Drone Delivery Takes Another Step Forward
A new record has recently been set in long-distance drone delivery. The consortium Team Roadrunner from Nevada set the record flying a fixed-wing Unmanned...
Lockheed Presents New Mapping Platform
Lockheed Martin’s Hydra Fusion Tools drone software enables drones to form three-dimensional terrain maps as they fly, providing real-time tactical information and mapping data...
Augmented Reality Helps UAS Traffic Management
Augmented displays of airspace conditions demonstrated enhanced situational awareness during UAS flights. Kevin Gallagher, president and CEO of Simulyze Inc., believes utilities considering the...
Major New Player Enters The Firefighting Arena
A heavy-duty firefighting supportive drone has been designed by the Spain-based startup, DRONE HOPPER. According to the company, the drone offers “safety, flexibility, and...
The Realm In Which Technological Superiority is Simply Not Enough
The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Stratton is patrolling south of the Guatemala-El Salvador border, along the biggest narcotics smuggling corridor in the world, attempting...
New Mobile Mapping System Integrates Lidar & Inertial Navigation System
Geographical mobile mapping systems have become an important component of unmanned aerial vehicles. Together with heavy-payload, low-cost drones and the opening of the civil...
Anti-Spoofing Technologies Sought for Sensor Verification
The Department of Homeland Security's Science & Technology Directorate is again turning to its fast-track acquisition authority for ideas about how to identify sensors...
What’s on Program at the Forthcoming Conference on Future Forces?
Cutting-edge technological responses to the future warfare challenges will be the focus of the conference on Future Forces that will be hosted by iHLS...
UAS Ammunition Takes Key Step Forward
American Airmen made history recently when they employed the first GBU-38 int Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) from an MQ-9 Reaper UAS. While the JDAM has...
The Next Step In Smart City Apps
A new platform aims to provide deep learning analytics to video streams produced from smart city applications. Nvidia’s platform, Metropolis, takes data captured by...
New Nano Drone Carried in Soldier’s Pouch
A new four-rotor surveillance nano drone is small enough to be carried by soldiers and squads in their pouch. Drone manufacturing firm AeroVironment officially...
The Next Phase in The Deep Learning Adventure
A software company that’s developed a deep learning network software that makes smart products like robots and drones more autonomous and useful recently announced...
What’s Behind Drone-Missile Hybrid Under Development?
China is developing a new drone that uses ground effect technology to skim the surface of the ocean. There were social media reports that China...
Augmented Reality Systems Demonstrated During Naval Exercise
The US Navy has revealed that it successfully demonstrated augmented reality systems, autonomous vehicles, and advanced wireless networks during a military exercise. The systems...
Enhanced Intelligence Capabilities to Indago 3 UAS
The new version of Lockheed Martin’s Indago quadrotor now enables military customers to securely complete sensitive intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions. TrellisWare Technologies...
Innovative UAS Revealed
The first UAS featuring X-Blade Technology, the Swift020 UAS, recently completed a successful autonomous marine flight test excursion in Orange County, CA. “This presents...
The Cost of Limiting Drone’s Traveling Abilities
Consumer drone company DJI has created a broad no-fly zone over nearly all of Iraq and Syria, an apparent attempt to prevent ISIS from...
Looking for Young Minds to Solve UAVs Swarm Riddle
UAVs and other robots have become increasingly affordable, capable, and available to both the U.S. military and adversaries alike. Enabling UAVs and similar assets...
Tactical UAS Launchers Will Provide Zero Point Launch
Tactical UAS (TUAS) are a critical part of the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance architectures of armed forces all over the world, and zero point...
Triton UAV Gets New Communication Service
The Triton UAV gets a new communication service. Commercial satellite operator XTAR has been selected by the US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to...
First Testing of UAV Carrier Capabilities
The Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control System (UMCS) was tested for the first time to evaluate its software compatibility, data communication abilities, and electro-optical...
NASA Funds UAS Volcano Research
NASA has recently awarded Black Swift Technologies (BST), a specialized engineering firm, a contract to develop and deliver a drone platform to explore volcanoes....
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