Drones and unmanned aircraft will be able to fly in the same airspace as manned aircraft under plans announced by Blue Bear Systems Research Ltd and Cranfield University.
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Goshawk Destroys Rogue Drones by Brute Force
Israeli startup RoboTiCan Ltd.’s solution to attack drones? Sending a bigger drone to hunt them down midair. RoboTiCan’s drone can detect, intercept, and crash into hostile drones, destroying them. Continue reading
Two Drones Downed Near Russian Airbase in Syria
Two drones launched by militants have been downed by the Russian military near the Hmeymim airbase in Syria, according to the chief of the Russia Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties Alexei Tsygankov. Continue reading
General Atomics Expands Footprint at Grand Sky
U.S. Sen. John Hoeven, center, hosted an event at the Grand Sky UAS aviation park with General Atomics CEO Linden Blue, left, and DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. Blue signed a lease agreement expanding the company’s Flight Test and Training Center. – PHOTO: OFFICE OF U.S. SEN. JOHN HOEVEN
Grand Sky, the first and only fully operational civil unmanned aerial systems (UAS)-focused research and development park in the U.S., announced tenant General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) will significantly expand the company’s presence on the property. Continue reading
Insitu Gets Potential $232M Special Ops Order
Insitu Inc., Bingen, Washington, has been awarded a $5,000 minimum, $232,000,000 maximum additional task order under an existing non-competitive, single award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (H92222-16-D-0031) for mid-endurance unmanned aircraft systems (MEUAS II-B) intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance services. Continue reading
NASA – Integrating Unmanned Aircraft with Manned Aircraft in the National Airspace
NASA has been leading efforts designed to help integrate unmanned aircraft into the world around us. On June 12, NASA completed a major program milestone by successfully demonstrating the maturity of Detect and Avoid (DAA) technology by flying an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) out in the National Airspace System (NAS). Continue reading
US Army Orders Lockheed Martin CUAS Sytems
The Army is planning to purchase a Counter Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) from Lockheed Martin with the goal to “field UAS with payloads capable of negating adversary UAS,” the Army said in its solicitation notice. Continue reading
Kongsberg Geospatial Concludes UTM System Trials with Transport Canada
Kongsberg Geospatial Ltd., an Ottawa-based developer of geospatial visualization software, announced today the conclusion of the final trials of a new situational awareness system for emergency airspace management, in a project funded by Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC). Continue reading