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Forget joysticks, use your torso to pilot drones
Jul 18, 2018 (SPX)
"Our aim was to design a control method which would be easy to learn and therefore require less mental focus from the users so that they can focus on more impor...
Army picks Raytheon for counter-UAV drones
Jul 18, 2018 (UPI)
The Coyote is designed to be guided by the KRFS radar to explode next to enemy drones, effectively acting as a guided missile. The Coyote is a lightweight expen...
Northrop Grumman receives $41.2M contract for MQ-4C Triton UAV
Jul 16, 2018 (UPI)
The modification, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, covers extended logistics, training and other support services for the program. Work will be pe...
'New India by 2022': New Delhi Expects Drone Industry to Boost State Development
Jul 16, 2018 (Sputnik)
With India set to soon begin operating drones for civilian purposes, the country's top bureaucrat has asked manufacturers to gear up for huge demand that could ...
Elbit Systems Rolls-out Hermes 900 StarLiner
Jul 13, 2018 (SPX)
Concluding an extensive year-long flying schedule, the Hermes 900 StarLiner has been performing Civil Aviation Authority certified flights in Masada National Pa...
SkyGuardian drone completes transatlantic flight from U.S. to U.K.
Jul 12, 2018 (UPI)
The MQ-9B SkyGuardian was launched from Grand Forks, N.D., on July 10, flying more than 4,300 miles over the course of 24 hours, before landing at the Royal Air...
Israel Patriot missile intercepts unarmed drone from Syria: army
Jul 11, 2018 (AFP)
It was not clear if the unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV, strayed across Syria's ceasefire line with Israel unintentionally. "UAV from Syria intercepted by Patri...
Fire Scout unmanned helicopter finishes first flight tests from LCS
Jul 09, 2018 (UPI)
The crew of the Coronado and Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 1, or VX-1, conducted combat simulations to evaluate the Fire Scout on target identification, inte...
Rolls-Royce awarded $420M contract for drone engines
Jul 05, 2018 (UPI)
The contract, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at $420 million and provides for the maintenance, repair and rebuilding of AE 3007H engi...
Facebook halts production of drones for internet delivery
Jun 27, 2018 (AFP)
The huge social network said it has not abandoned the idea of using high-altitude aircraft to connect remote areas of the globe, but would concentrate its effor...
Navy contracts Raytheon for LOCUST prototype
Jun 27, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced by the Navy Tuesday, comes under a $29 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the LOCUST Innovative Naval Prototype. Work will be performe...
Australia buys high-tech drones to monitor South China Sea, Pacific
Jun 26, 2018 (AFP)
Canberra has been embarking on its largest peacetime naval investment through a massive shipbuilding strategy that includes new submarines, offshore patrol vess...
Israel fires at drone from Syria, forces retreat
Jun 24, 2018 (AFP)
"A Patriot aerial defence system missile was launched towards an unmanned aerial vehicle approaching the Israeli border from Syria," the army said. "As a result...
Pentagon contracts for 'surge support' for MQ-9 Reaper drones
Jun 20, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, worth more than $39.5 million under the terms of a undefinitized contract action, enables General Atomics to provide "surge support" for contractor-ow...
Chip upgrade helps miniature drones navigate
Jun 20, 2018 (SPX)
The team, co-led by Vivienne Sze, associate professor in MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), and Sertac Karaman, the Class o...
NASA flies large unmanned aircraft in public airspace without chase plane for first time
Jun 18, 2018 (SPX)
Flying these large remotely-piloted aircraft over the United States opens the doors to all types of services, from monitoring and fighting forest fires, to prov...
General Atomics to upgrade radar on Reaper drones
Jun 15, 2018 (UPI)
The contract, announced Thursday by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center and worth more than $22 million, comes under a firm-fixed-price modification to a...
Germany agrees to lease Israeli-made drones: manufacturer
Jun 14, 2018 (AFP)
European aerospace giant Airbus, which signed the $600 million (500 million euro) agreement on behalf of the German defence ministry, will maintain and provide ...
Headwall integrates Hyperspectral and LiDAR aboard UAV platforms
Jun 13, 2018 (SPX)
Through the fusion of spectral imaging data and 3D LIDAR output, Headwall continues to provide new industry-leading capabilities for addressing critical remote ...
Kratos awarded unmanned $90M aerial target drone systems contract
Jun 08, 2018 (SPX)
ATS-2 contract tasks will encompass requirements for research, development, test and evaluation (RDT and E), commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) and non-commercial ...
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