GA-ASI is pleased to announce the selection of two Belgian companies – Hexagon’s Geospatial division and ScioTeq – from its “Blue Magic Belgium” (BMB) industry solicitation event that took place the week of 21 September. Continue reading
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Honeywell Acquires Ballard Unmanned Systems
Honeywell has acquired assets from privately held Ballard Unmanned Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Southborough, Massachusetts-based Ballard Power Systems Inc.. Continue reading
Schiebel Pacific Ramps Up for LAND129 and SEA129
Schiebel Pacific is scaling its business in preparation for Land129 and Sea129. The company is hiring remote pilots and maintenance technicians and upgrading its facility. Continue reading
German Scaleup Flynex Joins EIT Digital Accelerator
Hamburg-based drone data and solutions provider, FlyNex, joins the EIT Digital Accelerator to reach new markets and expand their international foothold. FlyNex helps companies bring drones into their business operations to gather and analyse data in a new and efficient way. Continue reading
Aquiline Drones Signs License Deal with Drone Volt
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Aquiline Drones , the Hartford-based manufacturer of unmanned aerial systems and cloud solutions provider for commercial drone operations, announced that it has signed exclusive US manufacturing and distribution licensing agreements with Drone Volt, a French aeronautic manufacturer of professional civilian drones, on-board artificial intelligence, edge computing and unmanned aerial systems production. Continue reading
Viasat and AeroVironment to Develop Enhanced Type 1 Encrypted Communications for US Army UAS
Viasat Inc. , a global communications company, and AeroVironment, Inc. , a global supplier of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), have announced they will collaborate on a contract awarded under the U.S. Army Reconfigurable Communications for Small Unmanned Systems (RCSUS) initiative. Continue reading
Cubic to Develop Protected Communications for Army UAS
Cubic Corporation announced that its Cubic Mission and Performance Solutions (CMPS) business division was awarded a contract worth $7.5 million to develop and flight test prototype software-defined radios (SDR) for the U.S. Army. Continue reading
Leonardo DRS to Manufacture Hoverfly’s Advanced Tethered UAS Products
Leonardo DRS, Inc. announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Hoverfly Technologies Inc. (HTI) of Orlando, Florida to manufacture HTI’s line of Tethered Unmanned Aerial Systems (TUAS). The Leonardo DRS Land Systems business in St. Louis, Missouri has since received its first order from Hoverfly valued at over $4 million. Continue reading