Monthly Round-up: August 2021
News, articles and features published:
in August 2021
Avenger UAS Autonomously Tracks and Follows Target Aircraft
A General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) Avenger UAS equipped with a Lockheed Martin Legion Pod, has successfully autonomously tracked and…
Microdrones Selects New Distributor for UAE
Microdrones has selected Sigma, a provider of a wide range of scientific and engineering technologies, as an official distributor of…
Counter-Drone System Defends Against Mini- & Micro-UAV Threats
Meteksan Defence has developed KAPAN, a counter-drone system that utilises radar to detect asymmetric UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) threats for…
Simulator Mimics Drone Signals for c-UAS Training
DroneShield Ltd has released a lightweight and rapidly deployable Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) / drone simulator that is able to mimic…
Industrial Drone System for Remote Operations from a Docked Station
PowerVision Tech Inc. has released a new industrial drone system for drones for remote, autonomous data collection missions. The PowerVision…
UUV Manufacturing & Assembly Center of Excellence Opened
General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) has opened its Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) Manufacturing and Assembly Center of Excellence facility in Taunton,…
New Drone Show to Run Alongside Helitech Expo
DroneX Trade Show & Conference, the UK’s largest event dedicated to UAV products, parts, accessories and services, will be running…
Intelligent Energy Fuel Cells Excel in UAS First Responder Challenge
Intelligent Energy has achieved second place out of more than 40 global entrants in the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National…
Low-Power Thermal Camera Core Introduced
Teledyne has introduced the MicroCalibir, a compact and low-power uncooled thermal camera platform. Featuring the smallest VGA IR core module…
INVOLI Develops UAS Monitoring and Visualization Solutions
INVOLI, a leading provider of low-altitude surveillance systems and Remote ID solutions for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), has partnered with…
Project Endeavour Concludes with Passenger Trials in London
Project Endeavour has concluded its multi-city demonstration of Autonomous Vehicle (AV) services with a final on-road trial in Greenwich, London….
New Features for HCSS Drone-Based Data Analytics Platform
HCSS has announced powerful new features for its drone-based data analytics platform, HCSS Aerial, in the eighth upgrade since the introduction…
AI Counter Drone Solution to be Developed for Sensitive US Locations
Citadel Defense has been awarded a $6 million, sole source contract from a Classified U.S. Department of Defense customer to…
AI & BVLOS Technologies Selected for Autonomous Maritime Vessels
Flying Ship Technologies and PROBOTEK have entered into an agreement to integrate PROBOTEK’s proprietary artificial intelligence and robotics technologies and…
Drone Remote Identification Service Launched in Switzerland
A nationwide voluntary Network Remote Identification (NET-RID) service for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) has been launched across Switzerland by a…
Boxfish Develops ROVs & AUVs for Inspections & Videography
Boxfish Research, a specialist developer of marine robotic systems with state-of-the-art underwater vision technologies, has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology…
Successful Demonstration of Low-Collateral Counter-UAS Interceptor
Robotican successfully demonstrated the ability of its Goshawk Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) to perform fully autonomous drone interception tasks for…
uAvionix Continues Expansion of C2 BVLOS Network
uAvionix has expanded its plans to deploy its SkyLine enterprise managed Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) UAS (unmanned aerial…
Royal Navy Trials USV for Surveying Uncharted Waters
The British Royal Navy’s Project Hecla team has been testing the Otter Pro Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) at the Defence…
Partnership for Autonomous Drone Solutions with LiDAR Technology
Ascent AeroSystems and Exyn Technologies have formed a strategic partnership to create the next generation of comprehensive autonomous drone solutions….
Drone GPS Receiver Receives FAA TSO
uAvionix has confirmed that its truFYX GPS receiver for UAS (unmanned aerial systems) has received a Technical Standard Order (TSO)…
Topcon Expands GNSS Corrections Network
Topcon has expanded its Topnet Live Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) network of correction solutions with more types of correction…
New Drone Sensor to Enhance GPS Resiliency in Urban Environments
Honeywell has signed a collaboration agreement with InfiniDome to jointly develop and deliver GPS signal protection systems intended to serve…
Real-Time GIS Airspace Awareness Capabilities for BVLOS Operations
Kongsberg Geospatial and Pegasus Imagery Ltd have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together to advance the development…
Software Update Released for Sightline Video Processors
SightLine Applications has released the newest software update for the company’s onboard video processing solutions for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles)…
World’s First 5G & AI-Enabled Industrial Drone Platform Unveiled
Qualcomm has unveiled a new industrial VTOL drone that offers both 5G and Artificial Intelligence (AI)-capabilities. With 5G and Wi-Fi 6 connectivity, the platform is designed for Beyond Visual Line-Of-Sight (BVLOS) operations in sectors including film and entertainment, security and emergency response, delivery, defense, inspection, and mapping.
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