month : 11/2018 111 results

Lockheed Martin and The Drone Racing League Formally Open AlphaPilot Registration

Lockheed Martin today announced that its recently launched AlphaPilot Innovation Challenge is officially live through the HeroX platform and ready to formally accept applications both in the United States and globally. The application process runs through February 28, 2019.AlphaPilot was ...

November 15, 2018

Elbit Systems Awarded $167 Million Contract to Supply a UAS-based ISTAR Solution

Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today, that it was awarded a $167 million contract from an Asia-Pacific country to supply a comprehensive aerial Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) solution. The contract will be performed over a 20-month period. ...

November 15, 2018

Deveron and A & L Canada Launch Drone Driven Soil Sampling Solution for North American Agriculture

Deveron UAS Corp. and A & L Canada Laboratories Inc., are pleased to announce a new product offering geared towards an innovative, cost-effective approach to sampling soil across North American farms.The product offering will use high-resolution in-season imagery data collected by UAV ...

November 14, 2018

Deloitte Launches New Drone Offering With a Focus on Government, Health Care, Energy and Insurance Clients

How does a company or government entity decide to use a drone? Is the drone solving the intended problem? What risks do drones present to an organization? Today, at the Unmanned Security Expo, Deloitte launched its new drone offering, Deloitte US Global Drone Solutions, to help clients answer ...

November 14, 2018

Announcing the Programmable Tello EDU Drone, Now Available at Apple and DJI

Ryze Tech, creator of the Tello mini drone, announced the launch of Tello EDU, a programmable unit that expands the educational opportunities with support for additional programming languages and drone swarms. Tello EDU is now available worldwide at store.dji.com, apple.com, and in select Apple ...

November 14, 2018

Aurora Flight Sciences Reveals Solar-Powered Autonomous Aircraft Odysseus

Aurora continues its nearly 30-year legacy of advancing autonomous systems with Odysseus, the world’s most capable solar-powered autonomous aircraft.Powered only by the sun, Odysseus is an ultra-long endurance, high-altitude platform built for groundbreaking persistence. Utilizing advanced ...

November 14, 2018

Thrust-UAV and Kodak Announce The KODAK RIOT 250R Pro Sport Drone Launch

PCS Edventures!, Inc., (PCSV) a leading provider of K-12 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs, and its subsidiary Thrust-UAV, a drone manufacturing company and an authorized Kodak brand Licensee, announced the availability of the American-made KODAK RIOT 250R Pro Sport ...

November 14, 2018

FAA Awards $4.4 Million in Drone Research Grants to Seven Universities

Audit Initiated of FAA’s Role in Authorizing Small UAS Operators in the National Airspace System

The continuing growth of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) within the National Airspace System (NAS) presents challenges for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in maintaining the world’s safest aviation system while fostering innovation. FAA has processed more than 1.1 million UAS registra...

November 14, 2018

AviSight, Inc. Recognized by ABS to use Drones to Support Class Surveys for Offshore Rigs

AviSight, Inc., the leader in unmanned industrial inspection and advanced data solutions, added yet another certification to its resume this week. American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), the leading provider of classification and technical services to the offshore industry, has awarded AviSight ...

November 13, 2018

Alpha Unmanned Systems Selects Robotic Skies For Global Support

Alpha Unmanned Systems announced today that it has selected Robotic Skies, Inc. to develop and implement a global support plan for its current and future commercial UAVs, currently featuring the Alpha 800 unmanned helicopter. Robotic Skies will provide a warranty program and field support ...

November 13, 2018