Insitu, A Boeing Company, has announced the first successful drop of inert GPS-guided Shryke munitions from the Integrator Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS) in collaboration with Corvid and L3Harris Technologies. Continue reading
Bayraktar TB2 Completes 750,000 Flight Hours
Turkey’s first indigenous UCAV Bayraktar TB2 has successfully completed 750,000 flight hours, setting a new record in Turkish aviation history. Bayraktar TB2 UCAV System, which made many unprecedented achievements in the history of Turkish aviation, has successfully completed 750,000 flight hours. Continue reading
Honeywell and Pipistrel Demonstrate Ground Control Station for Commercial Drones within Italian Airspace
Honeywell, in collaboration with Pipistrel, a Textron Inc. company and leading electric aircraft manufacturer, ENAV, an Italian Air Navigation Service provider, and D-Flight, an Italian-based company providing air traffic management services for drones, marked a significant milestone in advancing the operation of remotely piloted aircraft within European airspace. Continue reading
How Ukrainian Soldiers Rig their FPV Drones with Explosives
Photos that showed up online this week offer an up-close look at Ukrainian troops attaching deadly explosives to their drones before flying them off to Russian targets. Continue reading
Babcock Demonstrated its SwarmCore Technology
Babcock has developed a technology with the capability of controlling single or entire fleets of vehicles in a defence environment. The company demonstrated its SwarmCore technology, an advanced software system made up of multiple networks, at the UK Ministry of Defence’s BattleLab site last week of November in Dorset. Continue reading
SiLC’s Eyeonic Vision Sensor Achieves Over 2Km Detection Range
SiLC Technologies, Inc. (SiLC), a developer of integrated single-chip FMCW LiDAR solutions, announced a significant breakthrough in machine vision technology. The company’s Eyeonic Vision Sensor now boasts a detection range exceeding 2 kilometers, setting a new industry standard. Continue reading
NATS Tests Air Traffic Control Simulations for eVTOL Operations
A new generation of greener aviation has taken a leap forward following the UK’s first major air traffic control simulations for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), demonstrating how eVTOL – electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft – or flying taxis – could one day be safely integrated with conventional air traffic. Continue reading
Rohde & Schwarz Proves C-UAS Solution at NATO Exercise
Rohde & Schwarz has proven its new ARDRONIS Locate Compact system for use in counter unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) missions. Integrated through the new SAPIENT standard protocol and tested at the NATO Technical Interoperability Exercise (TIE) event at Vredepeel in the Netherlands, the solution automatically detects and identifies drones based on their broadband video radio signals. Continue reading