The Defence Acquisition Programme Administration (DAPA) of the Republic of Korea has selected the Heron Medium Altitude, Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) for its corps-level UAS upgrade project.
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de Havilland DH-112 Venom Short Display
New Zealand’s only operating de Havilland Venom is shown here at Tauranga Airport, Tauranga, New Zealand. Continue reading
Dutch Army Seeks Raven replacement
The Royal Netherlands Army is preparing a request for proposals for the replacement of its AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven unmanned air vehicles. The service expects to release the RFP in early 2015. Continue reading
Gretchen West Joins DroneDeploy
Gretchen West, the former Executive Vice President of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) has joined DroneDeploy, a provider of commercial drone software. West is coming from AUVSI, the drone industry’s largest advocacy and lobbying group. At DroneDeploy, West will lead the company’s Business Development and Regulatory Affairs efforts. Continue reading
France Wants Protection from Drones
France is launching research on how to track and destroy drones as the mystery of who is behind a series of illegal flights over atomic sites remains unsolved.
AAI Rebrand
AAI Logistics & Technical Services, AAI Test & Training and AAI Unmanned Systems have been part of the Textron Systems enterprise for years now. They have now rebranded to be one Textron Systems.
Taiwan’s Defence Ability Bolstered by UAS
Taiwan’s defence and air reconnaissance capabilities have been significantly enhanced with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and other cutting-edge systems and devices, which were unveiled this week by the Chungshan Institute of Science & Technology (CSIST). Continue reading
Comparing Traditional CSI Procedures with UAV Mapping
This experimental project was organised by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Pix4D, using UAV models from Draganfly and Aeryon Labs. The goal is comparing traditional CSI procedures with UAV mapping. Continue reading