Category: UAV

The American sky will open up to commercial drones

The federal government will allow “routine flights” at very low altitude, allowing, for example, delivery by drone.   La perspective paraîtra inquiétante ou enthousiasmante, mais elle s’impose avec la force de l’évidence : les Etats-Unis...

Belgium selects GA-ASI Unmanned Aircraft

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has been notified that the Government of Belgium has approved Belgian Defense to begin negotiations with the U.S. Government to acquire the MQ-9B SkyGuardian Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). “We...

UDS Counter-drone System Achieves TRL-9 Status

The AUDS counter-UAS defence system – field proven to detect, track and defeat malicious and errant unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) or drones – is the first fully integrated system worldwide to achieve TRL-9 status....

UAV: what to do if they are hostile?

Organized by the Centro Studi Militari Aeronautici (CESMA) a conference entitled “UAV: what to do if they are hostile?” has been held to discuss how it is possible to counter the potential threat created...

Palm-Sized Radar for Small Drones

A new radar-equipped drone took off last month in Texas for a series of tests aimed at finding out how well Bellevue-based Echodyne’s miniaturized detect-and-avoid radar could spot obstacles and other aircrafts. The results confirmed that...

AT&T and NASA Collaborate on Drone Traffic Management System

AT&T and NASA Collaborate on Drone Traffic Management System

AT&T and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are researching traffic management solutions for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The goal is an Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) solution that supports the safe...

GA-ASI Delivers Final Two RQ-1 Predators to Italian AF

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, today announced that the Italian Air Force (ItAF) has accepted delivery of...

Elbit’s Hermes 900 MALE UAV: $70 million contract

Elbit Systems Ltd. won a roughly $70 million contract to supply intelligence integrated systems based on Hermes 900 unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and an intelligence gathering system for homeland security applications in Latin America....

First Anti-UAV Defence System

The world’s first fully integrated detect-track-disrupt Anti-UAV Defence System (AUDS) launched by a trio of British companies features a quad band radio frequency (RF) inhibitor/jammer, an optical disruptor and rapid deployment features The AUDS system...