnostic Corrections Partner Program
Septentrio, a supplier of high-precision GNSS* positioning solutions, announces the start of the Agnostic Corrections Partner Program. This program facilitates the use of Septentrio receivers with various high-accuracy services, which offer varying levels of accuracy, coverage and delivery methods. Continue reading
uAvionix Announces truSky ADS-B Spoofing Detection for SkyLine UAS BVLOS Operations
uAvionix has announced that it is introducing truSky ADS-B “spoofing” detection for its SkyLine Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS) Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) services. The innovation provides pilots and controllers confidence by validating that an individual aircraft ADS-B signal is indeed coming from an aircraft and not being broadcast as a means to fake or spoof the signal. Continue reading