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Embention Partners with Sagetech to achieve full situation awareness in unmanned flight
Jul 01, 2020 (SPX)
"We're thrilled to announce a partnership with Embention to provide the smallest, most durable avionics suite for drone manufacturers," said Sagetech Avionics C...
Could drones deliver packages more efficiently by hopping on the bus
Jun 26, 2020 (SPX)
A 2018 report from Texas A and M University found that delivery trucks represent just 7% of U.S. traffic but account for 28% of the nation's congestion. Deliver...
NATO RQ-4D Phoenix Reaches New Milestone
Jun 25, 2020 (SPX)
"Northrop Grumman is proud to support NAGSF pilots training as they control flights with number one NATO RQ-4D Phoenix," said Jane Bishop, vice president and ge...
Deep drone acrobatics
Jun 24, 2020 (SPX)
Working together with microprocessor company Intel, a team of researchers at the University of Zurich has now developed a quadrotor helicopter, or quadcopter, t...
Australia to buy additional Triton surveillance UAV
Jun 21, 2020 (SPX)
The MQ-4C Triton is a cooperative development program between the Royal Australian Air Force and the U.S. Navy, and provides a round-the-clock maritime wide-are...
New research leads to Army drones changing shape mid-flight
Jun 19, 2020 (SPX)
Researchers with the U.S. Army's Combat Capabilities Development Command's Army Research Laboratory and Texas A and M University published findings of a two-yea...
AI goes underground: root crop growth predicted with drone imagery
Jun 18, 2020 (SPX)
This also poses problems for plant breeders, who have to wait months or years before knowing how crops respond to drought or temperature changes. Not knowing wh...
Army researchers find new ways to test swarming drones
Jun 15, 2020 (SPX)
Future Soldiers will operate with many of these unmanned aircraft systems across the battlespace, using an interconnected swarm to provide capabilities for situ...
NSO group launches anti drone defense system
Jun 15, 2020 (SPX)
Eclipse is the premier cyber counter-drone platform designed to automatically detect, take over and safely land unauthorized commercial drones in a designated z...
Aussie scientists turn to drones to protect sea turtles
Jun 10, 2020 (AFP)
Raine Island, off the northern tip of Australia, plays host to around 60,000 female green turtles who migrate hundreds of kilometres from the Great Barrier Reef...
GMV supplies the Spanish MoD with systems of the RPAS Seeker
Jun 10, 2020 (SPX)
The UAS Seeker is an autonomous, rapid-deployment system developed by Aurea Avionics and supplied by GMV, providing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissan...
India moots drone ports across country in maiden policy for use, manufacturing of UAVs
Jun 07, 2020 (Sputnik)
India's Ministry of Civil Aviation on Friday gave the green light to the establishment of "drone ports and drone corridors" in a draft policy on the use and man...
UAV Navigation tests its autopilot against an anti drone system
Jun 05, 2020 (SPX)
UAV Navigation has ramped up its security measures by designing a very robust system from both hardware and software perspectives. The quality of the components...
Pacific Air Forces return Global Hawk drones to Yokota Air Base
Jun 04, 2020 (UPI)
According to the Air Force, the rotation of Global Hawks to Yokota should provide a stable location from which the platform can operate when inclement weather -...
Researchers use drones, machine learning to detect dangerous 'butterfly' landmines
May 27, 2020 (SPX)
Researchers at Binghamton University had previously developed a method that allowed for highly accurate detection of "butterfly" landmines using low-cost commer...
Citadel Defense launches Deepfake AI to prevent drone attacks on military and government assets
May 27, 2020 (SPX)
Citadel was the first company to use artificial intelligence and machine learning to counter unmanned system threats. The company has now taken a quantum leap f...
How drones can monitor explosive volcanoes
May 26, 2020 (SPX)
Drones were used to observe the lava dome, a viscous plug of lava. The researchers were able to show that the lava dome shows movements on two different time sc...
Northrop Grumman supports government flight testing of the MQ-8C Fire Scout Radar
May 11, 2020 (SPX)
"The AN/ZPY-8 radar significantly increases Fire Scout's detection and tracking of targets. The ability to simultaneously employ multiple modes supports U.S. Na...
FLIR to supply Black Hornet Nano-UAV Systems for US Army's Soldier Borne Sensor Program
May 08, 2020 (SPX)
In January 2019, the U.S. Army awarded FLIR an initial $39.7 million contract for Black Hornet 3's to support the SBS program. The company is currently deliveri...
Elbit Systems Introduces a UAS-Based Long-Range Maritime Rescue Capability
May 08, 2020 (SPX)
Adverse weather conditions and short endurance significantly degrade the SaR capabilities of manned aircraft, often preventing them from executing their mission...
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