Ecologists Andrew Berdahl, a Santa Fe Institute fellow, Colin Torney of the University of Glasgow, and colleagues flew drones to capture footage of Dolphin and Union caribou, a Canadian herd, as the animals crossed from Victoria Island to the Canadian mainland in the last stage of their fall migration. Continue reading
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Lockheed’s Skunk Works Reveals Tailless X-44A
Photo: Greg Norris and Guy Norris
In 2001, Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works secretly flew a flying wing unmanned air vehicle (UAV) with a roughly 9m (30ft) wingspan with modular wings and a bulbous fuselage as a technology demonstrator for a family of aircraft. As the company prepares to celebrate the Skunk Works’ 75th anniversary in June, Lockheed decided to reveal the existence of the formerly secret project at the Los Angeles County air show on 24 March in Lancaster, California, which lies few miles north on Highway 14 from the unit’s headquarters in Palmdale. Continue reading
Partnership Offers Usage-Based Insurance
SkyWatch, a data analysis, risk-assessment and active risk-reduction platform for the UAV industry, announced that it has signed an exclusive partnership deal with Starr Companies (Starr) to offer an ingenious telematics-based UAV insurance platform. Continue reading
Raytheon Developing Technology to Control Drone Swarms
Under DARPA’s Offensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics program, Raytheon BBN Technologies is developing technology to direct and control swarms of small, autonomous air and ground vehicles. Continue reading
AeroVironment Releases New Puma 3
AeroVironment, Inc, has announced at the AUSA Global Force Symposium (booth 1429) that the company is now taking orders for its new Puma 3 small unmanned aircraft system. Continue reading
Leonardo Offers Solution for Australian Navy UAS
Italy’s Leonardo has teamed with Air Affairs Australia to present its AWHERO rotary unmanned air system (RUAS) for the RAN’s future Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) fleet.
Drone Aviation Gets $1.7 M Enhanced WASP Tactical Aerostat Contract from DoD
Drone Aviation Holding Corp., a manufacturer of tethered drones and lighter-than-air aerostats, announced that it has received its largest single contract award to date for its multi-mission capable tactical Winch Aerostat Small Platform (“WASP”). The latest Department of Defense (“DoD”) customer order is the third repeat order awarded to the Company for its WASP and comes as the result of a growing number of successful international deployments with military personnel. Continue reading
Schiebel Demonstrates Heavy Fuel Capability to Royal Australian Navy
Schiebel has successfully demonstrated the heavy fuel variant of the CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Air System as part of its customer acceptance program with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Continue reading