Carolina Unmanned Vehicles, Inc. has announced the availability of its in-house Lightweight Aerostat System (LAS) to support testing of various electronic payloads. Suitable payloads may include EO/IR Surveillance, Networked Communications Relays and Signal Intelligence collection. Continue reading
Category Archives: Tethered
New Tethered UAS from Spain
Spain’s Sistemas de Control Remoto SL (SCR) has revealed its new ASTER-T tethered vertical take-off and landing unmanned aircraft system (VTOL UAS). Continue reading
Hoverfly Gets $10M US Government Tethered Drone Contract
Orlando-based Hoverfly Technologies Inc., manufacturer of the LiveSky tethered drone, has been awarded a $10 million sole-source contract by a U.S. government agency. Continue reading
FLIR Acquires Tethered Drone Assets and Technology from Aria Insights
FLIR Systems, Inc. has announced that it has acquired the intellectual property (IP) and certain operating assets of Aria Insights, Inc. Terms of the deal are not being disclosed. Continue reading
Drone Aviation Delivers on $1M WASP Lite Contract for US Army
Drone Aviation Holding Corp. has announced that it has completed a U.S. Army safety and performance review and delivered multiple WASP Lite aerostat systems to the customer under the $1.1 million award announced in May 2019. Continue reading
Elistair Tethered Drone System Helps Secure Champions League Final
During the UEFA Champions League Final played on 1 June 2019 at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid, police forces used Elistair tethered drone system coupled with UMILES Global solution U06 Plus drone for traffic monitoring, crowd control, and global surveillance. Continue reading
US Army Selects Drone Aviation’s Enhanced WASP Lite Aerostat System
Drone Aviation Holding Corp., a developer of specialized, tethered aerial monitoring and communications platforms serving national defense and homeland security customers, announced that it has received its first contract award for its newly designed aerostat product, the WASP Lite, from a U.S. Army customer. Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Launches Tethered Indago
Lockheed Martin has expanded its Indago portfolio to include a tethered option to respond to the needs of United States Special Forces in combating counterinsurgency, conducting reconnaissance, collecting information vital to national security and conducting some of the most sensitive and critical missions. Continue reading