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US approves sale of armed MQ-9 Reaper drones to Taiwan

Nov 04, 2020 (AFP)

The $600 million sale aids Taiwan's "continuing efforts to modernize its armed forces and to maintain a credible defensive capability," the State Department sai...

Australia'first autonomous, high-altitude, long-endurance system will enhance maritime security

Oct 29, 2020 (SPX)

"The MQ-4C Triton will be a very important ISR capability for Australia," said Air Commodore Terry van Haren, the RAAF's air attache to the Australian embassy. ...

DARPA project strives for off-road unmanned vehicles that react like humans

Oct 11, 2020 (SPX)

While vehicle platforms that can handle difficult terrain exist, their autonomy algorithms and software often can't process and respond to changing situations w...

Skyvision team wins AUVSI XCELLENCE award

Oct 07, 2020 (AFNS)

AUVSI made the announcement in an Oct. 2 news release. The award will be presented during the AUVSI XPONENTIAL event, being held virtually this year on Oct. 6. ...

Boeing to build unmanned aerial vehicles in Australia

Oct 05, 2020 (UPI)

The decision will also mark the first time a military aircraft has been totally designed, engineered and manufactured in Australia in over 50 years, Boeing offi...

Wacky indoor Amazon drone takes on privacy skeptics

Oct 02, 2020 (AFP)

The introduction of the Ring Always Home Cam planned for 2021 has opened up fresh debate on the potential for intrusive surveillance and privacy infringement. A...

Turkey, Iran deploy 'game-changing' drones in north Iraq

Oct 01, 2020 (AFP)

"Not a day goes by without us seeing a drone," said Mohammad Hassan, mayor of Qandil, the mountainous Iraqi stronghold of Turkey's outlawed Kurdistan Workers' P...

MQ-4C Triton deployed, quickly became an 'invaluable asset'

Sep 30, 2020 (SPX)

The Guam deployment is part of an early operational capability (EOC) and will enable the U.S. Navy to further develop concepts of operation for employment of th...

New MS-177 and upgraded AN/ASQ-230 sensors will enhance intelligence collection

Sep 29, 2020 (SPX)

The MS-177 camera system provides multiple channels of intelligence collection in visible and infrared bands and provides a dramatic increase in multi-spectral ...

Robopilot unmanned air platform returns to flight

Sep 29, 2020 (SPX)

This event represents a return to flight for ROBOpilot, which completed its first flight in August 2019, but later incurred damage during a landing mishap after...

Army funding research to allow drones to run on multiple fuel sources

Sep 22, 2020 (UPI)

The University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign was recently awarded a four-year, $8 million, the Army said on Tuesday, contract to research multi-fuel chemistry an...

General Atomics nets $7.4B MQ-9 Reaper contract with U.S. Air Force

Sep 18, 2020 (UPI)

The five-year Agile Reaper Enterprise Solution contract for the unmanned surveillance, intelligence, reconnaissance and strike-capability aircraft was awarded o...

France sees joint European drone project launched this year

Sep 16, 2020 (AFP)

"A few small details" still need to be worked out, but "we're rather optimistic about this project," an official in Defence Minister Florence Parly's office sai...

US Military set to deploy advanced Israeli drone system for US Special Forces

Sep 09, 2020 (SPX)

As a result of the close cooperation between the institutions involved, the system has been developed in accordance with concrete operational requirements. As s...

Adding chameleon-like capabilities to defence drones

Sep 04, 2020 (SPX)

Ever since the French had the bright idea of using hydrogen balloons for military surveillance in the late 18th century, aviation capability has played a centra...

Unmanned aerial vehicles help wheat breeders

Sep 03, 2020 (SPX)

The ability to accurately discard low potential lines at these early stages may reduce spending on costly yield testing. Breeders typically rely on visual selec...

GA-ASI and SENER Aeroespacial Team to Develop New NATO Pod for MQ-9

Sep 02, 2020 (SPX)

The latest joint development effort is a NATO Pod, designed and built by SENER Aeroespacial, part of the SENER Group. GA-ASI will integrate the NATO Pod onto th...

Iran invests in advanced drone technology

Sep 01, 2020 (Sputnik)

According to the Jerusalem Post, Iran has produced several lines of drones, such as the Ababil series, the Mohajer, the Karrar and the Fotros. The Karrar, for i...

Israel strikes Hamas targets in Gaza over balloon attacks

Aug 14, 2020 (AFP)

Israel says the strikes, and other measures including halting the territory's fuel supply, are in retaliation for firebombs suspended from balloons that float o...

SqwaQ demonstrates BVLOS UAS flight capabilities for controlled airspace

Aug 14, 2020 (SPX)

This eliminates the need for UTM (Unmanned Traffic Management) restrictions and resolves other obstacles that have been delaying wide-scale, routine UAS integra...