General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) is committed to providing its MQ-9 family of medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Ukraine, a company spokesperson told Janes. Continue reading
Liquid Cooling Solutions for UAV Electronics
Modern unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and military aircraft carry advanced electronics and equipment critical to their successful operation. While innovation is carrying airborne technologies farther and higher than ever before, current avionic cooling practices cannot keep up with the immense heat generated by modern electronics. Continue reading
UK Launches Post-Mosquito Combat Drone Project
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has launched an industry engagement effort to develop low-cost unmanned air systems following the June scrapping of the Mosquito ‘loyal wingman’ combat drone project. Continue reading
RIEGL Introduces New UAV LiDAR Solutions
Among the products launched at Intergeo by lidar companies were two products from RIEGL focused on UAV-based laser scanning. The RIEGL VUX-160-23 and VUX-120-23 are the updated and extended versions of their UAV lidar sensor product line. Continue reading
Skyfire Consulting and Textron Systems Team for Public Safety Market
Skyfire Consulting, an experienced public safety UAS consulting group, has announced it has teamed up with Textron Systems – a supplier of geospatial data analysis and image processing software and services – to offer more actionable data to public safety agencies and Drone First Responder (DFR) programs. Continue reading
Successful XQ-58A Valkyrie Block 2 Test Flight
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that it has recently completed a successful flight of its production XQ-58A Valkyrie aircraft for the Block 2 Valkyrie Maturation Program. The program team includes the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Yuma Proving Ground, and Kratos. Continue reading
Russia Claims Lancet Kamikaze UAVs Can Beat Lasers Weapons
Russia claims that its Lancet loitering munition (or ‘suicide,’ ‘kamikaze’ drone) has a first-of-its-kind anti-laser jamming technology that makes it immune to many anti-drone systems. Continue reading
HHLA Sky Receives World’s First Cybersecurity Certification for Drone Systems
HHLA Sky‘s drone system has been certified by the German technical inspection agency TÜV in accordance with the IEC 62443 cybersecurity industry standard. The entire system was tested, including communication between the drones and the Integrated Control Center. Continue reading