The Jammu and Kashmir police averted a cross-border terror plot by shooting down a drone carrying improvised explosive device (IED) material weighing five kg in the border belt of Jammu district on Friday, officials said. Continue reading
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VTG to Supply C-UAS Laser to Five US Destroyers
USS Stockdale fitted with ODIN
VTG, a provider of force modernization and digital transformation solutions, announced that it has been selected by the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division, a field activity of the Naval Sea Systems Command, to equip more ships in the U.S. Fleet with an innovative laser designed to counter threats from unmanned aerial systems. Continue reading
AeroVironment Gets $15.9M USAF Puma 3 AE and Raven Orders
AeroVironment, Inc. has announced receipt of two firm-fixed-price orders totaling $15,940,378 from the United States Air Force. The orders, received on April 19, 2021 and May 6, 2021, encompass the procurement of Puma 3 AE unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and spares packages, as well as Raven UAS spares packages. Continue reading
UK Exercises Option for Additional 13 Protectors
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has exercised the clause in its contract with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc (GA-ASI) to manufacture and deliver 13 additional Protector RG Mk1 Remotely Piloted Air Systems (RPAS) that had previously been identified as options. Continue reading
Aloft Patents UTM Platform Technology
Aloft (formerly Kittyhawk), a supplier of drone operations and airspace management solutions, has been awarded another patent for their industry leading Dynamic Airspace platform. Continue reading
Brazil Approves senseFly’s eBee X for BVLOS Operations
AL DRONES partners André Arruda and Lucas Florêncio during tests with the senseFly eBee X
senseFly, a global supplier of fixed-wing mapping drones – in collaboration with drone engineering and consulting specialists AL Drones and geotechnology company Santiago & Cintra announced that the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) has approved Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) flights to be carried out in Brazil using senseFly’s flagship eBee X fixed-wing drone. Continue reading
Deutsche Aircraft and Universal Hydrogen Partner on Zero Emissions Regional Aviation
Deutsche Aircraft, the new purpose-driven German aircraft Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), and Universal Hydrogen Co., the company fueling carbon-free flight, have announced a technical collaboration to advance the decarbonization of aviation, a global imperative in the fight against climate change. Continue reading
New Algorithm Flies Drones Faster than Human Racing Pilots
A drone flying through smoke to visualize the complex aerodynamic effects
For the first time an autonomously flying quadrotor has outperformed two human pilots in a drone race. The success is based on a novel algorithm that was developed by researchers of the University of Zurich. It calculates time-optimal trajectories that fully consider the drones’ limitations. Continue reading