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...
US Allocates Further Territories for UAV Testing
Though unmanned aerial vehicles have proliferated in recent years, the US federal government still tightly controls their use. For example, drones must stay within...
UAS OPERATING APPLICATION ON YOUR SMARTPHONE
Micro and Mini unmanned air systems (UAS) used for homeland security missions will be controlled by Smartphones. This trend is spreading among the users...
U.S. Military Aims to Develop Small UAVs with EW Capabilities
Northrop Grumman reports its first integration of an internal, miniature electronic attack payload on a small unmanned aircraft system.
The company's Pandora payload, derived from...
TEMPAERIS demonstrates UAV integration
The TEMPAERIS consortium has demonstrated the capability to integrate a remote controlled aircraft in to civilian air traffic.
This evaluation was performed around Bordeaux-Merignac airport,...
US Follows Islamic Terrorists’ Use of Explosive UAVs
Warfare against IEDs (improvised explosive devices) has been on the US Defense Administration agenda for a long time. Lessons have been learned also from...
Maritime Detection Capabilities Tested
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has conducted a long-term unmanned aircraft systems operation of the ScanEagle in the Christmas Island, Australia. The operation was...
Anti-Drone Jammers at the Davos World Economic Forum
Swiss police were pictured in Davos testing anti-drone jammers, which resemble massive machine guns, as part of security preparations for the World Economic Forum....
Drone-Delivery Technology – Releasing Packages in Mid-Flight
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office have recently granted Amazon a patent for a method to guide packages released from drones safely to the...
Israeli-Originated Russian UAVs Fly Over Syria
Various unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are deployed by the Russian armed forces in conflict areas. The number of UAVs operated by the Russians has...
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...
New “Make in Saudi Arabia” Initiative?
Saudi Arabia plans to produce 16000 items for its armed forces locally by 2020. Is Saudi Arabia also following the Indian model of locally...
France Opts for U.S. Reapers
France has decided to buy two MQ-9 Reaper medium-altitude long endurance (MALE) drones from the USA, to extend the strategic reconnaissance capability of the...
New U.S. Drone Subsystems Approved for Intl. Sales
Unmanned air systems (UAS) 2014 - The Lockheed Martin Kestrel autopilot has received its commodity jurisdiction, allowing for quick, affordable deployments for international markets....
U.S. Drone Gets Heavier Version
Insitu is developing a heavier version of its Integrator unmanned air system. "Right now, we’re working on taking an Integrator-like platform and taking it...
Integrator Demonstrates Long Endurance Capabilities
Insitu announced the successful 24-hour flight of its Integrator unmanned aircraft.
The flight demonstrated Integrator’s expanded endurance at an increased gross take-off weight with payload on board. The...
BirdEye endurance stretched
IAI is among the presenters at the upcoming Autonomous Unmanned Systems & Robotics Expo on November 25-26 2014
Israel aerospace industries (IAI) has extended...
The Israeli UAV Industry – More Vehicles By IAI
Seventh and last article on the Israeli UAV industry
by Arie Egozi
After a period of uncertainty about IAI's efforts in mini UAS, the company has unveiled...
Pentagon Seeks Next Phase In Laser Weapon Technology
The Pentagon has played around with aircraft armed with lasers in the past, with the most famous recent example being the Air Force’s missile-zapping...
Innovative Drone to Demine World Land Mines
There are 100 million land mines in more than 60 countries worldwide. Every day, 10 innocent civilians are killed or maimed by these explosives
The...
Vietnam Wants Israeli Weapons Systems
Vietnam and Israel have been tightening their security cooperation. The president of Vietnam, Mr. Tran Dai Quang, said Israel has become a big partner...
Major Collaboration in The UAV Industry
A reference design for integrated solar and lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery power systems for small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has been developed. The collaboration between...
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