The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA’s) LongShot program seeks to increase engagement range and effectiveness of air-to-air weaponry…
Inside Unmanned Systems
Urban Air Mobility Gets a Foot on the Ground with Coventry’s Urban Air Port
The Urban Air Port’s Air-One concept represents a “pop up” urban airport and charging hub for electric vertical take-off and…
Drones Could Counter Locust Threat in Africa, As China Ag Drone Use Booms
As African countries prepare for the looming arrival of what has become an annual locust crisis, Chinese drone manufacturer XAG…
SeeTree’s Agricultural Drone Operations Insured by SkyWatch.AI
With global operations underway, SeeTree continues to mitigate risk by selecting SkyWatch.AI Drone Insurance as their primary insurance provider. Currently…
Drone Identification Service Takes to the Air In Switzerland
ANRA Technologies has launched SmartSkies DroneID in partnership with the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) and Swiss U-Space…
Identify Friend or Foe (IFF) Capability for Small, Tactical, Attritable Defense UAVs
uAvionix has launched a lineup of Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) solutions for small, tactical, and attritable UAV defense platforms….
New MEMS IMU for Unmanned Vehicles Will Deliver Order of Magnitude Improvement in Inertial Accuracy
Honeywell announced that recent findings from its research labs show that its newly developed inertial sensors can deliver greater than…
NOAA Contracts for BVLOS Navigation Technology to Map 95,000 Miles of Coastline
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has selected Black Swift Technologies to develop commercially viable technology enabling GPS-denied navigation…
New High-Precision Smart Antennas for Robust Performance in Difficult Environments
Trimble has introduced two new GNSS smart antennas, the AX940 and AX940i, designed for a broad range of high-precision applications…
Indian Army Enlists Swarm of High-Altitude Drones for Border Patrol, ISR
The Indian Army signed an approximately $20 million contract for undisclosed quantities of a high-altitude variant of ideaForge’s Switch UAV….
The Rain Maker: China’s Ganlin-1 Large UAV Patrols, Seeds the Skies
China deployed a large UAV in early January for generating artificial precipitation in northwest China’s Gansu Province, with the aim…
AeroVironment to Acquire Arcturus UAV
AeroVironment, Inc., a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems, and Arcturus UAV, Inc., a privately-held leading provider of Group 2 and…
Spanish Elite Units Receive the First SEEKER RPAS Units
A few days ago the Spanish Army and Navy received the first SEEKER Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS). SEEKER is…
Geneq Inc. Releases SXtab RTK, a New Rugged Tablet for Field Professionals
Geneq is pleased to announce the SXtab RTK, the latest tablet model in the SXtab series. This rugged and versatile…
Five Good Questions: Michael Blades, Frost & Sullivan
Q: What key UAS technology trends have you been seeing? A: Autonomy and AI are the two things we see really driving…
Scottish Utility, Cyberhawk Fly Tower Inspection Software
Aerial drone firm Cyberhawk and Scottish and Southern Electricity (SSE) have launched software to improve transmission tower inspections. Their product,…
Turkish Firm to Roll Out Al Support for Herd UAVs
Turkish defense industry company MilSOFT, which offers software-based solutions to security forces, has developed software for use with unmanned aerial…
