Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or UAVs, have emerged as the largest growth industry in the global aerospace industry, with worldwide expenditures projected to reach $89 billion by 2025. However, with the commercial use of drones awaiting Federal Aviation Administration regulations, and considering that export licenses are difficult to obtain, U.S. companies remain dependent on government contracts to fuel their contributions to the UAV industry’s growth.
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Amazon Hiring Specialised Drone Patent lawyer
When Amazon is being coy about how it plans to bring a new initiative to life, the best place to look for insights is on the Careers tab of the company’s website. After all, outsiders can be kept in the dark, but job candidates need to know what skills are needed and how they might be used. Continue reading
DreamHammer Signs UAS Software Distribution Deal with Emerging Technologies Corporation in Colombia
DreamHammer, a Santa Monica, California, software company which provides software for UAS manufacturers, developers and integrators, has announced a deal with Emerging Technologies Corporation (ETC), an authorized distributor of American-based technologies to the Republic of Colombia. Emerging Technologies Corporation will serve as the exclusive distributor and lead systems integrator of DreamHammer’s products to the Colombian Government, Armed Forces and National Police. Continue reading
Joint Approach to Europe’s Next Generation UAS
AAI Becomes Textron Unmanned Systems
Textron Systems, a division of Textron Inc. with much of the company’s defence business, has renamed its various business units as it targets gaps in capabilities in the U.S. military and seeks more business in international and commercial opportunities. Continue reading
Predator XP Now Available with DreamHammer OS
Buyers of a version of one of the most prolific UAS on the market will soon be able to buy an operating system that can work with other UAS. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has been given permission by the Defense Department to sell unarmed versions of its famed Predator, called the Predator XP, to international customers in places like the Middle East, or friendly allies bordering the Ukraine and Russia, like Poland.
Trinidad & Tobago Budgets $87M on Four UAS
Trinidad & Tobago’s Cabinet has approved the purchase of six helicopters and four Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for the National Operations Centre (NOC) that would cost about $600 million, reported National Security Minister Gary Griffith. Continue reading
LH-10 to Be Built in Morocco
The LH Aviation LH-10 light multirole aircraft, bought for surveillance use by Benin and the United Arab Emirates, will be the first aircraft to be manufactured in Morocco when a new factory is established in the North African country.