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Percepto launches its all-in-one aerial solution for autonomous operations

Apr 23, 2019 (SPX)

During the demonstration, Percepto conducted missions to highlight how its autonomous 'Sparrow' drones can deliver value across a diverse range of industrial an...

Cubic to support Boeing's MQ-25 unmanned tanker for the US Navy

Apr 23, 2019 (SPX)

"Our resilient, wideband communication solution will enable the MQ-25 to conduct its missions safely and securely," said Mike Twyman, president of Cubic Mission...

Kongsberg Geospatial beefs up micropilot autopilots to enhance BVLOS capabilities

Apr 17, 2019 (SPX)

The Kongsberg Geospatial IRIS UxS Fleet Control Station technology enables multiple drones to be monitored and controlled simultaneously by a single operator an...

Up in arms: Insect-inspired arm technology aims to improve drones

Apr 17, 2019 (SPX)

A Purdue University researcher has come up with a patented design for drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles, that works in windy conditions, is more energy effici...

A short first hop for 'drone taxi' in Vienna

Apr 04, 2019 (AFP)

Several big companies such as Boeing and Airbus are working on their own versions of the technology but it was the Chinese firm EHang that unveiled its aircraft...

Britain approves $3.3M for consortium to develop drone swarm technology

Apr 01, 2019 (UPI)

The swarms are planned to operate alongside Britain's F-35 and Typhoon combat aircraft, Britain's Defense Ministry announced Thursday. Funding comes from the De...

Skyborg Program Seeks Industry Input For Artificial Intelligence Initiative

Mar 30, 2019 (SPX)

The program is known as Skyborg, and the SDPE office issued what is called a "Capability Request for Information" to industry March 15 to conduct market researc...

The drones have landed and they're here to help

Mar 27, 2019 (SPX)

Drones are more prevalent in the photography industry than any other, and the projected number of UAV hobbyists is steadily climbing every day. Although nearly ...

Belgium approved for $600M buy of MQ-9B SkyGuardian drones

Mar 27, 2019 (UPI)

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency, a division of the Department of Defense, said on Tuesday it received approval from the State Department for the sale. T...

Russian Cosmonauts to Experiment With Propeller-Driven Drone on ISS - Roscosmos

Mar 27, 2019 (Sputnik)

"The experiment has been introduced into the program", Bloshenko said. During experiments with the propeller-driven drone, it is first planned to work out the d...

General Atomics awarded $19.7M for French MQ-9 Reaper support

Mar 25, 2019 (UPI)

The foreign military sale comes under an undefinitized contract action for the production and integration of the kits for the remotely piloted aircraft, the U.S...

In the sky and on the ground, collaboration vital to DARPA's CODE for success

Mar 24, 2019 (SPX)

One-by-one, six RQ-23 Tigersharks lifted off, fitted with an array of sensors onboard. Next to the runway at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground, the mission te...

Percepto launches Drone-in-a-Box Solution

Mar 22, 2019 (SPX)

The all-weather drone-in-a-box system automatically runs scheduled aerial patrols, providing real-time detection and tracking of humans and vehicles and is capa...

General Atomics contracted for four Reaper drones for Netherlands

Mar 22, 2019 (UPI)

The company, headquartered in Poway, Calif., will construct four of the Block 5 remotely piloted MALE UAV, or medium altitude long endurance unmanned aerial veh...

DARPA taps BAE for autonomous air mission planning software

Mar 21, 2019 (UPI)

The $3.1 million contract, announced Wednesday by BAE, is for development work on the Resilient Synchronized Planning and Assessment for the Contested Environme...

Civilian deaths mount as US drone strikes in Somalia escalate: Amnesty

Mar 20, 2019 (AFP)

The US military said it had carried out 110 strikes by drones and manned aircraft in the past two years in Somalia, killing over 800 people, but insisted every ...

Yemenis score legal win in Germany over US drone strikes

Mar 19, 2019 (AFP)

The trio had turned to the court after losing close relatives to a drone attack in 2012 in Hadramaut province. Pointing to the significance of the US airbase in...

Percepto UAV solution assessed in US operational experimentation program

Mar 13, 2019 (SPX)

Percepto was invited to participate in the program to evaluate the ability of autonomous drones to perform intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operati...

AirMap and Honeywell develop cost-effective tracking solution for UAVs

Mar 13, 2019 (SPX)

Together, the companies will develop a cost-effective hardware device to allow for unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or drones, to maintain consistent communicatio...

Northrop Grumman awarded $89M to support MQ-4C Triton system

Mar 12, 2019 (UPI)

The contract also involves technical expertise of field service representatives, logisticians and test support to ensure MQ-4C air vehicles and mission control ...