Juniper Unmanned, Inc has announced that it has partnered with Ascentium Capital LLC and Airsure Limited to offer new drone insurance and customized finance packages in the United States. By combining Juniper’s training and support services, customers can spread payments over 2-3 years, and experience savings on insurance by as much as 50%.
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GAO Issues Report on Unmanned Aerial Systems
The Government Accountability Office has issued a Report to Congress on the Air Force and Army unmanned aerial systems personnel strategies. The report (GAO-17-53) is titled “Unmanned Aerial Systems – Air Force and Army Should Improve Strategic Human Capital Planning for Pilot Workforces”, Continue reading
SRC Wins $65 M US Army Anti-Drone Contract
The U.S. Army has awarded a $65 million contract to SRC Inc. of Cicero to develop a system that can detect and defeat one of the newest threats on the battlefield — small, slow and low-flying drones.
SolAero to Power Bye’s StratoAirNet Solar-Electric UAV
SolAero Technologies Corp. has announced an important product development and manufacturing collaboration with Bye Aerospace to power Bye’s StratoAirNet solar-electric unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) with SolAero’s high-efficiency solar cells and flexible solar modules. Continue reading
Avion Unmanned Launches Online UAS Training Portal
After countless hours and iterations, the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Training Team at Avion Unmanned announces the long-awaited launch of their Online UAS Training Portal. Designed and developed to prepare groups and individuals in the commercial sector, as well as law enforcement, for the challenges they face in the operation of UAS (drones) in the National Airspace System (NAS), the UAS training portal offers self-paced remote training that encompasses recently released Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) UAS regulations. Continue reading
B25 Mitchell Bomber – with Thumping Radial Engines
The North American B-25 Mitchell is an American twin-engine, medium bomber manufactured by North American Aviation (NAA). It was named in honour of Major General William “Billy” Mitchell, a pioneer of U.S. military aviation. Continue reading
Agribotix Partners with senseFly to Offer Agricultural Drone & Data Processing Solution
Agribotix has partnered with senseFly, a producer of professional fixed-wing drones, to offer a new combined solution for professional users. This premium technology solution combines the top drone, sensor and agricultural data processing technologies available today to make collecting and analyzing aerial data easier than ever, with several times more coverage, per flight, than is possible with most quadcopter solutions. Continue reading
US Air Force Wants Midair Drone Refuelling
The U.S. Air Force wants drones that can be refuelled in midair by other drones. The reason is simple. While drones like the RQ-4 Global Hawk can stay in the air for more than thirty hours without getting tired, bored or feeling the urge to urinate, even an unmanned aircraft needs to refuel sooner or later. That means the drone must interrupt its mission to return to base, or a manned tanker aircraft will have to fly to where the drone is to refuel it. But since the whole reason for robots is to keep humans out of harm’s way, sending a tanker and its fighter escorts into hostile airspace to top up a drone defeats the purpose. Continue reading