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SkyWatch, a data analysis, risk-assessment and active risk-reduction platform for the UAV industry, announced that it has signed an exclusive partnership deal with Starr Companies (Starr) to offer an ingenious telematics-based UAV insurance platform. Continue reading
Under DARPA’s Offensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics program, Raytheon BBN Technologies is developing technology to direct and control swarms of small, autonomous air and ground vehicles. Continue reading
AeroVironment, Inc, has announced at the AUSA Global Force Symposium (booth 1429) that the company is now taking orders for its new Puma 3 small unmanned aircraft system. Continue reading
Phase One Industrial, a global provider of medium format metric cameras and imaging solutions for aerial applications, announced that it has signed an agreement with Aerialtronics DV, a developer of end-to-end aerial data capture solutions. Together, these companies’ high-end products are opening up new opportunities in high-accuracy mapping and inspection markets. Continue reading
Italy’s Leonardo has teamed with Air Affairs Australia to present its AWHERO rotary unmanned air system (RUAS) for the RAN’s future Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) fleet.
Drone Aviation Holding Corp., a manufacturer of tethered drones and lighter-than-air aerostats, announced that it has received its largest single contract award to date for its multi-mission capable tactical Winch Aerostat Small Platform (“WASP”). The latest Department of Defense (“DoD”) customer order is the third repeat order awarded to the Company for its WASP and comes as the result of a growing number of successful international deployments with military personnel. Continue reading
Schiebel has successfully demonstrated the heavy fuel variant of the CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Air System as part of its customer acceptance program with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Continue reading
Australian Police have taken down a suspect drone flying near a Commonwealth Games venue, Deputy Commissioner Steve Gollschewski revealed the bust at a media conference on the Gold Coast.