Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that it has acquired 5-D Systems, Inc., a CMMI Level 3 Systems and Software Engineering company with facilities in the Austin, Texas area and in Huntsville, Alabama. Continue reading
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Amazon Prime Air Lays Off Dozens of Employees
Amazon said on Thursday last week that it had laid off dozens of staff working on the e-commerce giant’s delivery drone project as part of a reorganization of the team. Continue reading
OCCAR and Industry Agree Terms for Euro MALE RPAS
After several months of intensive negotiations between Airbus Defence and Space and OCCAR, the European Medium Altitude Long Endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (MALE RPAS) Programme has taken a decisive step forward with the completion of the negotiation phase for the Stage 2 Contract. Continue reading
Hollywood Man Charged for LAPD Helicopter Drone Collision
Special agents with the FBI arrested a Hollywood man on a federal charge alleging that he recklessly operated a drone that crashed into a Los Angeles Police Department helicopter. Continue reading
Iran’s New Sea Base Warship Carries Drones
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps has unveiled an unorthodox new multirole warship that it says is armed with anti-ship and surface-to-air missiles and is capable of carrying helicopters, drones, and fast attack boats. Continue reading
Nordic Unmanned to Deliver Lockheed Martin Indago 3 UAS to Norwegian Armed Forces
Nordic Unmanned , as system integrator, has received a contract to deliver Lockheed Martin Indago 3 UAS, including training and life cycle support, for the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency’s vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Continue reading
First Drone Training Organization Approved in Kenya
Kendrone Ltd in Kenya received its UTO [ UAS Training Organization ] Certificate, serial number 001, from the KCAA on the 17th November 2020 making it the first approved training organization in Africa, outside of South Africa. Continue reading
uAvionix Files FAA TSO Application for World’s First Certified Drone Transponder
uAvionix Corporation announced it has filed a Technical Standard Order (TSO) application with the FAA Aircraft Certification Office (ACO) for its flagship Mode S ADS-B OUT transponder for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). Continue reading