A Toronto startup is launching a campaign to send swarms of lightweight cameras into the skies. The PlexiDrone is a small quadcopter with a snap-in socket for lifting a variety of prosumer devices skyward, from point-and-shoots to GoPros. DreamQii, the company behind the PlexiDrone, boasts that the aircraft’s design lets users capture 360 degrees of footage without propellers or landing gear getting in the way. Continue reading
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Insitu Gets $11M ScanEagle Contract for Yemen
Insitu Inc., Bingen, Washington, is being awarded $10,976,866 for firm-fixed-price delivery order 0007 against a previously issued Basic Ordering Agreement (N68335-11-G-0009) for the procurement of one ScanEagle System that consists of nine ScanEagle Electro-Optics and three ScanEagle Infra-red Unmanned Air Vehicles for the government of Yemen under the Foreign Military Sales program. Continue reading
Aurora Gets Phase 1B Funding to Continue Development of DARPA VTOL X-Plane Programme
Aurora Flight Sciences announced that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded the company Phase 1B funding to continue participation in the DARPA Vertical Take Off and Landing Experiment Plane (VTOL X-Plane) programme. The award is intended to carry Aurora’s participation in the project through a Preliminary Design Review (PDR) milestone in October 2015. Continue reading
Vietnam Acquires Orbiter 2
Vietnam has acquired the Orbiter 2 unmanned air system (UAS) for use as an aerial forward observation asset for its artillery corps. Continue reading
Micro Systems Gets $5M US Navy Control System Order
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that its Micro Systems, Inc. subsidiary of the Kratos Unmanned Systems Division (KUSD) recently received a delivery order from the U.S. Navy valued at $4.8 million for unmanned aerial system command and control systems and services.
AeroVironment Gets $22 M RQ-12 Wasp AE S Order for US Marine Corps
AeroVironment, Inc. announced it has received a firm fixed-price order valued at $21,779,408 for RQ-12 Wasp®AE small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and initial spares packages for the United States Marine Corps. Continue reading
DroneDeploy Raises $2M in Seed Funding
DroneDeploy, a startup that makes it possible for just about anyone to fly small drones and analyze the images they capture using a tablet or smartphone, has raised $2 million in seed funding. Investors included SoftTech VC, Data Collective, Red Point Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and AngelPad.
Northrop Grumman Gets $78M USAF Global Hawk Spare Parts Order
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, San Diego, California, has been awarded a $78,066,102 firm-fixed-price delivery order under a basic order agreement for initial Global Hawk Block 40 spare parts. Continue reading