The Spanish Armed Forces, through the DGAM (Dirección General de Armamento y Materiales), has acquired two Alpha 800 UAV helicopters from…
Military
AeroVironment Awarded $3.2M Puma AE UAS Contract by U.S. DOD
AeroVironment, Inc., a provider of unmanned aircraft systems for both defense and commercial applications, announced last week it received a…
Curtiss-Wright Showcases COTS Hardware and Software Solutions for FACE at U.S. Army FACE Technical Interchange Meeting
Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions division will showcase a range of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS)-based embedded solutions that combine its rugged open architecture…
Five Good Questions
Five Good Questions Q: What need does the Robotic Aircraft Sensor Program (RASP) demonstration program meet? A: Right now it actually addresses…
US Army Selects Raytheon for Near-term Counter-UAS Mission
The U.S. Army will use Raytheon Company’s Coyote unmanned aircraft system (UAS) and the KRFS radar, which stands for Ku band…
US Army Picks Lockheed Martin as Integrated Systems Developer for Autonomous Convoy Program
Lockheed Martin was recently selected by the U.S. Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) as the Integrated…
A-PNT Solutions for Ground Vehicles in GPS/GNSS-Denied Environments a Focus at JNC
Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions division announced that it will highlight its family of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS)-based modules and LRU solutions designed for…
Travis Air Force Base Replaces Independence Day Fireworks with Intel Drone Light Show
In celebration of July 4th, Intel is collaborating with the Travis Air Force Base to bring a drone-powered light show…
First Robotics & Autonomous Systems Summit Set for June 25-27 in Detroit
The Institute for Defense and Government Advancement (IDGA) has announced the first annual Robotics & Autonomous Systems Summit is taking…
Systron Donner Inertial Garners 5-Star Recognition at Raytheon IDS 2018 Supplier Excellence Conference
Systron Donner Inertial (SDI), for the second time consecutively, has been recognized by Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems for supplier excellence….
Air Force Replacing RQ-1 Predator Remotely Piloted Aircraft
For more than a decade, the RQ-1 Predator was the primary remotely piloted aircraft used for offensive operations by the…
Expert Commentary: Watch This Airspace
I’ve been hearing a lot of doom and gloom among the drone expert Twitterati over stalled rulemaking in the Federal…
Lockheed Martin’s latest VCSi software enables operators to control dozens of unmanned vehicles at once
Lockheed Martin’s new VCSi vehicle control software makes it possible for operators to control dozens of unmanned vehicles at once….
Dead Chickens, Drones and You
We all owe the Air Force thanks for many things—like inventing GPS, breaking the sound barrier and winning wars for…
Autonomy Warfare
This new type of warfare is producing new types of superpowers. Just having nuclear weapons doesn’t get you into the new superpower club.
Expert Commentary: Lessons from the Drone Wars – BLOS is Boss
We need to fly drones beyond line of sight (BLOS) of their remote aircrew. Why? Because, as the Air Force found out, you can’t do much with a drone you must see to fly.
DJI Releases New Security Measures After U.S. Army’s Proposed Ban
DJI Technology has been working on enhanced data security measures for some time now, but admits that news that the U.S. Army ordered its members to stop using DJI drones earlier this month.
