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The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) program office (PMA-263) recently announced that the Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Services UAS surpassed one million flight hours in support of operations on land and at sea. Continue reading
It was every Allied bomber pilot’s worst nightmare. Flying his Douglas A-26 Invader over northern France, Major Myron L. Durkee unexpectedly finds himself picked out as prey for Hitler’s terrifying new weapon: the Messerschmitt Me-262, a jet-powered assassin seemingly sent from the future. Continue reading
The increasing prevalence of drones on the modern battlefield means it’s crucial for our service members to be familiar with the various systems they might encounter, which is why at the Joint Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems University at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, students learn the ins and outs of about two dozen of these aircraft. Continue reading
Engineers from the Independent Design Bureau have presented a new pulse jet engine, the Hrim-17, designed for use in light unmanned aerial vehicles. Continue reading
– AeroVironment has been awarded a five-year Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract worth $874.26 million from the U.S. Army Contracting Command. This contract will support future foreign military sales (FMS) through the Program Executive Office (PEO) Aviation, enabling allied and partner forces to procure a range of Groups 1-3 unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and counter-UAS (C-UAS) systems from AV’s extensive portfolio of defence technology offerings. Continue reading
As someone who has been reviewing camera drones for over a decade, it’s rare for me to encounter one that feels genuinely new, but what Antigravity has done with its first-ever product, the A1, essentially invents an entirely novel subcategory: the 360 drone. Continue reading
New research involving Oxford University researchers has found that drones can be a valuable, non-invasive tool for observing elephant families and aiding long-term conservation efforts. This found that elephants can habituate remarkably quickly to drones, showing fewer signs of disturbance both during a single flight and after repeated exposures. Continue reading
– Silvus Technologies, a Motorola Solutions company and a global leader in advanced wireless networking solutions, has announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has added the StreamCaster 4400 Enhanced (SC4400E) mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) radio to its Blue UAS Framework, a rigorous testing and certification program that approves technologies for use in U.S. military unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operations. Continue reading