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Following a $90 million agreement with Boeing’s unmanned aerial vehicle subsidiary InSitu, an Australian company that makes engines for aerial drones is setting up a facility in the Columbia Gorge close to InSitu. Orbital, based in Perth, has signed a three-year deal with Boeing to supply InSitu with a new Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) engine. Continue reading
Textron Unmanned Systems is studying the feasibility of a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) variant of its RQ-7 Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which it hopes could be an upgrade option for the Australian Army’s ageing fleet. Continue reading
Drone Delivery Canada has announced that it has formalized an agreement to expand its testing from the Waterloo region to now include a second province, namely, Foremost Alberta – Canada’s first Transport Canada approved drone UAV test range. In Foremost, AB , DDC will be focusing on Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) capabilities in an effort to move towards commercialization in late 2017/early 2018. Continue reading
A new report expects that the global anti-drone market will reach USD 1.14 Billion by 2022, growing at a CAGR of 23.89% between 2017 and 2022. Continue reading
BMW has transformed its 5 Series Sedan into a futuristic concept vehicle that can drive and park itself, understand gestures and even receive drone deliveries on the road. Continue reading
Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan’s largest high-tech applied research institutions, announced that it will introduce and demonstrate its ICT Solution for Drones at CES 2017. Continue reading
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a $23,969,228 delivery order (0026) to previously awarded contract FA8620-15-G-4040 for MQ-9 contractor logistics support services phase 1.
FLIR Systems, Inc. announced the launch of five new thermal imaging cameras at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), including two new third generation FLIR ONE thermal camera attachments for smartphones, two new dual sensor thermal cameras for drones, and a ruggedized compact thermal camera for home and building inspectors. Continue reading