Navmar Applied Sciences Corp., Warminster, Pennsylvania, is being awarded an $11,831,173 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N68335-14-C-0131) to extend a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research effort in support of the Copperhead Unmanned Air Systems, specifically TigerShark unmanned aerial vehicle.
UAS Films Sydney’s New Year Fireworks Broadcast Worldwide
In what is believed to be a world first, the Sydney NYE fireworks will be broadcast to the world thanks to a specially-built drone.
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DARPA’s Fast Lightweight Autonomy Programme
DARPA aims to give small unmanned aerial vehicles advanced perception and autonomy to rapidly search buildings or other cluttered environments without teleoperation. Continue reading
Japan to use Airships for 2020 Olympics Security
Secom Co., Ltd. will use unmanned airships for its security service starting in 2016, leveraging information technology to address an expected personnel shortage heading into the Tokyo Olympics. Continue reading
Cloud Seeding UAV in California
California communities suffering from extreme drought could soon get help from an unlikely source — unmanned aerial vehicles. Continue reading
NASA Seed Funds SR 72 Hypersonic UAV
NASA has funded a parametric design study to establish the viability of a Turbine Based Combined Cycle (TBCC) Propulsion system consisting of integrating several combinations of near-term turbine engine solutions and a very low Mach ignition Dual Mode RamJet (DMRJ) in the SR-72 vehicle concept. Continue reading
Iran’s ScanEagle Clone – New Photos
Recently published ABNA.ir photos of Iranian-built Yasir UAV claimed in use with Harakat Hizballah al-Nujaba (HHN): an Iraqi Shia militia allied with Iran. Continue reading
French Post Tests Drone Deliveries
The French post office has launched a programme to use drones to deliver parcels in all weathers up to 12 miles away. La Poste, as France’s public postal service is called, said a series of test flights over the past three months by its subsidiary, Express Internationale GeoPost, has been a success. Continue reading