OpenWorks Engineering has announced what it claims to be the world’s first vehicle mounted drone capture system – SkyWall Auto Response will be on display at Security and Policing 2020 alongside SkyWall Patrol. Continue reading
Kongsberg Geospatial and MartinUAV Partner on ISR Drone Solutions for Canada
A drone operator guides a Martin UAV V-Bat drone as it lands on the deck of a frigate after a night mission
Kongsberg Geospatial, an Ottawa-based aerospace and defense geospatial technology company, and MartinUAV of Plano, Texas, a developer of UAV technologies, have announced that they have teamed to pursue integrated Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance solutions for the Royal Canadian Navy and CANSOFCOM. Continue reading
Acecore Technologies and Workswell Renew Partnership
Workswell, a designer and manufacturer of stationary, R&D and UAV thermal imaging cameras, solutions and systems, has announced that the company is renewing its partnership with Acecore Technologies, a designer and manufacturer of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from The Netherlands. Continue reading
US Air Force Pushes Ahead On ‘Flying Car’ Challenge
The US Air Force will release a request for proposals Feb. 25 for a ‘flying car’ that could eventually transport soldiers and supplies to the battlefield, says service acquisition head Will Roper. Continue reading
Lufthansa Helps Drone Transport for Medical Samples
The joint research project Medifly, funded by the German Federal Ministry for Transportation and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI), successfully demonstrated the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for acute transportation of medical samples in Hamburg. Continue reading
Integrator Extended Range Introduced at UMEX 2020
At UMEX 2020, Insitu-Boeing introduced Integrator Extended Range (Integrator ER), an enhanced version of the Integrator unmanned aircraft system (UAS). Continue reading
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