month : 05/2020 64 results

Ascent Vision Technologies Awarded US$23 M+ CUAS Contract

Ascent Vision Technologies Delivers Latest X-MADIS CUAS Systems to US DoD Customer

Last week, Ascent Vision Technologies (AVT) completed the delivery of several units of the eXpeditionary Mobile Air Defense Integrated System (X-MADIS) to a non-disclosed US DoD customer. The delivery, part of a major contract award, included the latest variant of the X-MADIS, which incorporates ...

May 14, 2020

First Deployed MQ-8Cs Will Be Equipped With AN/ZPY-8 Radar

The US Navy, with support from Northrop Grumman Corporation, commenced flight testing of the MQ-8C Fire Scout equipped with the Leonardo AN/ZPY-8 radar.“The AN/ZPY-8 radar significantly increases Fire Scout’s detection and tracking of targets. The ability to simultaneously employ multiple ...

May 14, 2020

Climate Scientists Use Wingtra Drones to Predict Flash Flooding of Alaskan Communities

Just outside Juneau, Alaska, climate researchers are tracking rising and falling ice and water levels in Suicide Basin glacial lake. This work is a preventative measure to protect neighboring communities from sizable flash floods and is now executed with the help of drones.A research ...

May 14, 2020

Trillium Engineering Tests New HD55 Gimbaled Camera System for Tactical Drones

Trillium Engineering, an industry leader in gimbaled camera systems for small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), announced today that it has begun airborne testing of its lightweight, high-definition HD55 system.Designed for use on Group 2 and smaller Group 3 UAS, the new HD55 employs electr...

May 13, 2020

UAVOS Modified UAV-85 and UAV-70 Propulsion Systems For UAV

The UAV-85 and UAV-70 4-stroke gasoline engines based on the Fiala PROP. company motors have been modified by UAVOS resulting in greater reliability, efficiency and engine lifespan. The new series of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) engines have features of state-of-the-art air cooling and a ...

May 13, 2020

Parrot, DroneSense Partner To Better Equip Public Safety UAS Programs

Parrot, the leading European drone group, announced today it is partnering with DroneSense— a software company whose comprehensive drone management platform enables public safety organizations to build, manage, and scale their unmanned aircraft programs. Through this partnership, public safety ...

May 13, 2020

Fortem Technologies Enables Safe UAS Delivery Of Medical Supplies to North Carolina’s WakeMed Hospital

Fortem Technologies, Inc., the market leader of C-UAS security and defense solutions, announced today that it has completed the first phase of the US Department of Transportation’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Pilot Program (UAS IPP) in North Carolina. As part of the program, Fortem is ...

May 13, 2020

Altitude Angel Release ‘Scout’ – An Open Source Hardware & Software Platform For Remote ID and UTM Connectivity

Altitude Angel, the world’s leading UTM (Unmanned Traffic Management) technology provider, is releasing an open-sourced project, Scout, consisting of hardware and firmware to enable drone manufacturers, software developers and commercial drone pilots to quickly connect to its global ...

May 13, 2020

Texas Electric Cooperatives and Exelon Clearsight Form Alliance to Provide UAS Inspection Services

Today, Texas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. (TEC) and Exelon Clearsight, LLC (Exelon Clearsight) announced they have formed a partnership to bring advanced UAS (drone), robot, and software enabled inspections to utilities in Texas. Under the agreement, TEC will have exclusive rights to sell ...

May 12, 2020

DroneUp, UPS, Virginia Center for Innovative Technology (CIT), and Workhorse Group Test Unmanned Systems for Coronavirus Response

Hawaii Signs Participating Addendum with DroneUp Providing Public Sector Agencies Access to Drone Services

DroneUp, LLC, and the State of Hawaii have signed a Participating Addendum for the NASPO ValuePoint contract for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle services established as the State Procurement Office (SPO) Price List Contract No. 20-08. This begins the offering for the purchase of complete drone soluti...

May 12, 2020