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New DOD Contract Signals Immediate Need For Better UAV Sensors
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) a $93.3 million contract to make better…
Archer First Response Systems Now Integrated Into RapidDeploy’s SaaS Platform
The RapidDeploy SaaS dispatch platform now features a 911-integrated UAS deployment system, Archer First Response Systems (AFRS), enabling emergency workers…
Vodafone And Ericsson Test Safe Drone Flights On 5G Network
European telecom giants Vodafone and Ericsson have successfully tested “safe sky corridors” for drones using intelligent aspects of a 5G…
Percepto Launches AIM Platform for Autonomous Industrial Inspections
Percepto recently announced an investment of $45 million in Series B funding led by Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT) to launch…
Skyfront Perimeter Drone Completes First sUAS Ship-to-Submarine Delivery
A Skyfront Perimeter Drone recently launched from a moving vessel to deliver supplies to crew members on a ballistic missile…
DDC Completes Successful Testing on Robin XL UAS
Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) recently completed testing on its Robin XL UAS, the company’s mid-sized delivery drone. Several aspects of…
Army Recharge
Unmanned ground vehicles could one day serve as charging ports for swarms of autonomous drones, due to U.S. Army-funded research….
University At Buffalo Opens Massive Outdoor, Enclosed UAV Test Facility
A new 24,000 square foot, outdoor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) testing facility entirely enclosed by mesh nets has opened on…
Baseball, Boeing and BVLOS
The decision was so unheard of that The Los Angeles Times wrote about it. After hitting a terrific .387 as…
Two-thousand Plus Simultaneous Drones Position Themselves with GPS and GLONASS technology
u-blox, a provider of positioning and wireless communication technologies, announced that it supplied the high-accuracy GNSS technology that made possible…
Elios 2: Assessing Danger in a Cage
Swiss-based Flyability bills its Elios 2 as “collision-tolerant.” That’s a perhaps-understated evaluation for this 15.7 inch drone-in-a-cage, since its “indoor”…
Martin UAV, USSOUTHCOM Complete Counter Narcotics Operations
Martin UAV recently supported United States Southern Command’s (USSOUTHCOM) counter narcotics operations in the Eastern Pacific to disrupt the flow…
Non-Stop Flight from California to Sicily Completes NATO UAV Squadron
An RQ-4D Phoenix UAV from Northrop Grumman Corporation completed a 20-hour non-stop trans-Atlantic flight from California to Sicily, where it…
Small UAV Takes on Big Sea Missions: Resupply Warships and Submarines
The US Navy’s Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division acquired a Blue Water Maritime Logistics UAV prototype from Skyways to…
Anti-Jam GPS for Army’s Gray Eagle UAV Awarded to Cobham
For its flagship Gray Eagle UAV, the U.S. Army with lead contractor General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has selected an anti-jam…
DDC Completes Phase 3 of AED Delivery Project
Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) recently completed the third phase of its AED (Automated External Defibrillator) On The Fly project in…
