Greenpeace has used this moment to greet world leaders as they made their way to the summit by sending them a strong and simple message. Continue reading
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Martin UAV Picks Gimbal System from Trillium Engineering
Trillium Engineering, a developer of gimbaled cameras for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), announced that it will be supplying Martin UAV with Orion HD80 camera systems in support of a next-generation UAS program. Continue reading
Directed Energy Weapon Destroys Swarms of Enemy Drones
The U.S. Air Force released a video animation of the directed energy weapon designed at Kirtland Air Force Base. The Tactical High-power Operational Responder, or THOR, was built to protect military bases from enemy drone attacks. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Gets $54M US Navy RQ-4A BAMS Contract
Navy RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle conducts tests over Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, California, is awarded a $53,773,633 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide continuing operator, maintenance, logistics and sustainment engineering support, to include training, supply chain and spares management for peculiar items, peculiar support equipment, and technical publications in support of the RQ-4A Global Hawk Broad Area Maritime Surveillance – Demonstrator (BAMS-D) aircraft being mission-capable for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions for the Navy. Continue reading
Sony Announces Airpeak S1 Professional Drone
Sony Electronics Inc. announced its first-ever professional drone, the “Airpeak S1”i. An introductory model in the new Airpeak line, the S1 is the world’s smallestii drone that can be equipped with a full-size mirrorless interchangeable-lens Alpha camera, opening up a new world of creative possibilities. Continue reading
New Generator Coming Online for Gray Eagle ER
On May 13, 2021, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) completed initial flight tests of a new brushless generator system on a company-owned Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) at Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona. Continue reading
LightWare Launches Smallest Scanning microLiDAR
LightWare LiDAR has announced a new product evolution within the LightWare family – the SF45 scanning microLiDAR. Continue reading
FAA Forming Committee to Develop BVLOS Rules
The Federal Aviation Administration is convening a committee tasked with recommending rules to permit “beyond line of sight” drone operations, a step toward allowing significantly broader use of unmanned aircraft. Continue reading