General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., Poway, California has been awarded a $21,645,981 contract action for Netherlands MQ-9 Contractor Logistics Support. Continue reading
Australian Drones Drop Mites to Combat Vineyard Pests
Australia’s New South Wales Government is supporting the state’s wine industry with time-efficient biological pest management using drone technology.
Leidos Gets $27M US Air Force Contract for HPM C-UAS System Prototype
Leidos Inc., Reston, Virginia, has been awarded a $26,907,358 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the development of a mature prototype based on the first generation technology demonstrator, high-power microwave (HPM) counter unmanned aerial system (cUAS) prototype. Continue reading
AI and UAVs to Monitor Lithuanian Road Infrastructure
AB Kelių priežiūra – a state-owned company that ensures maintenance of more than 21.000 km of national roads – joins forces with technology companies Thrust and Agmis to introduce an AI-powered drone-based system for automated road inspection. This joint project, called GreenBee, aims to improve the quality and scope of road network inspection and also to reduce CO2 emissions created while performing inspection tasks.
NASA is Helping Fly Drones in the Arctic
In the unforgiving Arctic climate, drones have struggled to fly for extended periods of time — the kind that would allow researchers to fly scientific instruments safely to keep tabs on the region. Now, a team led by NASA scientists is showing how a fixed-winged drone named Vanilla could fly for several days over the Arctic ocean carrying an instrument that uses radar to measure the depth of snow accumulating on top of sea ice. Continue reading
DroneShield and Teledyne FLIR Collaboration Wins Western Military Agency Customer
DroneShield Limited and Teledyne FLIR, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, have announced a collaboration to offer a joint sensing and mitigation solution for unmanned aerial threats. Continue reading
MissionGO Demos Drone Deliveries for the Navajo Nation
MissionGO was invited by the Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President, and mobile healthcare company ZappCare, to showcase how MissionGO’s unmanned aircraft delivery service can be used to transport medical supplies and other essential items to people living in the most remote areas of the Navajo Nation. Continue reading
Airbus and OCCAR Sign Eurodrone contract
Airbus and the Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation (OCCAR) have signed the Eurodrone global contract, which includes the development and manufacturing of 20 systems and 5 years of initial in-service support. Continue reading