“Balloons offer a few advantages over the use of satellites or drones,” James Rogers, an academic at Cornell and the University of Southern Denmark, who advises the UN Security Council on the transnational threat of drones, said in an email. “Not only are they cheaper than launching satellites into space, …
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FlightOps Ltd., a multi-drone operating system, recently partnered with drone operator FlyTech IL to deploy the world’s first multiple drone operations in an urban area. As part of the operational trial on behalf of the Israeli Police, drone missions were carried out in Ramla and Lod, two suburbs of Tel …
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Pyka, the global leader in autonomous electric aviation technology, on January 30th unveiled the latest addition to its fleet of purpose-built industrial aircraft; the Pelican Cargo. Featuring unprecedented payload and range capabilities, Pelican Cargo is the world’s largest zero-emission cargo airplane and the first autonomous vehicle of its class. With …
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The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment (OUSD(A&S)) are unveiling the first companies that have passed the vetting required for onboarding policy-compliant, commercial small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) into the Department of Defense (DoD). The drones added to the DIU …
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Sky Eye Systems Srl, a company of the OMA Foligno SpA Group, in December 2022 signed with the General Secretariat of Defence, National Directorate of Aeronautical Armaments and Airworthiness (DAAA) the Contract for the supply of Rapier X-25 UAV systems to all ‘Italian army. In detail, these are two systems, each …
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Highlander Partners, L.P. (“Highlander”), a leading private investment firm, on January 31st announced the acquisition of Black Sage Technologies (“Black Sage” or “the Company”) from Acorn Growth Companies. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Boise, ID, Black Sage is an industry-leading multi-mission platform provider of Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems (“C-UAS” …
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) flew a new survivable Air-Launched Effect (ALE) for the first time as part of a flight demonstration based out of the Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah, on Dec. 8, 2022. The ALE, known as Eaglet, was launched from a U.S. Army MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended …
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Read or listen to all of the headlines in one place: excerpts from the DRONELIFE drone news of the week of February 3, 2023. Click on the titles below for the full story. Continue reading below, or listen: NVIDIA Releases Jetson Orin NX 16 GB Module: Performance and Efficiency for …
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Many applications where unmanned aviation shows its indisputable benefits require advanced fly operations. These need cutting-edge products to guarantee the safe expansion and use of the UAS mission. Safety is a paramount concern in the field of uncrewed aviation. However, it is equally important to consistently advance and improve technologies …
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The aerospace and defence industry continues to be a hotbed of innovation, with activity driven by the pressing need for modernisation and the growing importance of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and unmanned systems. In the last three years alone, there have been over 174,000 patents filed and granted …
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