China's largest industrial UAV manufacturer MMC (Micromulticopter Aviation) signed deal with Aeronext on joint development of 4D Gravity drone ...
Terra Drone Europe, a group company of Japan-based Terra Drone Corporation, has successfully completed a high-resolution photogrammet...
UAVs have brought photogrammetry back as a bread and butter tool for surveying. They’ve put mapping back on the map. But often we see large ...
Mobilicom Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has become the first supplier with certified high-power, long range, highly secured data link solutions for drones in Japan. This comes as a result of receiving the Japanese high-power GDT (ground data ...
Orbit Communications Systems Ltd., a leading global provider of airborne communications and satellite-tracking maritime and ground-station solutions, announced today that Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, a leading global defense technology provider ...
June 20, 2019
Airbus and ANSYS Partner to Enable Autonomous Flight to Support Future Combat Air Systems
Airbus Defence and Space is leveraging ANSYS' embedded software solution to develop an advanced Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) that will be engineered for speed, safety and affordability. Through a new strategic partnership, ANSYS and Airbus ...
The US Air Force’s (USAF) XQ-58A Valkyrie low-cost unmanned air vehicle (UAV) has completed its second demonstration flight at Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona, US. The XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrator has performed in line with expectations ...
WeRobotics, an organization focused on accelerating the positive impact of robotics solutions through local expertise, today launched the Unusual Solvers Competition to advance the "drones for good" movement globally. The competition, now accept...
June 19, 2019
Raytheon and AirMap Collaborate On Drone Integration Into The National Airspace System
Raytheon Company has signed a strategic agreement with AirMap, the leading global airspace intelligence platform for drones, to collaborate on future projects to safely integrate unmanned aerial systems, commonly referred to as drones, into the ...
SkyX Systems, an aerial monitoring solutions provider, has received regulatory guidance for performing beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) operations in Canada. Transport Canada's Transportation Sector Regulatory Review Roadmap includes a ...
The U.S. Army recently announced that the Howler counter unmanned aerial system achieved Initial Operational Capability, putting critical protection against drones in the hands of soldiers. Howler, a name coined by the U.S. Army, ...
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Elbit Systems Commenced the Operation of the Maritime UAS Patrol Service to European Union Countries
Elbit Systems has started operating the maritime UAS patrol service available to countries in the European Union (EU) under a contract between the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) and the Portuguese company CEiiA. Iceland is the first EU country to use this particular long-range UAS patrol service. The Icelandic maritime authorities based the Hermes ...
Black Swift Technologies (BST), a specialized engineering firm based in Boulder, CO, announced today it has been awarded a NOAA contract to develop an air-deployed unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to perform lower boundary layer observations in difficult atmospheric conditions that are commonly encountered in convective storms, e.g. hurricanes and tropical ...
Today, at an unveiling event at the Paris Air Show, Leonardo introduced its largest-ever Remotely-Piloted Air System (RPAS), the Falco Xplorer. Building on the success of the Company’s Falco family of tactical-class RPAS, the new drone features a payload capacity of 350kg, more than 24 hours flight time and a satellite communications capability for ...
Delair’s drones and data analytics platform will allow Eramet to develop digital twins of its mining sites and accelerate the digitalization of its operational centers to provide Cloud and artificial intelligence services. Eramet, a global mining and metallurgy group, and Delair, a global provider of end-to-end, drone-based solutions for ...
Hyderabad-based drone startup Terra Drone India has successfully completed a multi-sensor, multi-platform scanning of internationally recognized landmark Charminar. Built in 1591, the monument, which is often called as ‘Arc de Triomphe of the East’, suffered significant damage in May 2019 when a huge chunk of lime-plaster from its south-west minaret ...
Robotic Skies® Inc., the only global maintenance network for commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), and Trumbull Unmanned, a leader in data and automation in energy and government, announce their partnership to support Trumbull’s global UAS operations through the Robotic Skies service center network.
As both organizations continue to ...
The MQ-9B SkyGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) – designed and developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) – has now flown more than 100 test flights as development continues towards its first delivery to the Royal Air Force (RAF) as part of the Protector RG Mk1 program. Since making its first flight in November ...
Fortem Technologies, Inc., the award-winning leader in airspace awareness, safety and security for an autonomous world, announced today the launch of SkyDome v. 2.4, an AI-enabled, API friendly platform that allows approved drones to fly safely and rogue drones to be mitigated. A major addition to the SkyDome platform, ThreatAware™ is Fortem’s ...
We have been busy trying to build the tech to get your food to you in less than 15 minutes. For us and you, speed means freshness – being able to savor the food that you order as close to the state in which it was prepared by the chef at the restaurant. Fifteen minutes is only possible if we take the aerial route – roads are not efficient ...
Terra Drone Europe, a group company of Japan-based Terra Drone Corporation, has secured a framework agreement to provide unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) services to Ordnance Survey, the national mapping agency of the United Kingdom. Under the scope of this contract, Terra Drone Europe will provide different types of UAV services to Ordnance Survey. The ...
Olea Sensor Networks, a leader in IoT intelligent sensors and analytic software, is now offering the OleaVision360™, a patent-pending guidance system for use on drones and other autonomous applications. Today's drones use onboard computer systems with the assistance of GPS to navigate a path of GPS waypoints to reach their destination. ...
Honeywell (NYSE: HON) has signed an agreement with an unnamed air taxi developer to supply multiple units of its new IntuVueTM RDR-84K Band Radar System for the developer's urban air mobility (UAM) prototype aircraft. The innovative, compact and lightweight software-based radar detects multiple obstacles in and around its flight path and is a major step ...
DJI, the global leader in civilian drones and aerial imaging technology, today takes a bold step into educational technology by launching the RoboMaster S1, the company’s first ground-based robot. The S1 was built to introduce new users to the fun and possibilities of robotic technology, with powerful brushless motors, a chassis that can move in all ...
Deveron UAS Corp. is pleased to announce the engagement of several global leaders in agricultural research to service high-value research plots on the Canadian Prairies and US Midwest for the 2019 agricultural season. The work will use imagery collected by UAV (“Drone”) to enable new efficiencies in high-throughput phenotyping and crop protection ...
AeroVironment, Inc. a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for both defense and commercial applications, today announced it has acquired Pulse Aerospace, LLC, a developer and supplier of small VTOL UAS, for $25.7 million in cash, including milestone-based earn-out payments of $5 million. AeroVironment financed the transaction entirely from ...