The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun testing state-of-the-art technology designed to detect, track and identify (DTI) drones entering restricted airspace around Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Continue reading
JBUAS to Distribute SENSYS UAV MagDrone Technology in UK
JBUAS (UK) and SENSYS (Germany) have announced that, with immediate effect, JBUAS is the UK specialist distributor of SENSYS’ current and future range of UAV MagDrone magnetometers, used in construction, oil and gas, renewable power and other industries. Continue reading
DJI’s New Avata FPV Drone with Propeller Guards has 18-Minute Flight Time
DJI has introduced the DJI Avata, its second FPV (first-person-view) and first cinewhoop-style drone. It can hover like a traditional drone, accelerate like a racer, zoom in and out of tight spaces, and stop “in a fraction of a second”. If it happens to land upside down, the new Turtle Mode lets it flip back up and take off again. Continue reading
X-47B UCAV Demonstrators are Headed to Museums
When it comes to aircraft that earned their place in the aviation history books, Northrop Grumman’s X-47B demonstrators — two of which were built and flown — are absolutely some of them. Now, well over a decade after first taking to the skies and displaying so much promise, Northrop Grumman tells The War Zone that they are being prepared to be delivered to two aviation museums for display.
Unmanned Experts and Liteye Get $1.8M Contract from AFLCMC Armament Directorate
Unmanned Experts Inc. and partner Liteye Systems Inc. announced that Air Force’s AFLCMC Armament Directorate has awarded a one-year contract to the team to build Web Weasels Autonomous Swarming Artificially Intelligent Munitions program. Continue reading
eBee X Series Drones Receive EASA’s C2 Certificate
senseFly, an AgEagle company has announced that eBee X, eBee Geo and eBee Ag are the first commercial drones to be designated with the C2 class identification label in accordance with the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) regulations. Continue reading
Pentagon Reveals Details of VAMPIRE C-UAS Systems Supplied to Ukraine
The Pentagon has announced a new military assistance package for Ukraine, the largest to date with a whopping value of nearly $3 billion, as the country marks six months since the start of Russia’s all-out invasion and the 31st anniversary of its independence from the Soviet Union. Continue reading
DARPA to Brief Potential Proposers on ‘Infrastructure-Less’ sUAS Development Program
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency intends to meet with interested contractors next month to discuss a new program aimed at building a small unmanned air system that would deploy and recover from a vessel’s flight deck or an austere ground site without requiring additional equipment. Continue reading