Drone Aviation Holding Corp. has announced that it has completed a U.S. Army safety and performance review and delivered multiple WASP Lite aerostat systems to the customer under the $1.1 million award announced in May 2019. Continue reading
Flamethrower Attachment for Drones
An American company from Ohio called Throwflame is selling a flame thrower attachment called TF-19 Wasp. People can purchase the attachment for recreation, agricultural use, and lighting stuff with limited access. Continue reading
New Camera Could Help UAS See Through Camouflage
There’s a reason why camouflage doesn’t work once you get close enough to touch it. The texture of, say, the woodland pattern intended to conceal tanks or soldiers doesn’t match what nature produces. The farther off you can detect an ersatz texture, the sooner you can pierce the disguise. Continue reading
AeroVironment Loans Quantix to University Research Center
Stephanie Robinson, ULM’s UAS Research Center Manager with Quantix
The University of Louisiana Monroe‘s Unmanned Aircraft Systems program has a new weapon in its education arsenal. It’s called the Quantix. And as Tammi Arender reports, this is a big benefit not only to students but farmers as well. Continue reading
Marine Corps Weapon that Downed Iranian Drone
A new Marine Corps anti-drone system that attaches to all-terrain vehicles and can scan the skies for enemy aircraft from aboard Navy ships was responsible for destroying an Iranian drone, Military.com has learned. The Marine Corps’ Light Marine Air Defense Integrated System, is known as LMADIS. Continue reading
GA-ASI Teams with Cobham for Protector Through-Life Support
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has reaffirmed its collaboration with Cobham Aviation Services UK for through-life support strategies for the Protector RG Mk1 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA). First delivery of the GA-ASI-developed RPA to the Royal Air Force (RAF) is expected in the early 2020s. Continue reading
Turkey’s Bayraktar Achieves 27-Hour Flight in Kuwait
Turkey’s indigenous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Bayraktar Tactical Block 2 (TB2) has achieved another significant success and set a new record in Turkish aviation by flying uninterruptedly for 27 hours and 3 minutes in tough geographical and climatic conditions such as high temperatures and sand storms, raising its previous 24-hour and 34-minute endurance record. Continue reading
Iran Army Unveils Mohajer 6
Mohajer 6
The Ground forces of Iranian Army unveiled brand new drone capable of detecting , intercepting and targeting the threats on missions inside or outside airspace, Commander of specialized drone manufacturing unit of the Army said last week. Continue reading