The Department of Defense has announced that US Special Operations Command has awarded a $30.5 million contract to Area-I, LLC for the purchase of an unspecified quantity of the ALTIUS unmanned aerial system. Continue reading
Bipartisan Bill to Help Protect Communities from UAS
U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and Ron Johnson (R-WI) introduced bipartisan legislation to significantly enhance our nation’s ability to counter the threat posed by unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly known as drones. Continue reading
OneSky and ARA Robotics Deliver RPAS Solution for Quebec’s Qualia Test Centre Operations
OneSky, an unmanned traffic management (UTM) solution provider, partnering with ARA Robotics, a Canadian drone company, announce the delivery of a Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) test range solution for operations carried out at the Qualia Test Centre, part of Quebec’s UAS Centre of Excellence. Continue reading
DroneShield Delivers Handheld C-UAS Solutions to US Government
DroneShield (U.S. subsidiary of DroneShield Ltd – Australia) has received and delivered upon a follow-on order by a U.S. Government agency for the company’s portable and handheld Counter-UAS (C-UAS) solutions. Continue reading
US Air Force’s RQ-4 Global Hawks to Retire in FY27
The RQ-4 Global Hawk reconnaissance drone’s days are numbered, as the US Air Force plans to phase out all remaining air vehicles by fiscal 2027. Continue reading
Boots Completes Drone Delivery of Prescription Medicines in UK First
Boots has become the first community pharmacy in the UK to transport prescription-only medicines by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Continue reading
RUAG Successfully Deploys New UAV Defense System
RUAG protected both this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos and the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC) in Lugano against UAV threats. Continue reading
Tata Steel Partners to Develop Drone-Based Mining Solutions
Tata Steel has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Aarav Unmanned Systems (AUS), a Bangalore-based startup providing end-to-end drone solutions, for effective mine management. Continue reading