Altair
The cutting-edge UAV will be able to fly at least twice as fast as its propeller-driven analogues, a source in the defense-industrial complex has told RIA Novosti.
Russian Designers Plan Heavy Turbojet UAV
‘Go Home’ Drone to End Japan’s Overtime Binge?
A drone that hovers over Japanese employees and blares music to force them to go home was unveiled by its maker Thursday, as the country tries to reduce its notoriously long work hours. Continue reading
US Deploys AI Algorithms on ScanEagle
Coalition airstrikes on DAESH gas oil separation plant near Dayr Az Zawr, Syria
Earlier this month at an undisclosed location in the Middle East, computers using special algorithms helped intelligence analysts identify objects in a video feed from a small ScanEagle drone over the battlefield. Continue reading
UAVOS Converts Pipistrel Sinus into UAV
UAVOS Inc, a Mountain View-based company specialized in unmanned solutions, has created an unmanned aerial complex based on a Sinus light aircraft manufactured on a large-scale by Pipistrel.
General Atomics Gets $329M USAF Services Contract
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a $328,801,883 cost‐plus‐fixed‐fee contract for MQ‐1 Predator and MQ‐9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft support and services. Continue reading
Ballard Launches Next Generation Fuel Cell System
Ballard Power Systems has announced that the company has developed a next generation high performance fuel cell propulsion system to power unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones. Ballard has also received a follow-on contract from Insitu, a Boeing subsidiary, for extended durability testing of the next-generation 1.3 kilowatt (kW) fuel cell propulsion system to power test flights of its ScanEagle UAV platform. Continue reading
FAA Releases UAS Remote Tracking & ID ARC Report
The Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Identification and Tracking Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) chartered by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in June has submitted its report and recommendations (PDF) to the agency on technologies available to identify and track drones in flight and other associated issues. Continue reading
8% of Americans Say They Own a Drone
Drones are catching on as consumer goods. As of mid-2017, 8% of Americans say they own a drone and 59% say they have seen one in action, according to a Pew Research Center survey. But while drones – that is, aircraft without on-board human pilots – are more prevalent than they were a few years ago, many have reservations about where and under what circumstances their use should be allowed. Continue reading