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DARPA, BAE partner on multirole unmanned aerial systems
Jun 05, 2017 (UPI)
The contract provides $5.4 million to develop small multifunction UAVs that can conduct multiple missions with a single payload. "This agility is particularly i...
Australia buys AeroVironment Wasp AE for new small UAV program
Jun 02, 2017 (SPX)
"Wasp AE provides all environment situational awareness in a highly portable package," said Kirk Flittie, AeroVironment vice president and general manager of it...
Australia to acquire small unmanned aerial vehicles
Jun 01, 2017 (UPI)
Minister for Defense Marise Payne Minister Payne said the systems were small enough to be carried and used by one person. "Similar systems, including the Skylar...
Drone vs. truck deliveries: Which create less carbon pollution?
May 31, 2017 (SPX)
In a paper to be published in an upcoming issue of Transportation Research Part D, researchers found that drones tend to have carbon dioxide emissions advantage...
UAS Update with NSR Analyst Prateep Basu
May 29, 2017 (SPX)
Q: Can you briefly discuss the different types of UAS, and how they affect the overall demand for satellite bandwidth? NSR studies two types of UAS in its repor...
NASA Drone Traffic Management Tests Take Off in Reno
May 29, 2017 (SPX)
The three-week campaign, known as Technology Capability Level 2 (TCL2) National Campaign, began May 9 and is focused on flying small drones beyond the pilot's v...
SkyGuardian drone tops 48 hours in air
May 26, 2017 (UPI)
GA-ASI said the flight by the certifiable STANAG 4671 version of the Predator B was the longest ever by a Predator B aircraft. "This long-endurance flight is no...
Northrop Grumman awarded contract for MQ-4C drone maintenance
May 23, 2017 (UPI)
Work will be performed in Baltimore, Md., Bridgeport, W. VA., Salt Lake City, Utah, and other locations in the United States. Fiscal 2017 Navy procurement funds...
Exploring underground with a colliding drone
May 22, 2017 (ESA)
ESA has been testing equipment, techniques and working methods for missions with astronauts in inner space for many years. Delving inside Earth and exploring ca...
General Atomics receives MQ-9 contract
May 17, 2017 (UPI)
The contract comes from acquisition funds already appropriated sole-source acquisition funds from Fiscal 2016. The aircraft will be manufactured at the Fiscal 2...
Drone to replace Israeli manned maritime patrol aircraft
May 17, 2017 (UPI)
Israel Aerospace Industries, maker of the Heron 1, said the maritime Heron will feature maritime radar and an electro-optical payload suitable for maritime patr...
UK prison moves to stop drone deliveries of contraband
May 16, 2017 (AFP)
The Channel Island of Guernsey is installing an "invisible dome" above its prison to stop mobile phones, drugs and weapons being smuggled in, governor David Mat...
Latvian daredevil in 'drone-diving' world first
May 12, 2017 (AFP)
Manufacturer Aerones performed the feat this week in a secret "drone-diving" operation in a wild, isolated central region of the Baltic state to which AFP had e...
U.S. Army awards contract for extended range drone
May 11, 2017 (UPI)
The contract includes 20 Grey Eagles, with support systems including satellite communications air data terminals, six ground control stations, spare parts, and ...
Airbus creates new commercial drone services start-up Airbus Aerial
May 11, 2017 (SPX)
"Through Airbus Aerial, we are uniquely positioned and fully committed to advancing the commercial Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) industry. It is bringing togeth...
Lockheed Martin introduces quiet, lightweight variant of Indago drone
May 09, 2017 (UPI)
Indago 3's Enhanced ISR capability comes with the addition of TrellisWare Technologies MANET software, Lockheed Martin said. "Indago 3 gives our customers a qui...
US drone back on Earth after nearly two years in space
May 09, 2017 (AFP)
Looking like a small version of an old NASA space shuttle, the craft touched down Sunday in Florida, ending a 718-day voyage around the Earth, the US Air Force ...
Reaper drone tests GBU-38 JDAM bomb
May 08, 2017 (UPI)
"We had a great opportunity to drop the first live GBU-38s in training," Capt. Scott, a 26th WPS weapons instructor pilot, said in a press release. "The GBU-38 ...
Logos Technologies tests its Redkite sensor
May 08, 2017 (UPI)
The capability was demonstrated by the system while aboard an integrator unmanned aerial system by Insitu, a Tactical Group 3 aircraft, Logos announced on Monda...
Newest Secret US Spacecraft Returns to Earth After Over 700 Days in Space
May 08, 2017 (Sputnik)
According to the US Air Force, the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle is "the newest and most advanced re-entry spacecraft." This was the fourth flight of this vehicle....
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