The Royal Netherlands Army is preparing a request for proposals for the replacement of its AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven unmanned air vehicles. The service expects to release the RFP in early 2015. Continue reading
MQ-9 Reaper Crashes at Creech
At approximately 8:45 a.m. PST on Dec. 11, 2014, an MQ-9 Reaper crashed during a routine training mission in an unpopulated area approximately 1 mile east of Creech Air Force Base, Nevada.
QuadCopters to Serve in Restaurants in Singapore by end-2015
Restaurant-goers in Singapore can expect to be served by autonomous flying robots – the world’s first commercial attempt – by the end of next year.
Hamas UAS on Parade
Hamas paraded more than 2,000 of its armed fighters, drones and truck-mounted rockets through Gaza today to mark its 27th anniversary in the biggest show of force since the end of the Gaza war this summer.
EU Court Ruling Means Civilian use of Drones in Public Must Comply with Data Protection Laws
Hobbyists and other individuals using remotely piloted aircraft systems, or ‘drones’, to capture images in public will be required to ensure that the activity complies with EU data protection laws in future, in light of an EU court ruling.12 Dec 2014 Continue reading
Gretchen West Joins DroneDeploy
Gretchen West, the former Executive Vice President of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) has joined DroneDeploy, a provider of commercial drone software. West is coming from AUVSI, the drone industry’s largest advocacy and lobbying group. At DroneDeploy, West will lead the company’s Business Development and Regulatory Affairs efforts. Continue reading
Iran to Sell UAS to Mexico ?
Iranian drones may soon be flying over Mexican airspace according to Alaeddin Boroujerdi, the influential chairman of the Foreign Policy and National Security Committee in Iran’s parliament, who recently led a delegation of Iranian lawmakers on a 4-day trip to Mexico. Continue reading
France Wants Protection from Drones
France is launching research on how to track and destroy drones as the mystery of who is behind a series of illegal flights over atomic sites remains unsolved.