image courtesy NASA By DRONELIFE Staff Writer Jim Magill As emergency managers readily adopt the use of drones to aid in the response to natural disasters such as wildfires and hurricanes, the skies above those disaster zones are becoming increasingly crowded with aerial vehicles, both manned and unmanned, creating the …

Viasat Inc. vows to suspend drone tech supply to Turkey amid Bayraktar bombings of Artsakh civilians 14:50, 22 October, 2020 YEREVAN, OCTOBER 22, ARMENPRESS. Viasat, Inc. has vowed that it is halting the supplies of its technologies to Turkey which is using them in manufacturing the Bayraktar combat drones …

AI & Analytics Solving the Army’s data talent problem By Lauren C. Williams Oct 21, 2020 The Army is in serious need of data talent, but boosting recruiting efforts can’t be the only strategy. Mark Gorak, the director of people analytics for the Assistant Secretary of the Army Manpower …

File image The justice department last week issued a report detailing FBI counter drone missions at key special events in what officials called an attempt to draw attention to rogue drone pilots. The report breaks down the events into “National Special Security Events (NSSEs), Special Events Assessment Rating (SEAR) events, …

15:03, 20 October, 2020 YEREVAN, OCTOBER 20, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian Defense Ministry has confirmed that the drone that was shot down by Artsakh Defense Army on October 19 was indeed a Turkish Bayraktar TB2 combat UAV. “The remote-controlled camera model of the Turkish Bayraktar TB2 combat UAV, which was …

Source: BAE A drone with a 150-foot wingspan just completed a 72-hour endurance trial near the English town of Farnborough. A solar-electric, fixed-wing drone, the PHASA-35 completed trials earlier this month in a simulated environment designed to model harsh stratospheric conditions. A collaborative effort by BAE Systems, Prismatic and the UK’s …

Connected Warrior Army takes a look at spectrum on the battlefield By Lauren C. Williams Oct 21, 2020 Managing electromagnetic spectrum will become increasingly important as the Army pushes for large-scale operations across domains. “We’ve had to get back to the basics of looking at the electromagnetic spectrum in …

The report presents an in-depth assessment of the Global Inertial Navigation System (INS) including enabling technologies, key trends, market drivers, challenges, standardization, regulatory landscape, deployment models, operator case studies, opportunities, future roadmap, value chain, ecosystem player profiles and strategies. The report also presents forecasts for Global Inertial Navigation System (INS) …

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Source: Target Arm A drone service startup is teaming up with a delivery tech company to develop a safer way to deliver food via UAS. Connecticut-based Target Arm last week announced a strategic partnership with BIB Technologies to “jointly developing autonomous electric delivery vehicles with drones while moving up to …