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Lockheed Martin and Canadian UAVs to improve unmanned beyond visual line of sight operations
Dec 18, 2019 (SPX)
Canadian UAVs and Lockheed Martin Canada CDL Systems have signed a memorandum of understanding to provide an unmanned traffic management solution to meet this c...
AFRL completes two and a half-day ultra leap
Dec 17, 2019 (SPX)
This series of flight tests began in Feb. 2019 at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, culminating with a two and a half-day continuous flight demonstration from Dec. 9...
Citadel Defense collaborates with US Govt to deploy safe, trusted and reliable counter drone solutions
Dec 13, 2019 (SPX)
"Our team has been impressed with the multi-agency collaboration that will safely integrate counter drone technology into everyday operation," explains Christop...
The UAS community created 'a new transport ecosystem' at Amsterdam Drone Week
Dec 11, 2019 (SPX)
"We are at the dawn of a new social and industrial revolution", said Philip Butterworth-Hayes at the opening of the Amsterdam Drone Week. "Humans, robots and au...
Safer navigation through enhanced predictive paths powered by UAV Navigation
Dec 08, 2019 (SPX)
This upgrade to Visionair, UAV Navigation's flight control software includes improved capabilities that ensure operational security. This includes multiple grap...
Developing a digital twin
Dec 06, 2019 (SPX)
In such a world, there will also be a digital twin for each UAV in the fleet: a virtual model that will follow the UAV through its existence, evolving with time...
Raytheon nabs $13.1M for third anti-drone laser system for testing
Dec 06, 2019 (UPI)
The company was awarded a $13.1 million deal for the Air Force to purchase and test an additional HELWS system, adding a third to be deployed for testing, the D...
Israel's drone industry becomes global force
Nov 28, 2019 (AFP)
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are used daily by Israel's military in and around its borders, whether dropping tear-gas canisters on Palestinian demonstrators,...
Polish firm's drones, from lifesaver to invisible model, take to the skies
Nov 28, 2019 (AFP)
Today the drone is making a successful 8.5-kilometre (5.3-mile) test flight near the headquarters of the Polish firm Spartaqs in the town of Mikolow; soon it wi...
UBC research highlights need to safeguard drones and robotic cars against cyber attacks
Nov 28, 2019 (SPX)
The researchers, based at UBC's faculty of applied science, designed three types of stealth attack on robotic vehicles that caused the machines to crash, miss t...
FLIR introduces StormCaster Payload Family for its SkyRaider and SkyRanger UAVs
Nov 20, 2019 (SPX)
StormCaster represents FLIR Systems' next generation payload family for the company's own UAS airframes gained through the acquisition of Aeryon Labs in Februar...
Iris Automation and Kansas DOT complete historic beyond-visual-line-of-sight drone flight
Nov 14, 2019 (SPX)
The flight mark the first time under Part 107 the FAA has authorized an operation to fly BVLOS without a requirement for visual observers or a ground-based rada...
GMV presents dronelocus for the safety and management of USpace
Nov 08, 2019 (SPX)
U-Space is the set of new services and procedures designed to guarantee safe and secure airspace access for unmanned aircrafts, taking in operational security, ...
Mosquito courting strategies could inspire quieter drones
Nov 07, 2019 (UPI)
Male mosquitoes work to match their high-frequency buzz to the low-frequency hum of a female. They must carry out their courting rituals while flying through cr...
US Interior Department grounds Chinese-made drones
Nov 01, 2019 (AFP)
Nick Goodwin, an Interior Department spokesman, did not provide a reason for the decision but it comes amid US security concerns over Chinese electronics. Goodw...
Israeli drone overflying Lebanon targeted by missile: army
Oct 31, 2019 (AFP)
"A short while ago, an anti-aircraft missile was launched over Lebanese territory towards an IDF (Israeli army) UAV. The UAV was not hit," the military said in ...
Drones help map Iceland's disappearing glaciers
Oct 31, 2019 (SPX)
Dr Kieran Baxter from the University of Dundee has created composite images that compare views from 1980s aerial surveys to modern day photos captured with the ...
Most complete exploration of fly landing maneuvers to advance future robots
Oct 24, 2019 (SPX)
The paper was published Oct. 23 in Science Advances. "Through this work, we sought to understand how a fly executes the maneuvers of landing upside down in the ...
RedTail LiDAR Systems unveils innovative 3D mapping solution at Commercial UAV EXPO
Oct 24, 2019 (SPX)
Developed with technology licensed from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL), the RTL-400 provides unique scanning capabilities for a wide range of applicati...
Swarm of tiny drones explores unknown environments
Oct 24, 2019 (SPX)
The challenge comes from the fact that the tiny 33-gram drones need to navigate autonomously while having extremely limited sensing and computational capabiliti...
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