Ford Motor Company has filed a patent for drone flights over public roadways, Ford Authority has learned. The patent was filed on June 9th, 2021, published on December 15th, 2022, and assigned serial number 0398932. Continue reading
Israeli Police Foil Drone Gangland Assassination Attempt
Israeli authorities indicted seven men in connection to a plot to use explosive drones to try and assassinate an unknown individual in Jaffa as part of a gang-related dispute. Continue reading
Percepto Gets BVLOS Approval for Remote Inspections in Canada
Percepto, an autonomous inspection and monitoring solution provider, has announced that Transport Canada has approved Ontario Power Generation Inc. (OPG) to operate Percepto’s drone-in-a-box solution Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) at McConnell Lake Control Dam without a visual observer on site, a first in Canada. Continue reading
Defense Innovation Unit Updates Blue UAS 2.0 Cleared List
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment (OUSD(A&S)) have updated DOD’s cleared list of small unmanned aircraft systems under the second iteration of the Blue sUAS project with the addition of drones from Skydio and Flightwave, bringing the number of vendors offering compliant drones to 10. Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Achieves First Light in Latest Laser Lab Demonstration
Lockheed Martin achieved first light from the Directed Energy Interceptor for Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense System (DEIMOS) system, which verifies that the laser’s optical performance parameters align with the system design parameters. Continue reading
HENSOLDT Develops SIGINT Pod Demonstrator for Eurodrone
Sensor solutions provider HENSOLDT is developing sensor equipment that can be integrated into a pod to give the recently commissioned Eurodrone a signals intelligence (SIGINT) capability. Continue reading
Hermeus Selects Pratt & Whitney F100 Engine for Hypersonic UAS
Hermeus has selected the Pratt & Whitney F100 turbofan to integrate into its larger hypersonic engine. Securing an off-the-shelf turbine engine will save Hermeus billions of dollars in research and development costs and years of schedule. Continue reading
Epirus Gets $66M US Army Contract for Leonidas Directed Energy System
Epirus has announced a $66.1 million contract award from the U.S. Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) in support of the Indirect Fire Protection Capability-High-Power Microwave Program. Continue reading