Engineers from the Independent Design Bureau have presented a new pulse jet engine, the Hrim-17, designed for use in light unmanned aerial vehicles. Continue reading
AeroVironment Awarded $874M Foreign Military Sales IDIQ for UAS and C-UAS Systems
– AeroVironment has been awarded a five-year Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract worth $874.26 million from the U.S. Army Contracting Command. This contract will support future foreign military sales (FMS) through the Program Executive Office (PEO) Aviation, enabling allied and partner forces to procure a range of Groups 1-3 unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and counter-UAS (C-UAS) systems from AV’s extensive portfolio of defence technology offerings. Continue reading
Antigravity A1 – The World’s First 360-Degree Drone
As someone who has been reviewing camera drones for over a decade, it’s rare for me to encounter one that feels genuinely new, but what Antigravity has done with its first-ever product, the A1, essentially invents an entirely novel subcategory: the 360 drone. Continue reading
Drones are a Valuable Ally in Elephant Conservation
New research involving Oxford University researchers has found that drones can be a valuable, non-invasive tool for observing elephant families and aiding long-term conservation efforts. This found that elephants can habituate remarkably quickly to drones, showing fewer signs of disturbance both during a single flight and after repeated exposures. Continue reading
Silvus StreamCaster 4400 Enhanced MANET Radio Receives Department of Defense (DoD) Certification
– Silvus Technologies, a Motorola Solutions company and a global leader in advanced wireless networking solutions, has announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has added the StreamCaster 4400 Enhanced (SC4400E) mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) radio to its Blue UAS Framework, a rigorous testing and certification program that approves technologies for use in U.S. military unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operations. Continue reading
Boeing and Royal Australian Air Force Achieve CCA Missile Fire from MQ-28 Ghost Bat
In a historic achievement, Boeing and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) have successfully executed a force integrated air-to-air autonomous weapon engagement from an MQ-28 Collaborative Combat Aircraft. Continue reading
Hoverfly Whitelisted on AeroVironment’s Command and Control Software Ecosystem
– Hoverfly Technologies, a global provider of tethered unmanned aerial systems (TeUAS), has announced that its systems have been officially whitelisted on AV_Halo, a hardware-agnostic software platform developed by AeroVironment, Inc. that provides a modular, mission-ready suite of AI-powered software tools, including battle management with command and control (C2) for unmanned vehicles. Continue reading
Ukrainian’s Varta Unveils Shotgun-Equipped Drone
Ukrainian company Varta has unveiled a modular hard-kill system for engaging aerial targets at close range, Maksym Dybenko, a Varta representative, commented to Ukrainska Pravda during the Brave1 Components exhibition. Continue reading