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Figure 1 Terrain Following Overview
Black Swift Technologies , a specialized engineering firm based in Boulder, CO, announced that it has completed the first phase of a NASA funded project to demonstrate the effectiveness of fusing a host of onboard sensors to develop a terrain-following fixed-wing unmanned aircraft system (UAS), in this case, it will be demonstrated using the Black Swift S2 UAS. Continue reading
Stockholm-listed construction and engineering company Eltel AB has won an Israeli Ministry of Defense tender to supply drones to the Israeli army, an Israeli defense ministry spokeswoman said in a message sent to Calcalist. Continue reading
New Belarusian solutions and radio-electronic warfare systems to fight unmanned aerial vehicles will be presented during the international defense industry expo MILEX 2019 in May, representatives of the State Military Industrial Committee of Belarus told BelTA. Continue reading
Taiwan’s Jammers4u is launching a new high-power 28W Handheld Drone UAV Jammer, specially developed with portability and power in mind. We have developed a new series of light, handheld devices with the same power as much bigger units. Continue reading
llustration: AeroVironment; Treatment: IEEE Spectrum
A secretive joint venture between SoftBank and U.S. aerospace company AeroVironment is poised to launch an experimental solar-powered drone to deliver connectivity for 5G and the Internet of Things. Continue reading
To meet the growing demand for dedicated solutions in a wide range of drone enabled inspection tasks, Vertical Technologies have expanded their autonomous DeltaQuad Pro VTOL range with the DeltaQuad Pro #INSPECT. Continue reading
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s release of the NPRM for Operations Over People last month highlights the significance of NUAIR’s recently completed ASTM parachute recovery system (PRS) standard test campaign. NUAIR recently partnered with Indemnis, the manufacturer of a UAS PRS that could be used during flights over people, to successfully complete the required test flights at the NY UAS Test Site using a DJI Inspire 2 drone. Continue reading
Russia, whose forces have faced attacks from irregular groups using drones in Ukraine and Syria, is experimenting with a range of countermeasure approaches. On March 12, Russia’s Federal Service for Intellectual Property posted the registration of a novel counter-drone drone, an unmanned aerial interceptor vehicle built around a rifle. Continue reading