NUAIR and its partners were planning on testing multiple capabilities in downtown Rome, NY over a farmer’s market taking place just outside of City Hall. The scenario was simulating multiple unauthorized drone and manned aircraft approaches while authorized drones were performing surveillance and simulating the delivery of medical supplies. Continue reading
Ottawa’s International Airport Trials Drone Detection Technology
The Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport Authority (the Airport Authority) has announced that it has partnered with NAV CANADA and QinetiQ Canada to trial the company’s Obsidian Counter UAS System at YOW (Ottawa’s international airport). Continue reading
US Intelligence Agency Considers MQ-25 for Maritime Surveillance Missions
The U.S. National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, or NGA, wants to know if Boeing could transform the MQ-25 Stingray tanker drone that it is developing for the U.S. Navy into an unmanned maritime intelligence platform using a modular sensor pod. Continue reading
FLIR Acquires Tethered Drone Assets and Technology from Aria Insights
FLIR Systems, Inc. has announced that it has acquired the intellectual property (IP) and certain operating assets of Aria Insights, Inc. Terms of the deal are not being disclosed. Continue reading
The Search for the Counterdrone ‘Silver Bullet’
When it comes to defending infrastructure, there is no one-size-fits-all approach. The combined drone-and-cruise missile attack on an Aramco refinery in Saudi Arabia that took place Sept. 14 revealed limitations of the particular defenses in place, and companies that make counterdrone systems leapt at the opportunity to promise an answer to at least some of the threat. Continue reading
Blue Ribbon Task Force Releases Report on UAS Mitigation at Airports
The Blue Ribbon Task Force on UAS Mitigation at Airports released its report on unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) integration, detection, identification, and mitigation in and around airports. Continue reading
Procerus Technologies Joins Persistent Systems Wave Relay Ecosystem
Persistent Systems, LLC announced that Lockheed Martin Procerus Technologies (LMPT) joined the Wave Relay Ecosystem, an industry alliance of unmanned platform and sensor manufacturers using Persistent’s Wave Relay mobile ad hoc network (MANET). Continue reading
Germany’s WW2 Stealth Bomber – Horten Ho 229
It was near the end of World War II, and the Germans were getting desperate to turn the war back in their favor. This included a plethora of suggested scientific and engineering projects, many of them quite bizarre, in what they termed Wunderwaffen, or ‘wonder weapons.’ Continue reading