month : 11/2019 49 results

Military Grade “NO-DRONE” Counter-UAS Radar Detection System Released for Airports

In response to recent threats of rogue and errant drones launched against airports and other critical facilities, infrastructure and events, 34 North Drones has partnered with IDS North America to offer and install the NO-DRONE radar counter drone system for all government and civilian clients in ...

November 13, 2019

Volocopter And John Deere Team Up For A Crop-spraying Autonomous Agricultural Drone

John Deere and Volocopter are presenting the first large drone adapted for agricultural use at AGRITECHNICA. A demonstrator model of the VoloDrone equipped with a John Deere crop protection sprayer, which is ready for its first field flight, can be seen in the Future Technology Zone in Hall 13. ...

November 13, 2019

BAE Systems to Innovate Electronic Warfare Jamming Technology for U.S. Army

BAE Systems was awarded research and development funding through the U.S. Army to create an advanced radar jamming technology. The technology aims to improve air survivability and mission effectiveness for U.S. Army rotary-wing aircraft and unmanned aerial systems (UAS) by detecting and defeating ...

November 12, 2019

Navy Accepts First-of-its-kind HYCOPTER Hydrogen Powered UAS

The Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California took delivery of the Navy’s first ever hydrogen fuel cell powered rotary-wing unmanned aerial system (UAS) on 25 October 2019. The six-rotor UAS “HYCOPTER” has a blade tip-to-blade tip diameter of 7 feet, a takeoff weight of about 35 ...

November 12, 2019

Measure Ground Control And REIN’s DroneInsurance.com Join Forces To Offer Access to Drone Insurance In Real Time

Measure Ground Control, a user-friendly mobile flight application and comprehensive program management portal, is announcing its collaboration with REIN’s DroneInsurance.com, a digital drone insurance portal. The relationship allows drone operators to seamlessly access DroneInsurance.com ...

November 12, 2019

Photogrammetry Software Company Pix4D Has Launched Its First-ever Climate Contest

Photogrammetry software company Pix4D has launched its first-ever Climate Contest. People from around the world are invited to submit a project which uses mapping to investigate or mitigate the climate crisis for the chance to win up to a $3,000USD cash prize and access to Pix4D ...

November 12, 2019

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems To Conduct Series of Capability Demonstrations in Europe

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), a global leader in Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), announced today that they are working with the Hellenic Air Force (HAF) in Greece to conduct a series of demonstration flights for European countries in December. Flights will base out of the ...

November 12, 2019

Near Earth Autonomy Helps NASA Open The Skies For Business

The full economic benefits of drones cannot be unlocked until they can be flown fully autonomously without a pilot watching every operation. NASA’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Air Traffic Management (UTM) system is providing industry leaders with the opportunity to demonstrate to regulators ...

November 11, 2019

Schiebel Camcopter S-100 To Join Finnish Border Guard

EMSA Extends Contract For Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER S-100 Coast Guard Services In The Republic Of Croatia

After the successful two-month maritime surveillance services of Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER® S-100 for the Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Croatia, the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) extends the contract to the end of the year. EMSA’s ...

November 11, 2019

Very Narrow Aisle (VNA) Inventory Counts using Drones in Warehouses & Distribution Centers

Real estate is usually the largest expense item in the P&L of a warehousing operation - whether a 3PL or a company owned one. As e-commerce penetrates an increasingly larger share of the retail industry, warehouses and DCs are being created/expanded near high population areas to enable ...

November 11, 2019