The Royal Australian Navy awarded to Schiebel a contract for the supply of its CAMCOPTER S-100 System and three years of follow-on Contractor Logistics Support. Continue reading
Caterpillar Invests in Airware Bringing Drone Tech to Mining and Construction Enterprises
Airware, which provides end-to-end solutions that turn aerial data into actionable business intelligence for enterprises, announced that it has secured a strategic investment from Caterpillar Ventures. The investment allows Airware to accelerate programs that enable dealers to offer solutions and services within the construction, mining, and quarrying industries, and highlights Caterpillar’s commitment in leading the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Continue reading
300 Drones at Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl 51 Halftime Show
Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl halftime show had no special guests — unless you count the drones. Intel Drones supplied Lady Gaga and the NFL with a show-stopping show-starter — 300 Shooting Star drones painting the night sky in a pre-recorded segment in Houston, as she sang “God Bless America.” The closing scene with the Pepsi logo also was those same pre-recorded drones. Continue reading
France Buys AeroVironment Mini Drones for €5.6M
Under a contract that has been “negotiated without prior publication of a contract notice”, as the works / products / services can only be “supplied by a specific tenderer for technical reasons”, French procurement agency the DGA, has awarded the US company AeroVironment a contract worth EUR 5 639 135 on January 3rd, 2017. Continue reading
ADS-B Surveillance System Performance with sUAS at Low Altitudes
The MITRE Corporation‘s Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD), the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC), recently published a study characterizing the impact on the current Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system performance due to the potential use of ADS-B by low-flying, small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS). Continue reading
China Offers Air-Ground Missiles for Drones
China can now offer users of its combat drones a new missile designed for anti-terrorism operations and low-intensity conflicts. The new, short-range AR-2 is perfect for mounting on drones in anti-terrorism uses, officials said.
Bat-Inspired Robot Swoops and Dives like … a Bat
It swoops, flaps and dives just like the animals it was designed to mimic. Inspired by the flexibility and agility of bats and their wings, a team of engineers has come up with an autonomous flying robot with the same skills – one that could ultimately be used to survey building sites from the air.
$1.5M Shadow Disappears on Training Flight
The US Army is missing a $1.5 million drone that disappeared while on a training flight at Fort Huachuca in southern Arizona.