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Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Rep. Greg Stanton (D-AZ) have applauded the House passage of the Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant Act, a bill within the jurisdiction of the committee. Continue reading
The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary a $191.8 million firm-fixed-price contract modification to procure another 13 RQ-21A Blackjack and 25 ScanEagle unmanned air vehicles (UAVs). Continue reading
On a battlefield a decade or so in the future, a C-130 drops a pallet loaded with small, expendable drones, which break off and immediately begin flying toward a formation of F-35s. Continue reading
AeroVironment, Inc. has announced the launch of the next-generation VAPOR Helicopter unmanned aircraft system (UAS), VAPOR 55 MX. Continue reading
Teleplan Globe, software and system solutions company from Oslo and Munich-based drone manufacturer Quantum-Systems have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to integrate the FACNAV battle space management system into the Quantum-Systems Vector & Scorpion 2-in-1 platform. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Corporation has unveiled Australia’s first MQ-4C Triton autonomous aircraft during a ceremony at its high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) aircraft production site in California. Continue reading
As part of the preparations for the participation in the new edition of the REP(MUS) 22 exercise, which will be held throughout September on the Troia and Sesimbra peninsula (Portugal) and led by the Marinha Portuguesa, the Spanish companies Alpha Unmanned Systems and GMV have achieved interoperability of their systems. Continue reading
Ukrainian troops have seized Orlan-10 reconnaissance Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) in transport containers during a rapid counter-offensive in eastern Ukraine. Continue reading