Category Archives: Business News

Camera Store Launches Own QuadCopter

Adorama one of the world’s largest photography, video, imaging and electronics retailers, has announced the availability of the brand new Aries Blackbird X10 , a professional, remotely controlled aerial quadcopter that captures First Person Video (FPV) from up to 1,500 feet. With its unique on-board camera, the Blackbird X10 is capable of shooting up to 1080P/30fps full HD video, as well as 16-megapixel still images in ultra-high resolution, with a flight time of up to 25 minutes per charge. Continue reading →

Northrop Grumman Gets $657M Global Hawk Contract for South Korea

Northrop Grumman Corp has won a $657.4 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide South Korea with four RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned surveillance aircraft, the company and the Defense Department announced on Tuesday.

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Parrot Invests $2M in Sensing Solutions for Precision Agriculture

MicaSense, a sensor and information company has raised $2M in Series A funding from Parrot. MicaSense delivers a fully integrated hardware solution for agricultural remote sensing from any unmanned aerial platform, tightly coupled with cloud-based analytics to provide crop health information to growers. The funding will enable MicaSense to expand its engineering and manufacturing capabilities to support a growing network of customers worldwide.

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EMSA Picks Life Ray for European Maritime Surveillance System

The new unmanned aerial system AR5 Life Ray, developed by technological Group TEKEVER, was selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) to create the first European maritime surveillance system composed of UAS. Continue reading →

Israel to Issue RFI for Personal UAS

Israel’s military is preparing to issue a request for information (RFI) for a so-called “personal UAS” for use by infantry soldiers.

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USAF Seeks More Extended Range Reaper Conversions

The US Air Force (USAF) intends to award General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) a contract to upgrade an additional number of its MQ-9 Reaper Block 1 unmanned aircraft systems to the extended range (ER) configuration, it disclosed on 4 December. Continue reading →

Iran to Sell UAS to Mexico ?

Iranian drones may soon be flying over Mexican airspace according to Alaeddin Boroujerdi, the influential chairman of the Foreign Policy and National Security Committee in Iran’s parliament, who recently led a delegation of Iranian lawmakers on a 4-day trip to Mexico. Continue reading →

AeroVironment Gets $4M Switchblade Contract Extension from US Army

AeroVironment has been awarded a cost plus fixed-fee contract and options by the US Army for Switchblade tactical missile system support services. Awarded by the US Army Close-Combat Weapons Systems office, the $4.3m agreement increases the value of an existing contract to $63.8m.

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