Plymouth Rock Technologies X1 – First Commercially Available 5G Drone

Plymouth Rock Technologies Inc. has announced that its X1 platform will begin initial production with integrated 5G command and control modules as standard. Airbus Industries first showcased the 5G UAS technology in 2019 as a proof of concept. Continue reading

ST Engineering to Perform Aircraft Inspection by Drone in Singapore

ST Engineering will be using its in-house developed drone solution, DroScan to carry out General Visual Inspection (GVI) during aircraft maintenance at its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facilities in Singapore after its Aerospace sector received authorisation from the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS). Continue reading

AeroDefense Partners with US Air Force to Develop Rapid Deploy Drone Detection

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AeroDefense, provider of drone detection technology that detects and locates drones and pilots simultaneously, announced plans to develop a rapidly deployable and ruggedized drone detection system with the United States Air Force (USAF). Continue reading

India Downs Pakistani Arms Smuggling Drone

BSF personnel carry a drone shot down along the border in J&K’s Kathua on June 20, 2020

The Indian Border Security Force shot down a Pakistani drone along the International Border in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, the officials said. The patrolling party of the BSF found the drone flying in the Rathua area of Hiranagar sector in Kathua, Jammu And Kashmir and shot it down. The drone fell into a field. Continue reading

Drones to Release Sterile Mosquitoes to Control Zika

A new study from the International Atomic Energy (IAEA) uses drones to increase the effectiveness and reduce costs related to using the nuclear technique that aims to suppress disease-carrying mosquitoes. This is a significant step in deploying this method on a large-scale basis to control the mosquitoes causing dengue, yellow fever, and Zika. Continue reading

GA-ASI Gets $12M Air National Guard Upgrade Contract

174th Fighter Wing MQ-9 Reaper at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base, Syracuse, NY

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has been awarded a $12.1 million contract to upgrade MQ-9 Block 1 and Block 5 Remotely Piloted Aircraft and Block 25 Dual Control Module Ground Control Station (DCMGCS) and Block 30 Ground Control Station (GCS) for the Air National Guard (ANG). Continue reading