Aiming to test the use of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) in enhancing the maritime awareness picture in the French Mediterranean Sea, Secrétariat Général de la Mer requested the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) to set-up a multipurpose maritime surveillance operation, having the Navy (Marine Nationale) and customs (Douanes) as the strategic and tactical leaders of the operation. Continue reading
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RelmaTech Offers a Spoof-Proof Alternative to ADS-B
UK technology company RelmaTech offers a new method for tracking drones and manned light aircraft to be identified in the airspace. Continue reading
AeroVironment’s Range of Loitering Missile Systems
AeroVironment, Inc. has announced the introduction of its family of loitering missile systems, featuring the new Switchblade 600. Switchblade 600 builds on the battle-proven track record of Switchblade 300 to define a new category of extended range loitering missiles. Continue reading
Liteye Opens C-UAS Location in Tampa, Florida
Liteye Systems, Inc. announced the opening of a new location in Tampa, FL to accommodate rapid growth and support the needs of its customers globally. Continue reading
NASA and Bell Simulate Urgent Medical Transport
A vision of what future critical medical response could look like was simulated on NASA’s second flight of the Systems Integration and Operationalization (SIO) demonstration Sept. 28 with partner Bell Textron Inc.. Continue reading
Tactical Airborne Laser Weapon System
Lockheed Martin has recently released an animated video in which it had revealed how the future warfare may possibly look like. Continue reading
Rosetta Echo Advanced Payloads Pod Successfully Tested on MQ-9
In conjunction with the Air National Guard (ANG), the Air Force Reserve Command Test Center (AATC) and Ultra Electronics, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) successfully completed initial operational assessment of the Rosetta Echo Advanced Payloads (REAP) pod on an MQ-9 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA). Continue reading
AeroVironment Teams with Robotic Skies for UAS Maintenance
AeroVironment, Inc. announced a teaming agreement with Robotic Skies, a global maintenance, repair, and overhaul network for UAS, to provide field maintenance, inspection and repair support for AeroVironment customers. Continue reading