Category Archives: Business News
US State Department Clears $80M UAE Blackjack Sale
The U.S. Department of State has approved a possible $80 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to the United Arab Emirates of a further batch of RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned aerial surveillance system, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said in a 24 May statement. Continue reading
Bantek to Distribute Drones by US
Bantek, Inc., a distributor of products to the U.S. Government, an environmental/construction services provider and reseller of drones and drone training, today announced the signing of a distributor agreement with Drones by US. Continue reading
Dynetics to Build 100 kW Laser for US Army
The US Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command has selected a Dynetics-led team to develop an experimental 100 kW laser weapon system for its Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV). Continue reading
Redkite WAMI Sensor System on Show at SOFIC
Logos Technologies will be exhibiting an updated version of its lightweight RedKite wide-area motion imagery (WAMI) system at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC), held on May 20–23, in Tampa, Florida. Continue reading
Neat Brands Rebrands to Enterprise UAS

L-R: Sam Nam (CMO), Marc Flamm (Enterprise Sales and support manager), Clint Wimmer (Product development and purchasing manager), Mike Zaya (CEO), and Dan Amos (CFO)
Neat Brands, a provider of commercial UAS technology adoption and solutions, has revealed the business’ rebrand to Enterprise UAS. The company’s announcement comes at an exciting time as they add Aerial Media Pros, another dealer, to their roster and continue to dominate the Southern California market. Continue reading
Skyborne Technologies Raises $2.5M Series A Funding
Skyborne Technologies has announced the completion of Series A capital raise of US$2.45M. The funds will support the growth and continued development of the lightest armed micro tactical UAV, targeting the defence and law enforcement market. Continue reading
Volans-i Raises $20 Million in Series A Funding
Volans-i, Inc., an on-demand aerial delivery business based in San Francisco, has raised $20 Million in Series A funding. The funding was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, who was the lead investor for Volans-i’s seed round funding, with support from Y Combinator. Continue reading




