uAvionix has announced its participation in the deployment of Vantis, North Dakota’s statewide Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) infrastructure and network led by the Northern Plains UAS Test Site. Continue reading
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New Russian Drone Control Station Spotted in Ukraine
The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine has reported that it had spotted a modern Russian Navodchik-2 ground drone control station for unmanned aerial vehicles in Ukraine. Continue reading
GA-ASI Gets $93M Contract to Develop AI for Smart Sensor Prototype Unmanned Aerial Platform
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, was awarded a $93,293,554 hybrid (cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price) contract for research, development, test and evaluation of artificial intelligence for the smart sensor prototype unmanned aerial platform. Continue reading
Embry-Riddle Studies Hyperlocal Weather Prediction for Drone Operations
Embry-Riddle researchers have designed a General Urban area Microclimate Predictions tool, or GUMP, to better predict the effects of weather on UAS
A wide variety of services exist for macro weather prediction, but when it comes to how wind and storms impact unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), or drones — namely those meant for drone package delivery and air taxis — more localized forecasts are needed. That’s where researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University come in, as they contribute to a NASA project to develop tools for assessing and predicting hyperlocal weather conditions. Continue reading
Kratos Acquires UAS Engineering Co. 5-D Systems
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that it has acquired 5-D Systems, Inc., a CMMI Level 3 Systems and Software Engineering company with facilities in the Austin, Texas area and in Huntsville, Alabama. Continue reading
Amazon Prime Air Lays Off Dozens of Employees
Amazon said on Thursday last week that it had laid off dozens of staff working on the e-commerce giant’s delivery drone project as part of a reorganization of the team. Continue reading
OCCAR and Industry Agree Terms for Euro MALE RPAS
After several months of intensive negotiations between Airbus Defence and Space and OCCAR, the European Medium Altitude Long Endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (MALE RPAS) Programme has taken a decisive step forward with the completion of the negotiation phase for the Stage 2 Contract. Continue reading
Hollywood Man Charged for LAPD Helicopter Drone Collision
Special agents with the FBI arrested a Hollywood man on a federal charge alleging that he recklessly operated a drone that crashed into a Los Angeles Police Department helicopter. Continue reading