Oneida County’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) test site at Griffiss International Airport in Rome recently received a new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) flight authority. Continue reading
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US Marines Use GA-ASI MQ-9A for Training Exercise
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. is working with the U.S. Marine Corps on a series of Service-Level Training Exercises using a company-owned MQ-9A Unmanned Aircraft System to support the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Training Command. Continue reading
AgEagle’s eBee VISION Drones Delivered to European Military Forces
AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. has announced that three branches of European military forces have taken delivery of the Company’s newest fixed-wing drone innovation, the eBee VISION – the next generation in Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance unmanned aerial systems pioneered by AgEagle. Continue reading
Mapping Pedestrian Street Behaviour Using UAVs
A new study published in PLOS ONE tests the performance of UAV-based observation techniques in measuring pedestrian activity in two comparative settings in Santiago de Chile. Continue reading
SURVEY Copter Launches CAPA-X Modular VTOL UAV
At the opening of SOFINS, the Special Forces exhibition, SURVEY Copter, an Airbus subsidiary since 2011 and a pioneer in the design, production and operational support of light tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), is presenting a new light tactical UAS: CAPA-X. Continue reading
Baykar Unveils Bayraktar TB3 Ship-Based UAV
Turkish defense firm Baykar Technologies has unveiled its new Bayraktar TB-3 drone for launch from naval vessels. Company chief technology officer Selcuk Bayraktar shared photos of the unmanned system on social media, revealing that it is now on the production line pending first flight. Continue reading
Self-Flying F-16s will Enable Future Fighter Drones
The Air Force is rigging F-16s to fly autonomously, but that’s not the main point of automating one of the service’s most numerous fighter jets, the commander of the Air Force Test Center said Monday. Instead, the Venom project aims to refine an AI engine to fly a wide variety of today’s and tomorrow’s aircraft. Continue reading
Septentrio Launches Agnostic Corrections Partner Program
Septentrio, a supplier of high-precision GNSS* positioning solutions, announces the start of the Agnostic Corrections Partner Program. This program facilitates the use of Septentrio receivers with various high-accuracy services, which offer varying levels of accuracy, coverage and delivery methods. Continue reading