The manager of Pendleton’s Unmanned Aerial Systems Range said he expects to hear next week if the Flyox I, a massive Spanish-made drone designed to assist with firefighting, will run test flights at the Eastern Oregon Regional Airport. Continue reading
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Philippines Revealed as ScanEagle Operator
A US Navy solicitation has shown the Philippines to be a hitherto-unknown operator of the Insitu ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS). Continue reading
Kratos Gets New US High Performance Drone Order
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has announced that its Unmanned Systems Division (USD) recently received an order from a U.S. Government customer for six High Performance Unmanned Aerial Drone System Aircraft. Continue reading
NTT to Launch Drone Traffic Management Software
NTT DATA Corporation has announced the launch of the “airpalette UTM” software package in October 2017. This software package consists of an “FOS” (Flight Operation System) drone operation control function for businesses that use drones and a “UTM core” (UAS Traffic Management core) unmanned aircraft traffic management function for airspace managers. Continue reading
Integrator to Replace Netherlands ScanEagle Fleet
The Netherlands has selected the Boeing Insitu Integrator UAV to meet requirement for a small tactical unmanned air system (STUAS). Continue reading
Modular Drone Defence System from Germany
ESG Elektroniksystem und Logistik-GmbH, Diehl Defence and Rohde & Schwarz signed a cooperative agreement in the area of drone defence. Continue reading
Israel Defense Forces Receive Skylark 3
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are preparing to receive the first tranche of Skylark 3 unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in June, service officials have disclosed. Continue reading
Australia Invests Aus $101M in WASP AE Fleet
The Australian federal government has announced it will be investing AU$101 million into small unmanned aerial systems for use by the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The funding for the drone fleet comes under tranche one of a two-tranche program, with Minister for Defence Marise Payne commenting that Defence chose Wasp AE to meet an immediate need. Continue reading