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ImSAR LLC wins $$7.2M contract for work on RQ-21A UAV

Oct 11, 2019 (UPI)

The cost-plus-fixed fee delivery order against a previous ordering agreement calls for work to be executed by October 2020, the Defense Department announced Thu...

Elbit Systems sells $153M worth of mini-drones to unnamed country

Oct 11, 2019 (UPI)

The contract for the unmanned aircraft systems, including other unmanned aircraft manufactured by the company, will be executed over a 22-month period, Elbit sa...

US air strike in Somalia killed civilians: Amnesty

Oct 01, 2019 (AFP)

Amnesty said its investigations revealed the trio killed in the March 18 strike in southern Somalia were innocent, despite US Africa Command (AFRICOM) saying th...

UPS wins first US approval for 'drone airline'

Oct 01, 2019 (AFP)

UPS said it was the first applicant to win full certification from the Federal Aviation Administration, allowing it to fly an unlimited number of drones with an...

Enemy drone operators may soon face the power of Thor

Sep 30, 2019 (SPX)

AFRL exhibited the technology, called the Tactical High-power Operational Responder (THOR), at the 2019 Air Force Association Air, Space, and Cyber Conference a...

Turkey downs unidentified drone on Syria border: defence ministry

Sep 29, 2019 (AFP)

"An unmanned aerial vehicle which violated our air space six times (on Saturday)... was downed by two of our F-16s which took off from Incirlik" air base in sou...

Drones a game changer for emergency responders

Sep 26, 2019 (AFP)

"Where we cannot go, we will now be putting an unmanned aircraft system (UAS). Where we can't see, we can now put a UAS," Richard Fields, battalion chief with t...

U.S. Navy's MQ-25 tanker drone completes first test flight

Sep 20, 2019 (UPI)

The tanker drone completed its two-hour flight at its test program base at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., on Thursday, the company said in a p...

FedEx, Walgreens team with Wing for drone delivery test

Sep 19, 2019 (AFP)

The drone service to launch in October in Christiansburg, Virginia, will be the most advanced real-world test of the technology to quickly fly items ranging fro...

Lockheed, Raytheon launch Javelin missiles from unmanned vehicle

Sep 10, 2019 (UPI)

The Javelin Joint Venture team, a partnership of Raytheon Company and Lockheed Martin, fired the Javelin missiles from a Kongsberg remote launcher mounted on a ...

Iran unveils new reconnaissance and attack drone

Sep 01, 2019 (AFP)

Dubbed the "Kian", the unmanned aerial vehicle was designed, produced and tested by experts of the air defence force within about a year, said the head of the f...

Iraq paramilitary force says Israel behind latest drone attack

Aug 25, 2019 (AFP)

The attack struck a position held by Brigade 45, a Hashed al-Shaabi unit based near Al-Qaim about 15 kilometres (10 miles) from Iraq's western desertic border w...

Hughes partners with startup to extend LTE Coverage using helicopters and UAVs

Aug 22, 2019 (SPX)

"We're excited to work with Hughes to help expand high speed 4G services cost-effectively in underserved parts of the world, as well as providing the tactical e...

Drone buzzes above vineyard helping Luxembourg winegrower

Aug 18, 2019 (AFP)

Luxembourg wine producer Corinne Kox began trials of the small unmanned aircraft last month over part of her century-old family estate near the borders with Fra...

AFRL conducts first flight of robopilot unmanned air platform

Aug 16, 2019 (SPX)

"This flight test is a testament to AFRL's ability to rapidly innovate technology from concept to application in a safe build up approach while still maintainin...

Skyfront Perimeter Drone Performs The First Beyond-Line-of-Sight Flight under FAA Part 107

Aug 15, 2019 (SPX)

During the round-trip flight, the Perimeter UAV flew over mountainous, rugged terrain along a four mile stretch of the Trans-Alaska pipeline. The UAV maintained...

Teams test swarm autonomy in second major OFFSET field experiment

Aug 12, 2019 (SPX)

OFFSET envisions large swarms of collaborative autonomous systems providing critical insights to small ground military units in urban areas where vertical struc...

DLR conducts flight tests for gyrocopter drones

Jul 31, 2019 (SPX)

In the future, this will allow flexible, safe and cost-effective transport of important cargo such as humanitarian aid or urgently needed spare parts to the des...

S.Korea tests drone delivery in remote regions

Jul 31, 2019 (AFP)

The project, jointly launched by the interior and safety ministry and Korea Post, among other government agencies, aims to establish a "public drone delivery sy...

General Atomics to build parts, equipment for MQ-1C Gray Eagle drone

Jul 31, 2019 (UPI)

The company, based in Poway, Calif., will manufacture unique initial spares and ground support for the aircraft, known as the Gray Eagle. The announcement was m...