On Saturday, officials from Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, and drone experts flew a drone in a high-rise district west of JR Shinjuku Station after establishing an exclusive radio communications network between Shinjuku Central Park, a designated evacuation site for the area, and Kogakuin University, which would become a disaster response headquarters. Continue reading
Dedrone Secures $15M for Series B Funding
Dedrone, a security company which developed the world’s first software to detect drones and protect high-value airspace from drone threats, announced that it has secured $15 million for its Series B funding round led by Felicis Ventures and by John Chambers, Executive Chairman of Cisco, who has personally invested in the company.
SimActive Unveils New Licensing Options
SimActive Inc., a developer of photogrammetry software, is now offering new Correlator3D license options for medium format cameras and satellite sensors. Users who only require to process such data can now benefit from industry-leading software, at a lower price. Continue reading
Kenya Approves Drone Regulations
Kenya has finally approved regulations for drones, becoming the second country after Rwanda in the region to embrace commercial use of Aerial Unmanned Vehicles (AUVs). Continue reading
Shadow Lost in Arizona Found up a Tree in Colorado
A US Army RQ-7 Shadow that disappeared on a training flight in southern Arizona turned up hundreds of miles away in Colorado, stuck in a tree, and the military is trying to figure out how it got there.
Inbound, Controlled, Air-Releasable, Unrecoverable Systems (ICARUS)
Building on innovations achieved in the Vanishing Programmable Resources (VAPR) program, which has developed self-destructing electronic components, the Inbound, Controlled, Air-Releasable, Unrecoverable Systems (ICARUS) program is driven by a vision of vanishing air vehicles that can make precise deliveries of critical supplies and then vaporize into thin air. Continue reading
RPAS Assessment Company Assets For Sale
Court appointed insolvency experts (Joint Administrators) have recently been installed to manage the corporate affairs of European UAV Systems Centre Limited, UK (EuroUSC). Although EuroUSC has effectively stopped trading the company still owns the following intellectual property: Continue reading
Aveillant Sells Gamekeeper Radar to Singapore
Aveillant, the advanced radar technology company based in Cambridge, announced the sale of one of its innovative Gamekeeper counter-UAS radars to ST Electronics (Satcom & Sensor Systems) Pte Ltd (“STEE-SatComS”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited in Singapore. Continue reading