Sources told the South China Morning Post that more than 30 military and government agencies have deployed birdlike drones and related devices in at least five provinces in recent years. Continue reading
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Mission Payloads Tested on MQ-25 Surrogate Aircraft
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) announced that it has successfully flown its MQ-25A surrogate aircraft – a Predator C Avenger – outfitted with a representative set of mission payloads, including Electro-optical/Infrared (EO/IR), Electronic Support Measures (ESM), Automatic Identification System (AIS), and Mission Processing. Continue reading
EUROCONTROL Challenges of Growth Report Published
At the ACI General Assembly held on June 19th in Brussels, Eamonn Brennan, Director General of EUROCONTROL, addressed the capacity challenges faced by European aviation in 2018 and in the future. Continue reading
PITBULL – A Wearable Counter UAS Jammer
MyDefence has launched PITBULL – the next generation wearable Counter UAS solution that utilizes smart jamming to defeat enemy drones. PITBULL was developed to have minimal impact on other signals while jamming, in an effort to maintain own communication. Continue reading
NASA to Hold Teleconference on Unmanned Aircraft Flight in Public Airspace
NASA will host a teleconference for members of the media and aviation industry at 4 p.m. EDT on Thursday, June 28, to discuss the details and preliminary results of the agency’s first large-scale, remotely piloted aircraft flight in the national airspace using detect and avoid technology to fly without a safety chase aircraft. Continue reading
Suppressing Air Defenses by UAV Swarm Attack
In terms of complexity and amount of missions to be performed, the leading positions belong to military aerospace robotic complexes (MARC). While 37 countries are engaged in development and manufacture of on-land MARC, the air- and space-borne types are, respectively, the domain of 45 and 11 countries. Continue reading
Hundreds of Drones at 2018 Shenzhen Intl. UAV Expo
The world’s leading drone manufacturer is located in Shenzhen, China, so it’s only right that the 2018 World Drone Congress and the third annual Shenzhen International UAV Expo 2018 held their collective three-day exhibitions in the industrial Chinese city this past weekend. Continue reading
US, European Air-Safety Agencies Follow Different Paths on Drone Regulation
Europe’s commercial-drone industry likely faces slower growth and tighter initial safety restrictions than U.S. operators, based on comments by the head of the European Aviation Safety Agency. Continue reading