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Unmanned Systems Army sees counter-drone tools for cooks, medics By Lauren C. Williams Feb 10, 2021 The Army is leading the Defense Department’s strategy for making platforms and devices to counter small unmanned aerial systems usable by all service members. In January, the Pentagon released its counter sUAS strategy, highlighting the …

Connected Warrior Army to expand experimental transportation smart base By Susan Miller Feb 10, 2021 The Army wants to expand its existing smart base transportation testbed at Fort Carson, Colo., to include smart traffic and weather artificial intelligence platforms.  Fort Carson’s testbed already includes a 4G/5G network, an autonomous …

As the drone industry evolves, the benefits of drones for schools become apparent.  For students, they provide an interesting and fun access point to education about all kinds of things, from weather patterns to programming.  For the industry, putting drones in schools gets the next generation workforce interested in joining …

Sagetech The Department of Defense has certified a Sagetech Avionics technology that works to help warfighters distinguish between friendly or enemy drones. Sagetech said Monday its MX12B Identify Friend or Foe device became the first transponder to secure approval from the department’s International AIMS Program Office for compliance with 17-1000 …

Source: Azur Drones French drone startup Azur Drones is making recycled nuclear fuel sites safer by deploying its Skeyetech autonomous surveillance UAV solution to protect a huge site in The Hague. Mostly used in the port, energy, defense and oil-and-gas sectors, Azur drones will coordinate with on-ground security teams for …

The Federal Aviation Administration recently took a major step toward expanding the prevalence of aerial drones in American life by creating a system for identifying and tracking them. The new system is part of a steady march by the FAA to build a legal and technological infrastructure that allows for …

Urban Air Mobility (UAM) could be the way of the future for cities crippled by traffic – with no where to go, quite literally, but up.  The vehicles are there to fly: passenger drones, flying cars – or from Terrafugia, a road and air vehicle that is both.  Terrafugia’s Transition® …

Investment will fuel new innovation in U.S.-made, military-grade drone technology SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Teal Drones has accepted a multi-million-dollar investment package from Decathlon Capital Partners to fund the company’s growth and finance continued research and development efforts. The funding agreement comes as the innovative unmanned …

Round Four of the DARTdrones Public Safety Grant is open for applications!  DARTdrones made history as one of the very first drone businesses to win big on the TV show for startups, Shark Tank.  Now, their business – providing quality, professional-level training for drone pilots – has proven to be a …

The American Drone Security Act: The Sequel The original American Drone Security Act (ADSA) proposal has had a significant impact on the drone industry, even though it was not passed.  The ADSA has now been reintroduced, however – with some changes.  Guest Contributor Dawn Zoldi, drone law expert and CEO of …