General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. successfully completed an air-to-air laser communication link between GA-ASI’s Laser Airborne Communication (LAC) terminals integrated onto two company-owned King Air aircraft. Continue reading
Rotax Engines Used in Iranian Drones in Theft Wave
The Austrian-made Rotax light aircraft engine recently found in a Russian-operated, Iranian-made Mohajar-6 drone recovered by Ukrainian forces is a model that has been at the center of a puzzling and prolonged theft campaign around the globe, but especially in Europe. Continue reading
Teal Drones and Tomahawk Robotics Partner to Simultaneously Control Air- and Ground-Based Vehicles
Teal Drones, the defense- and security-focused subsidiary of Red Cat Holdings, Inc. , announced that it has significantly enhanced the capabilities of its 4-Ship multi-vehicle system through a partnership with Tomahawk Robotics, the leading innovator of common control solutions. Continue reading
Turkey’s First Unmanned Helicopter
Turkish engineering company Titra has been picked to receive government subsidies for its ambition to produce the country’s first unmanned helicopter, the Alpin. Continue reading
Lockheed Martin, Red Hat Collaborate to Advance AI for Military Missions
Lockheed Martin and Red Hat, Inc. have announced a collaboration to advance artificial intelligence (AI) innovation at the edge on Lockheed Martin military platforms. Adopting the newly announced Red Hat Device Edge will enable Lockheed Martin to support U.S. national security missions by applying and standardizing AI technologies in geographically constrained environments. Continue reading
US Joint Counter-drone Office Selects Top Teams for Installation Protection
Liteye System’s Inc. in partnership with SAIC was recently selected by the Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office (JCO) to provide approved Counter UAS services and hardware to the US Government. Continue reading
Rotax Engine Found in Iranian Mohajer-6 Downed Over Ukraine
An engine designed by the Austrian company Rotax was discovered installed in one of Russia’s Iranian-made Mohajer-6 drones that went down over the Black Sea earlier this month. Rotax says it has launched an investigation into its engines powering Iranian drones. Continue reading
FAA Approves New York’s Entire 50-Mile Drone Corridor
Governor Kathy Hochul has announced that the New York Unmanned Aircraft Systems Test Site has secured approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to fly uncrewed aircraft systems beyond visual line of sight across the entire 50 miles of airspace within New York’s Drone Corridor. Continue reading