The US Special Operations Command is looking for a new contractor to provide and manage a fleet of medium-range unmanned aerial vehicles,, and has put out the call to industry ahead of an early 2015 lapse in its contractor-provided ISR support.
Flexrotor Gets Launch Order from Helicopter Operator
Precision Integrated Programs of Newberg, Oregon, an aviation services company, has placed a launch order for Flexrotor, Aerovel’s exceptional long-endurance VTOL UAV. Delivery of aircraft and support equipment is scheduled for spring 2015.
Qualcomm Demonstrates Flying/Rolling UAS at CES
At CES 2015, Qualcomm Research is introducing its latest innovation in robotics through the Snapdragon Cargo—a flying and rolling robot with an integrated flight controller—powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. Continue reading
Russia’s Arctic Group to Flight Test Orlan-10 UAS
The first trial flights in low temperature conditions of the Orlan-10 UAS, just delivered to a unit of the Eastern Military District in Chukotka, are planned in early 2015.
Consumer UAS a $1B Global Sector by 2018
The global market for drones will climb to at least $1 billion by 2018, according to the latest numbers from the Consumer Electronics Association.That’s up from a global market forecast of $130 million for 2015, up 50 percent, with sales of about 425,000 units. That’s according to a presentation by Shawn DuBravac, the CEA chief economist, during a wide-ranging briefing on the state of the electronics industry in advance of the International CES technology show. Continue reading
Total sUAS Market to Exceed $8.4 Billion by 2019
The Small Unmanned Arial Systems (sUAS) market will surpass US$8.4 billion by 2018 according to new research published by ABI Research entitled Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) Solutions Ecosystem. Continue reading
US Air Force RPAS Fleet Short of Manpower
The U.S. Air Force’s fleet of RPAS is being strained to the “breaking point,” according to senior military officials and an internal service memo acquired by The Daily Beast. And it’s happening right when the unmanned aircraft are most needed to fight ISIS. The Air Force has enough MQ-1 Predators and MQ-9 Reapers. It just doesn’t have the manpower to operate these machines. Continue reading
Single Data Link for Video and Command and Control
A large portion of small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) utilise two different data links during mission execution. One data link typically provides the Command and Control (C2) interface and the second provides the video downlink for the onboard payload. Brock Technologies, Inc. has eliminated the need to have two separate data links with the announcement of their latest product, the BTECH NANO Digital Data Link (DDL).