Defense

Australian start-up Aquabotix is diving deeper into the depths of the aquatic drone business and swimming with some greater fish. This week, the corporate joined the U.S. Navy’s Forward Deployed Energy and Communications Outpost program as a member of the Innovative Undersea Prototype Development Consortium. The consortium is tasked with creating “a …

Groundbreaking army analysis is giving drones their day in the solar – or at the very least half a day. The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory is empowering drones to remain aloft greater than 12 hours utilizing power from the solar and wind. Although the analysis is focusing on army functions, …

Alta Devices has a brand new place in the solar after garnering a contract from the Naval Research Laboratory for delivering lightweight photo voltaic drone know-how. Alta’s Hybrid Tiger program will combine analysis right into a single drone system designed for lengthy vary endurance. The program deploys high-efficiency versatile photo voltaic …

When it comes to quieter drones of the future, the U.S. Army might be calling an Uber to assist. The military’s analysis laboratory will companion with the ride-sharing large in a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement to “advance technologies supporting Future Vertical Lift (drones),” – with an emphasis on growing …

Credit: U.S. Marine Corp A brand new U.S. Marine Corps challenge reveals promise as the following step in drone evolution – remodeling surplus army helicopters into autonomous drones. Last week, the USMC accomplished a profitable demonstration of the Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System, a challenge that transformed a decommissioned UH-1H Huey …

Lockheed Martin Outrider Lockheed Martin has introduced its newest entry in its UAS portfolio of merchandise, the OUTRIDER, designed to supply enhanced Situational Awareness (SA) in environments the place launching a standard UAV will not be sensible. The drone has been designed with a patented launch canister and has a …

A memo – reportedly an official launch from the US Army – has been handed to sUAS News. The topic? Halting the use of DJI expertise attributable to ‘Cyber vulnerabilities’. The memo handed to sUAS information. The textual content of the doc reads: DAMO-AVMEMORANDUM FOR RECORD2 August 2017 SUBJECT: Discontinue …

SkySafe, a San Diego primarily based startup, has obtained $11.5 in Series A funding spherical that was led by Andreessen Horowitz. The spherical comes with a seat on the board for Andreessen common associate Lars Dalgaard. In addition, SkySafe has obtained a $1.5 million contract with the Department of Defense, …

There’s a primary for the whole lot within the rising world of all issues UAV. Today we’ve found what appears to be the primary mixture of drone and flying insect. Although drones are based mostly on the identical legal guidelines of movement and dynamics that govern the pure world, Draper’s modified …

DJI has added quite a few elements of Iraq and Syria to its listing of No-Fly Zones. Several incidents involving explosives strapped onto client drones have been reported within the area. And issues are rising over the convenience with which terrorist teams resembling Isis can use them for violent functions. …