In late February, Boeing Australia and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) successfully completed the first test flight of the…
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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,…
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…
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…
Air Force Skyborg Award Foresees “Attritable” Unmanned Combat Planes
The U.S. Air Force Skyborg program, creating a low-cost autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle that will partner with manned aircraft to…
Alpha Unmanned Systems Releases Alpha 900 Helicopter
Alpha Unmanned Systems recently introduced the Alpha 900 helicopter UAV, a tactical system that can be deployed for missions in…
Swift Engineering’s HALE UAS Completes First Flight
The high altitude long endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial system (UAS) from Swift Engineering recently completed its first flight at Spaceport…
UAVOS Successfully Tests Cargo Delivery Unmanned Helicopter
UAVOS recently completed a test of its cargo delivery UHV-170 unmanned helicopter, successfully delivering critical humanitarian aid. The UVH-170 flew…
Student Teams Picked to Design New Army Drone
A panel of judges tapped student teams from Kansas, Oklahoma and Tennessee to begin collaborating on a design for a…
Seeking Safety and Robustness in Autonomy
A free webinar on Wednesday, March 25 from 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Savings Time addresses the topic…
Stratospheric UAV Serves Internet to Remote Regions
Loon and HAPSMobile have developed a communications payload for HAPSMobile’s HAWK30, a solar-powered unmanned aircraft system (UAS) that flies in…
One Ultra-Endurance LEAP for UAVs
An innovative military UAS with a customizable suite of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) tools has completed its first extended…
UAV Commercial Expo Panelists Weigh In on Expanded Drone Operations
Eventually, drones will perform tens of thousands of missions a day, providing benefits to consumers who will have goods and…
Inmarsat Taps 7 UAV Firms for Pop-Up Lab Trials with Satellite Communications
Inmarsat has chosen seven firms to participate in its UAV Pop-up Lab, an effort designed to explore using satellite communications…
Microdrones md4-3000 Makes Transport Canada’s List of Compliant UAVs
The Microdrones md4-3000 has been added to Transport Canada’s (TC) exclusive list of compliant unmanned aerial vehicles. To date, only…
Energy Drone Coalition Conference Slated for June 20-22
The Energy Drone Coalition and Energy Robotics & AI Network Summit & Expo, taking place June 20-22 in Houston, Texas,…