Ohio prison authorities are considering the use of anti-drone technology to keep small remote-controlled aircraft from being used to deliver drugs and other contraband to inmates.
Phase Two of New York UTM Corridor
The Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research (NUAIR) Alliance has announced the opening of the evaluation and selection process of vendor(s) for the design and installation of Phase II of its Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) test corridor. Continue reading
AT&T’s Flying COW Connects Puerto Rico
In Puerto Rico, we’ve deployed our helicopter Flying COW (Cell on Wings) for the first time ever. Continue reading
Kespry Updates Aerial Intelligence Platform
Kespry, an aerial intelligence platform provider, has announced the availability of a suite of capabilities that extends the value of aerial intelligence to the full life cycle of planning, bidding and managing earthworks projects in the major site construction industry. Continue reading
Uber Announces Unmanned Air Taxi Deal with NASA
Uber is taking part in a joint industry and government push with NASA to develop software which the company aims to use to manage “flying taxi” routes that could work like ride-hailing services it has popularised on the ground. Continue reading
US Navy Budgets $37M for C-UAS in 2018
The Navy disclosed today its fiscal year 2018 supplemental request includes $37.2 million in wartime funding for three counter-unmanned aerial system projects. Continue reading
Russian Army Gets Specialized Drone-Hunters
The Russian army has established a ground-based unit specializing in defeating enemy drones. The unit—the first of its kind in Russia—operates electronic jamming systems that, in theory, can sever the radio connections between unmanned aerial vehicles and their operators. Continue reading
Kittyhawk Flight Deck Adds Real Time Video Streaming
Kittyhawk, the drone operations platform that unifies the mission, aircraft, and data, has announced a suite of new features for it’s Flight Deck platform.