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Boeing and Karem have been officially added to the list of companies awarded contracts under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) X-Plane programme, the agency announced on 18 March. Continue reading
Nadi-based company Skywards Industries Ltd is the second to be granted permission to operate unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in Fiji but the first given the green light to operate in the heavy-duty category. Continue reading
Richard Evans is IT manager for SpawGlass, a Texas-based general contractor who believes that using UAS at construction sites an idea that will fly.“These can get in close where helicopters can’t. They will become commonplace in the construction industry,” he said. Continue reading
A global social network designed and built specifically for both hobbyist and professional multi-rotor operators has been launched. DronedUp.com is completely free and allows members to share their aerial photos and videos, create and join groups, follow others, and eventually even buy and sell equipment.
The largest Czech unmanned aerial systems (UAS) company, UPVISION, in cooperation with Brno City Hall (the second largest city in the Czech Republic), conducted a project to capture images of adjacent cemeteries and integrate the data into a GIS system for the administrators of city cemeteries.
Lockheed Martin and Politechnika Warszawska (Warsaw Polytechnic) will jointly conduct an advanced applied research program in the field of integration between manned and unmanned airborne platform systems. The program adds to Lockheed Martin’s already strong industrial and academic partnerships in Poland to motivate young Polish engineers to address tomorrow’s defense and industrial needs.
MBDA has successfully demonstrated its Dual Mode BRIMSTONE missile on an MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), scoring nine direct hits against a range of targets including very high speed and manoeuvring vehicles.