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
Unmanned Warfare Office Eliminated in US Navy Shuffle
A U.S. Navy office set up less than two years ago to oversee the warfare development of unmanned systems has been eliminated, the Navy announced. Continue reading
Islamic State’s Drone Documents Revealed
Screen capture from Islamic State video
Much has been made of the Islamic State drone threat ever since the group killed two Kurdish soldiers in October 2016 with a bomb hidden within one of its drones that Kurdish forces downed in Iraq.1 The Islamic State was able to achieve this feat through an act of deception, as the two Kurdish soldiers were killed by the bomb after they had taken the drone back to their base to inspect it. Continue reading
National Association of Tower Erectors Releases UAS Guide
The US National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE) has released the 2nd Edition of the NATE Unmanned Aerial Systems Operations Around Vertical Communications Infrastructure resource document. Continue reading