New UAVOS Parachute System For UAS Proved Effective
UAVOS has successfully tested its new two-stage parachute system. The new parachute system design is aimed to provide slow descent of the UAS at high speed. It includes two parachutes - the pilot chute and the main chute used to slow and stabilize the UAS. The decrease in the load speed on the UAS ...
Centrik and Flock Team to Reduce Risk in Commercial Drone Operations
Operational management system supplier Centrik and specialist drone and eVTOL insurance provider Flock have formed a strategic alliance to raise safety standards and reduce risk in commercial drone operations.The move means a commercial UAS operator who uses Centrik to ...
Akoustis Achieves Design Lock and Ships Its Drone XBAW Filter
Akoustis Technologies, Inc. , an integrated device manufacturer (IDM) of patented bulk acoustic wave (BAW) high-band RF filters for mobile and other wireless applications, announced today it has achieved design lock and shipped its C-band filter for the drone market supporting unmanned aircraft ...
OFFSET Awards Contracts to Advance Swarm Tactics for Urban Missions
DARPA has awarded contracts to nine performers to begin work on the fifth swarm sprint for the agency’s OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program. The program envisions swarms of up to 250 collaborative autonomous systems providing insights to ground troops as they operate in dense ...