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France has successfully completed trials of a significant software upgrade to its fleet of General Atomics Reaper Block 5 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), marking a crucial milestone in expanding the country’s military capabilities. This software upgrade enables the Reaper UAVs to conduct operations from French bases and fly over French territory, bolstering its surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities. Continue reading
The MQ-8C Fire Scout, a variant of the MQ-8B, is an unmanned aerial vehicle used for expeditionary operations aboard ships. The Navy’s only unmanned helicopter, which can be deployable from land or sea, provides target-acquisition, real-time intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance to the men and women of the US Navy and Marine Corps. Continue reading
Four years after its launch, Skydio 2’s follow-and-film capability and autonomous cinematography features like KeyFrame are still in a class all on their own. Watching our consumer customers use our drones to capture photos and videos that would be impossible to achieve any other way while they bike, climb, run, drive, and ski in some of the most beautiful parts of the world has been one the greatest joys of our work. Continue reading
Sellafield Ltd., a subsidiary of the U.K. government’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, announced that drone pilots have successfully completed two firsts in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) at the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria, England. Continue reading
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) advanced its ability to operationalize the Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) ecosystem by combining advanced autonomy and government-provided human-machine interface (HMI) hardware. A GA-ASI-owned Avenger Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) was paired with “digital twin” aircraft to autonomously conduct Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) multi-objective collaborative combat missions. Continue reading
From January 1, 2024 the drone regulation will become fully applicable and the open category will benefit from drones with a class mark. Drones with a C1 marking weighing up to 900 g will be able to conduct operations in populated areas (as defined in A1 subcategory). Drones up to 4 kg with a C2 marking will be able to fly as close as 5 m to uninvolved people (as defined in A2 subcategory). Continue reading
Shield AI, an American defense technology company building a world class AI pilot, and Sentient Vision Systems (Sentient), an Australia-based specialist in AI-enabled passive wide area search, have announced a strategic collaboration aimed at delivering a wide area motion imagery (WAMI) solution for Department of Defense (DoD), Australian Defense Forces (ADF) and other international customers. Continue reading
Drone Delivery Canada Corp. has announced the successful completion of the first flights in a commercial setting for the Canary Remote Piloted Aircraft on the Care by Air route, which is the Company’s longest ever commercial route at 13.4km. Continue reading