DJI has introduced the Mavic Pro – a portable, powerful and easy-to-use drone featuring DJI’s most innovative flight technology in a sleek, foldable package that enables creative fun wherever you go. Continue reading
GA-ASI Demonstrates Advanced Communications Capability
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) has announced that its Network Centric Communications Pod (NCCP) successfully demonstrated the ability to provide a robust communications data link between Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) and U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) ground and air forces during an exercise held at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), Twentynine Palms, California, in July. Continue reading
US Navy Approves Triton for Production
The Department of the Navy announced the MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System received milestone C approval, Sept. 22.
Nokia Supports Europe’s First Test Area for UAV Traffic Management
Nokia is to support Europe’s first dedicated testing facility for the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for traffic management. The facility, at Twente Airport, near Enschede in the Netherlands, will enable Nokia to develop and trial its UAV Traffic Management (UTM) system for the use of drones in proximity of urban areas, people, manned aircraft, other drones and hundreds of other objects. Continue reading
US Army to Replace Four Gray Eagles
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.was awarded a $25,287,320 modification (P00075) to contract W58RGZ-13-C-0109 for acquisition of four Gray Eagle War replacement aircraft and four satellite air data terminals under the Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft Systems full rate production contract. Continue reading
Navy Awards Unmanned Carrier Aircraft Concept Contracts to Boeing and Lockheed Martin
The US Navy has awarded contracts to two contractors to refine concepts for the future MQ-25 unmanned carrier-based aerial refuelling aircraft.
A Camera That Can See Unlike Any Imager Before It
By making a detector’s pixels smarter than ever, DARPA aims to lay the foundation for multi-purpose imaging sensors that behave like many types of eyes at once.
Schiebel and Diehl Defence Renew Teaming Agreement
The cooperation between Schiebel, manufacturer of the CAMCOPTER S-100, and the German company Diehl Defence has been strengthened recently. Continue reading