Privately held drone maker General Atomics of San Diego, California, is laying off approximately 630 employees.
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PrecisionHawk Sued for Breach of Contract and Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices
PrecisionHawk has been sued for nine breaches of contract and for unfair and deceptive trade practices. The lawsuit was filed earlier this month in Wake County, North Carolina Superior Court by the law firm of Thomas K. Lindgren, on behalf of the plaintiffs, JP Business Group and Terravative. Continue reading
Insitu Pacific, Nova Systems Team for Australian-led LAND 129 Solution
Insitu Pacific Integrator flying in Australia
Insitu Pacific signed a teaming agreement with Nova Systems as part of its Australian-industry-led proposal to supply tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) to the Australian Army under LAND 129 Phase 3. Continue reading
Mercury Drone Port – Centre of Excellence in Scotland
Work to develop a world-class drone port in Montrose, Scotland, has taken a step forward with the start of a residents consultation. Continue reading
SF Holdings Test Flies Plane-Size Cargo Drone at Inner Mongolia Airport
At 8 am on August 21, a large drone took off from Ningxia and arrived at the destination airport in Inner Mongolia nearly an hour later. This marks that SF Group’s large-scale UAV has achieved a complete success for its first cargo flight based on business scenarios. This is also the first time that large UAVs have been used in logistics scenarios in China.Dynetics Flies Second X-61A Gremlins Air Vehicle
Dynetics, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Leidos, successfully tested a second X-61A Gremlins Air Vehicle (GAV), as well as the Gremlins airborne recovery system, last month at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Continue reading
Near Earth Autonomy Extends Autonomy to Kaman’s unmanned K-Max
With support from Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Near Earth Autonomy and Kaman Aerospace have partnered to develop an intelligent autonomy system for the K-MAX helicopter, a large-scale transport aircraft capable of lifting a payload of 6,000 pounds. Continue reading
Drone Made from Pineapple Leaves has Electrical Resistance Quality
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) researchers have successfully invented an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or a drone made of natural fibres, pineapple leaves, that has electrical resistance. Continue reading