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PrecisionHawk announced that it has purchased Uplift Data Partners. Uplift specializes in the delivery of turnkey inspection services for construction, building information management (BIM) and real-estate. Uplift’s nationwide network of commercially trained drone pilots will join PrecisionHawk’s Droners.io network of more than 15,000 drone pilots, one of the largest networks of its kind. Continue reading
The China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) has displayed a model of the WJ-700, a new long-range UAV designed for reconnaissance and attack missions. Continue reading
General Atomics – Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a $263,403,355 firm-fixed-price contract for MQ-9 Reaper production. This contract provides for the production of the MQ-9 Reaper aircraft in the fiscal 2018 production configuration. Continue reading
AeroVironment, Inc. has announced it received a $3,228,856 firm-fixed-price contract on Sept. 14, 2018 from the U.S. Department of Defense to provide RQ-20B Puma AE II small unmanned aircraft systems, training and support to an allied nation in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) area of responsibility. Continue reading
Kratos Mako Tactical UAS during Rocket Assist Take-Off (RATO) Launch
State and community leaders joined executives from Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS) at a ribbon cutting for the company’s new 100,000 square foot unmanned aircraft production facility in the Will Rogers Business Park in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Continue reading
Komatsu and Skycatch jointly announced the global availability of the Explore1 high precision RTK drone, Edge1 GNSS base station, on-premise data processing and aerial analytics unit, now available through the Komatsu global distribution channels. Continue reading
Raytheon just released this High-Energy Mission Scenarios marketing video in which they demonstrate their vision for networked laser defenses. Continue reading
SlantRange, Inc., provider of remote sensing and analytics systems for agriculture, announced a new partnership with Microsoft to bring a new set of powerful and scalable aerial measurement and data solutions to the global agriculture market. Continue reading