At UMEX 2020, Insitu-Boeing introduced Integrator Extended Range (Integrator ER), an enhanced version of the Integrator unmanned aircraft system (UAS). Continue reading
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US Navy Deploys Anti-Drone Laser on USS Dewey Destroyer
Artist’s concept of a laser system aboard a US destroyer
The U.S. Navy recently installed the first Optical Dazzling Interdictor, Navy (ODIN), a laser weapon system that allows a ship to counter unmanned aerial systems. The first system was installed on the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105), during her recently completed Dry-Docking Selected Restricted Availability. Continue reading
GA-ASI Presents Full Range at UMEX 2020
General Atomics Aeronautical System (GA-ASI) presents its full range of unmanned aerial systems and solutions at UMEX 2020, the International Unmanned Defense Systems that takes place in Abu Dhabi, UAE (United Arab Emirates). Continue reading
TEROS Group 4/5 UAV Continues Flight Tests
Navmar Applied Sciences Corporation (NASC) has announced successful flight testing of the NASC TEROS Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Technology Demonstrator. The flight took place at the NASC Unmanned Aerial Systems Flight Operations and Training Center at the Griffiss International Airport in Rome, NY. Continue reading
First UAE-Made VTOL Drone ‘Garmousha’ Unveiled
ADASI has launched the first UAE-made high-performance “Garmousha” vertical take-off and landing drone, in an agreement with the General Headquarters of the UAE Armed Forces. Continue reading
USAF, Space Force Want Extra $4.2B for Unfunded Priorities
A Skyborg conceptual design for a low cost attritable Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV)
The Department of the Air Force has submitted a $4.2 billion unfunded priorities list to Congress for fiscal 2021, which includes roughly $3.2 billion for the U.S. Air Force and $1 billion for the fledgling U.S. Space Force. Continue reading
New Members Join FAA Drone Advisory Committee
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has appointed two new members to the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Drone Advisory Committee (DAC). Continue reading
Portugal Adds VTOL UAS to Offshore Patrol Vessels
The Portuguese Navy is introducing a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial system (UAS) operating capability to its Viana do Castelo-class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs), the service has told Jane’s . Continue reading