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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. congratulates the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) on achieving a significant milestone of surpassing 20,000 flight hours with their Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Unmanned Expeditionary (MUX) Medium-Altitude, High-Endurance (MALE) MQ-9A Unmanned Aircraft System. Continue reading
Researchers have developed a new way to accurately count and objectively analyze close encounters between drones and airplanes — without depending solely on pilot sightings. Continue reading
ESEN GöRDES Vision Based Navigation (VBN) System was successfully demonstrated on the Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS). Equipped with GöRDESTM, the CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS proved it can successfully operate in a GPS-denied environment. Continue reading
On May 4, 2023, the final test of the French “UAV on submarine” experimentation was held off Toulon. The objective of this project is to deploy a drone from a submerged submarine in order to recover video data and to pilot it from the submarine. Continue reading
Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, has won a five-year Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract worth up to $93.9 million to provide its Black Hornet 3 Personal Reconnaissance Systems (PRS) to the United States Army. Continue reading
The U.S. Air Force flew a remotely piloted aircraft equipped with an Angry Kitten ALQ-167 Electronic Warfare Countermeasure Pod for the first time on April 27, 2023. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. integrated the pod onto the aircraft. Continue reading
Textron Systems Corp. has emerged victorious in a legal battle against DJI, a leading manufacturer of drones. Textron claimed that DJI had infringed upon its drone-related patents and demanded access to DJI’s source code. After a lengthy court battle, the judge ruled in favor of Textron, ordering DJI to hand over its source code. Continue reading
Unmanned aerial systems designer and manufacturer Hush Aerospace is locating operations in Tupelo. The project represents a corporate investment of $13.975 million and will create 80 jobs. Continue reading