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Dynetics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leidos, is playing an integral role in the U.S. Army’s weapon modernization initiatives, where the latest directed energy weapon is increasing its power from a 100 kW-class system to a 300kW-class system. Continue reading
Centum Research & Technology announced that it has appointed Drone Solutions as its Business Partner in Asia. Continue reading
AAI Corp., doing business as Textron Systems, Hunt Valley, Maryland, was awarded a $25,610,000 firm-fixed-price contract for three Aerosonde Mk4.7 systems, initial spare parts, logistics support, new equipment training and two field service representatives. Continue reading
Attorney General William P. Barr has issued Guidance to Department of Justice components regarding counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) actions authorized under the Preventing Emerging Threats Act of 2018 (the Act). Continue reading
Containerized AUDS (C-AUDS)
Continuing a three-year run of production and delivery of the US configured Anti-UAS Defense Systems (AUDS), Liteye Systems, based in Denver Colorado, will now be providing service and support to the US Military for the next four years. Continue reading
DJI Hong Kong Store
Before the rest of the world got its first taste of the Phantom or the Mavic Pro, Hong Kong was home to the team that went on to create some of DJI’s biggest hits. Founded in 2006 by a model plane enthusiast studying at a university in the city, DJI spent years developing the components behind its popular drones with the help of a local professor. Continue reading
Vital medical supplies are to be flown by drone between Oban and Mull in a week-long trial due to start on May 25, it has been revealed. Skyports, a drone delivery service based in London, has linked up with the council-run Oban Airport to get NHS kit from the hospital in Oban to the one at Craignure. Continue reading
A Bayraktar TB2 armed drone parked at an airfield in 2017. (AA Photo)
With the delivery of three Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to the gendarmerie general command, the total number of drones in the inventory of the Turkish military has reached 107, the head of the Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB), İsmail Demir, announced. Continue reading