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The drone attack that caused chaos at Gatwick before Christmas was carried out by someone with knowledge of the airport’s operational procedures, the airport has said. A Gatwick chief told BBC Panorama the drone’s pilot “seemed to be able to see what was happening on the runway”. Continue reading
XQ-58A Valkyrie
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has announced on 17 April that Oklahoma will be the future home of the XQ-58A Valkyrie long-range, high subsonic unmanned air vehicle (UAV). Continue reading
L-R: Teppei Seki, COO, Terra Drone Corporation; Yuki Ueno, Director, Terra Drone India; Dr. U.B. Desai, Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad; and Kotaro Kataoka, Visiting Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
Japan-based Terra Drone Corporation (Headquarters: Tokyo; CEO: Toru Tokushige), Terra Drone India, and the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, have signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to co-establish a first-of-its-kind Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aerial Solutions (drones) in India. Continue reading
Messerschmitt Bf109 G14 “Black 2 / Schwarze 2” at the Hangar 10 Fly In 2018 flown by Volker Bau. The aircraft is based on a Hispano Aviación HA-1112 and was rebuild with DB605 engine to Bf 109 G14 specs. Continue reading
Citadel Defense Company was awarded a purchase contract valued over $1M by the Defense Logistics Agency in support of USSOCOM requirements. This is the company’s sixth government contract for their award-winning mobile system that counters threat drones that have become an increasing problem to U.S. forces around the world. Continue reading
uAvionix, designer and manufacturer of communications, navigation, and surveillance (CNS) equipment for unmanned and manned aircraft, announced it is testing its prototype of a Command and Non-Payload Control (CNPC) radio for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and Urban Air Mobility vehicles. Continue reading
The US Marine Corps (USMC) plans to retrofit its two Kaman K-Max helicopters with additional autonomous capabilities to further cargo delivery experimentation with the aircraft. Continue reading
American Aerospace Technologies, Inc. (AATI), a provider of real-time remote sensing and airborne intelligence services for enterprise, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Sky Scape Industries, LLC (SSI) an industry leading unmanned technology service-provider. SSI’s services are widely used by critical infrastructure operators in the electric, water, and oil & gas industries. Continue reading