Proxy Drone War Just Exploded in Libya

Bayraktar TB2

Libya has been at war for most of the last decade since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in the 2011 Arab Spring. It has seen the rise and fall of ISIS and numerous factions come and go. Now it is in the middle of an expanding proxy war between Turkey and several other states in the region. Continue reading →

USS Portland Conducts Laser Weapon System Test

USS Portland (LPD 27) conducts a Solid State Laser – Technology Maturation Laser Weapon System Demonstrator (LWSD) test in the Pacific, May 16.

Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) successfully disabled an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a Solid State Laser – Technology Maturation Laser Weapon System Demonstrator (LWSD) MK 2 MOD 0 on May 16. Continue reading →

Operation-Centric Approach to Help Frame Future Standards

This notification has as purpose to inform the members of the European drone operator community on the upcoming UAS OPS survey that has been created in the framework of the AW-Drone Project, which is funded by the European Union in the context of the Horizon 2020 Programme. Continue reading →

Surveyors Measure Coastal Erosion Using UAS

AG Survey recently used control targets, GNSS receivers and UAS technology in a race against the tides and weather to survey 80 different beaches along England’s southwest coast. The project was part of a national coastal monitoring program funded by England’s Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and run through the Environment Agency (EA) to collect topographic beach surveys around the country. Continue reading →