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State Dept. approves $950M drone support services sale to South Korea
Jul 30, 2019 (UPI)
The support services South Korea is looking to purchase for its RQ-4 Block 30 remotely piloted aircraft fleet includes program management and training for pilot...
US may have downed two Iranian drones last week: general
Jul 23, 2019 (AFP)
"We are confident we brought down one drone, we may have brought down a second," US Central Command chief General Kenneth McKenzie told CBS news in an interview...
Automating complex design of universal controller for hybrid drones
Jul 22, 2019 (SPX)
A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) has devised a new approach to automatically des...
U.S. Defense Department considers buying Israeli-made drones
Jul 19, 2019 (UPI)
The Defense Department is seeking the approval of the U.S. Congress to transfer $6.9 million between accounts to buy an undisclosed number of Hero-120 "loiterin...
C-Astral participates in demonstrations to help Europe set rules for drone deliveries
Jul 17, 2019 (SPX)
As a member of SAFIR, C-Astral was tasked to take off and perform high-tension line mapping. During this process, the company was also made to perform deconflic...
Navy's Fire Scout unmanned helicopter achieves initial operational capability
Jul 09, 2019 (UPI)
On June 28, the sea-based, vertical lift drone manufactured by Northrop Grumman was declared to achieve operational capability, the Navy said Monday. The aircra...
Frequentis Defense gets $8.4M contract for work on MQ-25 Stingray
Jul 04, 2019 (UPI)
The company, based in Columbia, Md., will provide engineering and logistics for the design, development, test, manufacture and repair of the MD-5A Unmanned Carr...
Saudi cities face growing threat of Yemen rebel drones
Jul 03, 2019 (AFP)
Nine civilians were wounded Tuesday in a rebel attack on Abha airport in the kingdom's south, the Saudi-led coalition fighting the rebels said, the latest in a ...
Insitu nets $390.4M for Blackjack, ScanEagle drones for U.S. military, allies
Jul 01, 2019 (UPI)
The contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, covers 63 RQ-21A Blackjack attrition air vehicles for the U.S. military branches, plus six RQ-21A u...
The RoboBee flies solo
Jul 01, 2019 (SPX)
Graduate student Elizabeth Farrell Helbling, PhD '19, and postdoctoral fellow Noah T. Jafferis from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applie...
Metropolitan area of Amsterdam starts exploring use of drone technology
Jun 28, 2019 (SPX)
Henk Markerink, CEO Johan Cruijff ArenA and Paul Riemens, CEO RAI Amsterdam, announced this during WeMakeTheCity in the Johan Cruijff ArenA. These urban issues ...
General Atomics gets $21.9M Army contract for work on Gray Eagle drone
Jun 28, 2019 (UPI)
The contract with the U.S. Army calls for procurement of performance based logistical support services on the MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system, a 3,600...
Russia Tests Satellite-Based Radar Capable of Detecting Low-Flying Drones
Jun 27, 2019 (Sputnik)
JSC Radio Technical and Information Systems, a major Russian R and D and production enterprise responsible for developing and producing a variety of advanced ra...
AFRL XQ-58A UAV completes second successful flight
Jun 18, 2019 (SPX)
The test marked the second successful flight for the aircraft this year. The inaugural 72-minute flight was recorded in March. The Air Force Research Laboratory...
Airbus and the Hauts-de-France region team up for UAV deliveries
Jun 18, 2019 (SPX)
The Hauts-de-France region, through Hauts-de-France Innovation Development (HDFID), and Airbus Defence and Space, via its specialised subsidiary Survey Copter, ...
Low-cost Valkyrie unmanned aircraft completes second test flight
Jun 17, 2019 (UPI)
The aircraft, developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., of San Diego, is regarded as an affordable potential...
MQ-9 Reaper drone shot down over Yemen on June 6, CENTCOM says
Jun 17, 2019 (UPI)
A statement on Sunday said the U.S. drone, known as a Reaper, was shot down on June 6 by a SA-6 surface-to-air missile fired by Houthi rebels in Yemen. "The alt...
BAE Systems to install vehicle control systems on Boeing's MQ-25 refueling drones
Jun 17, 2019 (UPI)
The contracts involve the plane's Vehicle Management Control System, which will control all flight surfaces and perform overall management duties of the plane, ...
New energy-efficient algorithm keeps UAV swarms helping longer
Jun 17, 2019 (SPX)
UAV swarms are cooperative, intercommunicating groups of UAVs used for a wide and growing variety of civilian and military applications. In disaster response, p...
Uber eyes drones for food delivery, unveils new autonomous car
Jun 12, 2019 (AFP)
At its Uber Elevate Summit, the company said it had regulatory approval to begin tests of delivering food by drone in the region of San Diego, California. "Our ...
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