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Heron-based UAV to be made in Brazil
Apr 01, 2015 (UPI)
Israel Aerospace Industries' Brazilian partner is moving toward production of a long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle using IAI technology. The medium-altitude...
France, Britain jointly contract for naval drones
Mar 30, 2015 (UPI)
Surface and underwater naval drones for combating mines are to be developed by a European industrial consortium by 2019. France's Ministry of Defense said the j...
Winged drones look and move like real butterflies
Mar 28, 2015 (UPI)
German robotics company Festo makes robots inspired by nature. Its newest invention, a winged drone, may be its most realistic yet. The eMotionButterflies look,...
Tern enables small ships to host their own UAVs
Mar 26, 2015 (SPX)
DARPA has awarded prime contracts for Phase 2 of Tern, a joint program between DARPA and the U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR). The goal of Tern is to ...
Amazon says US too late on drone rules
Mar 24, 2015 (AFP)
Online giant Amazon told Congress on Tuesday the US government is lagging in implementing rules for commercial drones, making it hard to make plans for its quic...
DARPA, Navy contract for new UAS-ship capability
Mar 24, 2015 (UPI)
AeroVironment and Northrop Grumman are developing systems to allow small ships to launch and recover medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial systems. Th...
US allows Amazon to test drones
Mar 19, 2015 (AFP)
US aviation officials announced Thursday they will allow online giant Amazon to carry out testing for its drone program which could be used for quick deliveries...
US aircraft strike IS drone in Iraq: officials
Mar 18, 2015 (AFP)
US warplanes have bombed a small drone used by Islamic State extremists in Iraq, marking the first time American-led forces had targeted an unmanned aircraft fl...
US loses contact with drone over Syria: officials
Mar 17, 2015 (AFP)
The US military lost communication with a Predator drone over Syria on Tuesday and is looking into claims by state media in Damascus that the robotic aircraft w...
Draganfly offers turnkey agricultural remote sensing solution
Mar 17, 2015 (SPX)
Unmanned aerial vehicles are instrumental in collecting multispectral imaging and provide data rich images, which are not visible to the naked eye. Draganfly In...
Syria air defence shoots down US drone: state media
Mar 17, 2015 (AFP)
Syria's military has shot down a US drone over the coastal province of Latakia, a stronghold of President Bashar al-Assad, state media said on Tuesday. "Syrian ...
Two Ton Drone: Russian Company Developing New Versatile Multipurpose UAV
Mar 13, 2015 (Sputnik)
Engineers at the United Instrument Corporation, a branch of the state-owned innovation corporation Rostec, have conceptualized a new two-ton unmanned aerial veh...
NMSU Physical Science Lab tests new unmanned aircraft system with Vanilla Aircraft
Mar 13, 2015 (SPX)
Under the New Mexico State University Physical Science Laboratory Unmanned Aircraft Flight Test Center's Certificate of Authorization, Vanilla Aircraft LLC succ...
New drone uses smart technology from Sweden
Mar 13, 2015 (SPX)
Inxide - which was started with assistance from Fouriertransform - has developed a chassis for the eXom professional drone from Swiss company senseFly. Inxide's...
Pakistan tests homemade armed drone, missile: military
Mar 13, 2015 (AFP)
Pakistan successfully tested a homemade armed drone and a laser-guided missile Friday, the military said, taking it a step closer to acquiring the technology it...
Argentina to make military drones
Mar 11, 2015 (AFP)
Argentina will manufacture locally designed military drones, according to an announcement Tuesday in the official government gazette. Argentina plans to use the...
Talking drone technology developed by Australian researchers
Mar 09, 2015 (XNA)
Australian scientists have developed a talking drone that can converse with air traffic controllers as a pilot would, the lead researcher told Xinhua on Friday....
Predator B drone being offered to Spain
Mar 03, 2015 (UPI)
Predator B remotely piloted aircraft are to be offered to the Spanish government under a teaming agreement between GA-ASI and Spanish engineering company SENER....
RAAF commences unmanned aerial system training in the United States
Mar 02, 2015 (SPX)
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence, Darren Chester, has announced that the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has commenced training aircrew and...
UN report urges drones for peace missions
Feb 24, 2015 (AFP)
A UN report is calling for drones to be deployed in most peacekeeping missions as part of a major technological leap needed to help the United Nations confront ...
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