The ‘Interim’ Results of the Global UAS OPS survey on drone operations, which reflect the answers received from the survey respondents up to 1 October 2020, have been published and are available (free-of-charge) for downloading by all interested parties. Continue reading
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DARPA Selects Teams to Advance Dogfighting Algorithms
DARPA recently awarded contracts to five companies to develop algorithms enabling mixed teams of manned and unmanned combat aircraft to conduct aerial dogfighting autonomously. Continue reading
MTSU and Tennessee Air National Guard to Partner on Unmanned Aircraft Research
Leaders with Middle Tennessee State University and the 118th Wing of the Tennessee Army National Guard signed an agreement, on Nov. 3, to collaborate in several areas, notably in research of unmanned aircraft systems operations and computer science. Continue reading
Sagetech Avionics and Kraus Hamdani Deliver ArduPilot Integration
Sagetech Avionics, a technology company providing safety solutions for unmanned aerial systems (UAS), and Kraus Hamdani Aerospace, a UAS technology company, announced that they have completed the integration of Sagetech’s UAV transponders with the world’s leading open source autopilot, ArduPilot. Continue reading
Textron Aerosonde Fleet surpasses 500,000 Flight Hours
Textron Systems has announced that the overall Aerosonde sUAS fleet has achieved 500,000 flight hours across global operations. Continue reading
Taiwan’s Teng Yun Drones Spotted at Taitung Airbase
Two domestically produced Teng Yun unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) were spotted on Thursday (Nov. 5) at Chihhang (志航) Air Force Base in Taitung. Continue reading
Survey on European UAS Operations – Results Published
“UAS OPS’’ & ‘’OPS RISK” jointly constitute a survey on drone operations [current and near-future (1 to 2 years)] and operations safety risk assessment methods, that targeted drone operators in the European Union, and that was conducted in English, French, German & Spanish. Continue reading
US Department of Defense Hosted C-SUAS Industry Open House
For the first time, the Department of Defense outlined its approach for Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS) during a virtual industry open house on Oct. 30. Continue reading