Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for shooting down an American MQ-9 Reaper. The incident was confirmed hours after footage surfaced online showing what appeared to be the wreckage of the modern combat drone. Continue reading
Airbus Achieves Eurodrone’s Preliminary Design Review
The Eurodrone programme has successfully performed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR). Led by Airbus Defence and Space as prime contractor, this major programme milestone has been completed with OCCAR and representatives of the four customer nations (France, Germany, Italy and Spain) in the presence of the three Major Sub-Contractors (MSC), Airbus Defence and Space Spain, Dassault Aviation and Leonardo. Continue reading
GA-ASI and USMC Complete MQ-9A WTI Training with SkyTower I Pod
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) teamed up to conduct flight training on the operation of the MQ-9A Block 5 Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) for the Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) at Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Arizona. Continue reading
Baykar Delivers Last Batch of TB2 Drones to Poland
Turkish aviation firm Baykar delivered 24 Bayraktar TB2 unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) to Poland this month, the Secretariat of Defense Industries (SSB) said Friday. Continue reading
German Heron TP Makes Maiden Flight Over Germany
The German Heron TP (GHTP), produced by UAV PEO at the Directorate of Defense, Research and Development at the IMoD and Israel Aerospace Industries, has on May 15th.2024 flown in German airspace for the first time. The Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) was customized for the unique requirements of the German Ministry of Defence, as part of a joint venture between IAI, Israel’s Ministry of Defense’s Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR&D), and Airbus. Continue reading
Chevron Pipe Line Company and American Aerospace Technologies to Fly UAS BVLOS in California
Chevron Pipe Line Company (CPL), a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, and American Aerospace Technologies, Inc. (AATI) received a first-of-its-kind waiver from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct unmanned aircraft surveillance in the San Joaquin Valley. Continue reading
Leonardo Unveils New C-UAS Planning & Assessment Tool: Skytender
At AOC Europe 2024, the annual electronic warfare conference, Leonardo Canada Electronics has launched its innovative new C-UAS (counter-uncrewed air system) Planning and Assessment Tool, called SkyTender. Representing the latest in simulation technology from Leonardo Canada – Electronics (LCE), SkyTender addresses requirements for effective C-UAS solutions in foreign and congested radio frequency (RF) environments. Continue reading
Fully Neuromorphic Vision and Control for Autonomous Drone Flight
Animal brains use less data and energy compared to current deep neural networks running on Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). This makes it hard to develop tiny autonomous drones, which are too small and light for heavy hardware and big batteries. Recently, the emergence of neuromorphic processors that mimic how brains function has made it possible for researchers from Delft University of Technology to develop a drone that uses neuromorphic vision and control for autonomous flight. Continue reading