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A novel hybrid UAV that may change the way people operate drones

Mar 29, 2017 (SPX)

Two PhD students in National University of Singapore, Unmanned System Research Group spent four years in developing the novel hybrid unmanned aerial vehicles(UA...

General Atomics building ground control station for drones

Mar 28, 2017 (UPI)

General Atomics received a $39.5 million contract modification to support production for an unmanned aircraft system ground control station. The contract, which...

SRC's counter-drone system on display

Mar 27, 2017 (UPI)

A counter-drone system from SRC Inc., a non-profit research and development company, is being exhibited at next month's Navy League's Sea Air Space Exposition, ...

China to open first drone factory in Saudi Arabia

Mar 27, 2017 (UPI)

China will soon construct the first unmanned aerial vehicle factory in the Middle East following a meeting with Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud....

Happy Wanderer? Mysterious X-37B Space Plane Breaks Its Own Orbital Record

Mar 27, 2017 (Sputnik)

The US Air Force's super-secret Boeing X-37B mini space shuttle just broke its own orbital record of 674 days in space. The landing date for the apparatus remai...

GA-ASI starts testing of mid-air launch-and-recovery drone vehicles

Mar 24, 2017 (UPI)

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. is continuing development of an air-launched and mid-air recoverable drone system for the U.S. military. The project, ...

General Atomics producing additional MQ-9 drone parts

Mar 21, 2017 (UPI)

General Atomics was awarded a $12 million contract to produce various MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle components for the U.S. Air Force. Under the agreement...

X-37B Space Plane Soon to Break Orbital Record

Mar 21, 2017 (Sputnik)

The US Air Force's most secretive plane, the X-37B, is just eight days away from breaking the record for longest orbital mission undertaken by a space plane. Th...

Progress Toward an Ability to Recover Unmanned Aerial Vehicles on the Fly

Mar 17, 2017 (SPX)

DARPA recently completed Phase 1 of its Gremlins program, which envisions volleys of low-cost, reusable unmanned aerial systems (UASs)-or "gremlins"-that could ...

Heron 1 UAV becomes operational in Singapore

Mar 17, 2017 (UPI)

Singapore's defense ministry marked the full operational capability for its Heron 1 unmanned aerial vehicle during a ceremony on Wednesday. During the event, th...

Rakuten and AirMap announce joint venture to bring unmanned traffic management platform to Japan

Mar 17, 2017 (SPX)

Rakuten and AirMap have announced the launch of a joint venture, Rakuten AirMap, Inc. The joint venture will provide Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) solutions...

FAA Approval Could Mean Big Things for UAS Adoption

Mar 17, 2017 (SPX)

arlier this year there was an announcement that could usher in a new era for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the United States. The Northern Plains UAS Test ...

Canada limits recreational drone use as incidents soar

Mar 16, 2017 (AFP)

Canada on Thursday announced limits on the use of drones for recreation following a surge in the number of incidents due to their rapid rise in popularity. Henc...

Trump gives CIA power to conduct drone strikes

Mar 14, 2017 (AFP)

President Donald Trump's administration has given new powers to the CIA to conduct drone strikes against extremist targets in the Middle East, the Wall Street J...

US military deploys attack drones to S. Korea

Mar 13, 2017 (AFP)

The US Army is permanently stationing an attack drone system and its support personnel in South Korea amid ongoing tensions with the North, a Defense Department...

Leonardo subsidiary to buy laser technology company Daylight Solutions

Mar 08, 2017 (UPI)

Leonardo is growing its presence in the United States through the acquisition of Daylight Solutions Inc., a quantum cascade laser company. Leonardo DRS, the com...

Kelvin Hughes launching counter-drone system

Mar 07, 2017 (UPI)

Britain's Kelvin Hughes is launching a drone detection and tracking system based on its SharpEye X-Band radar receiver technology. The new system, called SMS-D,...

Hughes to provide satellite communications for SkyGuardian drones

Mar 06, 2017 (UPI)

Hughes Network Systems has been selected by General Atomics to provide satellite communications for the SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft. The work will sup...

Drone Aviation Delivers Enhanced WASP Tactical Aerostat to DoD

Mar 03, 2017 (SPX)

Drone Aviation Holding Corp. has successfully completed the integration of Government-furnished ISR equipment supporting the simultaneous use of communications ...

Schiebel taps Leonardo for radar system for unmanned helicopter

Mar 01, 2017 (UPI)

Leonardo reports it is to supply its active electronically-scanned array radar to Austria's Schiebel for use on a Camcopter S-100 aircraft. The aircraft, an unm...