Lockheed Martin announced the call for participants in its year-long Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Payload Design Challenge. Launched in partnership with Mubadala Aerospace and Engineering Services, the program will challenge teams from across UAE universities to design, develop, and integrate payloads onto a Lockheed Martin INDAGO, an UAS with leading endurance, payload options and advanced ground control software. Continue reading
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Hybrid VTOL Fixed-Wing Drone Flies for 2+ Hours
The Volanti from Sydney-based Carbonix is a carbon composite drone with a 2.7-m (9-ft) wingspan that uses a multirotor system for VTOL, then transitions to horizontal flight as a push-prop fixed-wing once in the air. It flies for over two hours on electric power or seven with a gas pusher, and Carbonix hopes it will fill the industrial-grade niche in between hobby and military UAV gear.
Helicopter Association Hosts Safety Symposium on the Integration of UAS into the NAS
As far as the Helicopter Association International is concerned, when it comes to the integration of unmanned aerial systems into the National Airspace System, safety is the objective, HAI President Matt Zuccaro said as he kicked off an HAI safety symposium on integration of UAS into the NAS. Continue reading
Thales Teams with Unifly to Launch ECOsystem UTM
At the World ATM Congress 2017, Thales announces the launch of ECOsystem UTM, an advanced solution for Unmanned Aerial System Traffic Management (UTM), built with key technology from partner Unifly. Continue reading
New Man-Portable C-UAV System Seen at IDEX 2017
KB Radar Design Bureau of Belarus has developed a man-portable counter-unmanned aerial vehicle (C-UAV) system, unveiling the package at IDEX 2017 in Abu Dhabi.
The Future Takes Shape at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2017
The way of the future is unmanned. With new regulations removing previous land, sea and air barriers for commercial uses of unmanned and robotic technology, the opportunities are endless for professionals across the multitude of industries that touch this dynamic space. More than 7,000 of these innovative professionals will gather in Dallas, May 8-11, 2017, at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2017, the premier event for the emerging unmanned market. Continue reading
Taiwan Displays Armed MALE UAV at IDEX
Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) used the IDEX 2017 show in Abu Dhabi to display a model of an armed version of a medium-altitude long endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (MALE UAV) that it unveiled in 2015. Continue reading
GA-ASI Launches Team Reaper Australia
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has announced the official launch of its Team Reaper Australia solution to the Project Air 7003 requirement, together with Australian teammates Cobham, CAE Australia, Raytheon Australia, and Flight Data Systems. Continue reading