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Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) has entered into a Sponsored Research and Collaboration Agreement with the University of Toronto and Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Collaborative Research and Development granting program to jointly develop a vision based navigation solution for UAV’s (drones) to safely navigate without the reliance of GPS technology. Continue reading
Turkish defence company Aselsan has unveiled a man-portable ‘anti-drone jammer’ system at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace (LIMA) 2017 exhibition, and is positioning the product for the export market for the first time, a company official told Jane’s. Continue reading
Russia is to develop a new unmanned air vehicle based on the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Searcher 2 that was built under licence by a local company. Continue reading
Swedish manufacturer SmartPlanes has announced that the SmartPlanes Freya UAV is included in the NASA UAS Traffic Management (UTM) R&D Technical Capability Level 3 (TCL 3) project, at the FAA-designated Nevada UAS test site. SmartPlanes is represented by its US distributor Carbon Autonomous. Continue reading
Kirintec has introduced Sky Net Longbow and Recurve, its ‘proven solutions to defeat UAS, UAV and drone aircraft’. Said to produce outstanding results, the company says its products are outperforming its rivals in all formal tests to date. Continue reading
Applied Aeronautics, a manufacturer of fixed-wing UAVs, has released an upgraded model of “Applied HD”, their encrypted, low latency, HD video streaming device. Applied HD, which previously transmitted high definition video via it’s onboard transceiver, has been upgraded to include 4G LTE transmission capabilities. Continue reading
On January 18 2017 the German government introduced a draft regulation to create sufficient regulations to deal with these risks by amending the existing fragmented provisions and establishing rules to liberalise the commercial use of drones. Continue reading
Three short, but high intensity, aerobatic displays at the Classic Fighters airshow held at Omaka Aerodrome, Blenheim, New Zealand. Continue reading