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TEKEVER Develops Maritime Vessel Detection Capabilities for Small UAS
TEKEVER Develops Maritime Vessel Detection Capabilities for Small UAS

TEKEVER has developed new vessel detection capabilities for its unmanned aircraft system (UAS) product lines. Available for TEKEVER’s AR3 and AR4...

May 10, 2016
FAA Expands Pathfinder Program to Evaluate Drone Detection Technologies
FAA Expands Pathfinder Program to Evaluate Drone Detection Technologies

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is expanding the part of its Pathfinder Program that focuses on detecting and identifying unmanned...

May 10, 2016
Orbital Delivers First Batch of UAV Engines to Insitu
Orbital Delivers First Batch of UAV Engines to Insitu

Orbital Corporation Limited, a developer of fuel and engine technologies, has announced that it has delivered the first shipment of...

May 09, 2016
Atlanta Hobby Announces New Katana KMR 250 Quadcopter Racing Drone
Atlanta Hobby Announces New Katana KMR 250 Quadcopter Racing Drone

Atlanta Hobby, a designer and manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has announced the release of its new racing quadcopter,...

May 09, 2016
CybAero Tests APID One Unmanned Helicopter on Swedish Navy Warship
CybAero Tests APID One Unmanned Helicopter on Swedish Navy Warship

CybAero, a developer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has announced that it has successfully completed an extensive test program with...

May 09, 2016
RT Announces new ISR Payload for Skystar 330 Aerostat
RT Announces new ISR Payload for Skystar 330 Aerostat

RT LTA Systems Ltd, a designer, developer, and manufacturer of the SkyStar™ family of aerostats for use in intelligence, surveillance,...

May 09, 2016
XPONENTIAL 2016 – the UST Round-Up
XPONENTIAL 2016 – the UST Round-Up

More than 8,000 attendees and over 600 exhibitors attended XPONENTIAL 2016, the annual AUVSI trade show last week, held in New...

May 06, 2016
Roke Manor to Trial Self-Landing Drone at Royal Navy Exercise
Roke Manor to Trial Self-Landing Drone at Royal Navy Exercise

Roke Manor Research, an electronics engineering consultancy firm, has announced that it will be trialling what it claims is the...

May 06, 2016
General Atomics Completes Certifiable Predator B Fuselage Integrity Testing
General Atomics Completes Certifiable Predator B Fuselage Integrity Testing

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems and related mission systems solutions, has successfully...

May 06, 2016
PrecisionHawk and Harris Corporation to Develop Airspace Safety Technologies for Drones
PrecisionHawk and Harris Corporation to Develop Airspace Safety Technologies for Drones

PrecisionHawk Inc., a provider of aerial data and safety platforms for drones, has announced that it has expanded its partnership...

May 06, 2016
Rockwell Collins MicroGRAM GPS Receiver Selected for US Navy Bomb Disposal Robots
Rockwell Collins MicroGRAM GPS Receiver Selected for US Navy Bomb Disposal Robots

Rockwell Collins, a provider of aerspace and defense technology solutions, has announced that it will provide up to 2,000 of...

May 06, 2016
Fischer Connectors Launches New Ultra-Miniature MiniMax Connector
Fischer Connectors Launches New Ultra-Miniature MiniMax Connector

Fischer Connectors, a manufacturer of circular connectors and cable assembly solutions, has announced that it has launched an ultra-miniature connector,...

May 05, 2016
Aeryon and Persistent Systems to Integrate SkyRanger UAS with Wave Relay Network
Aeryon and Persistent Systems to Integrate SkyRanger UAS with Wave Relay Network

Aeryon Labs Inc., a manufacturer of small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS), and Persistent Systems, LLC, a developer of Mobile Ad...

May 05, 2016
QinetiQ to Demonstrate Integration of Unmanned Systems into Royal Navy Operations
QinetiQ to Demonstrate Integration of Unmanned Systems into Royal Navy Operations

QinetiQ has announced that it has been awarded a £1m contract by the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to provide...

May 05, 2016
CIRCOR Unveils TruLaunch Pneumatic Launching System for Unmanned Aircraft
CIRCOR Unveils TruLaunch Pneumatic Launching System for Unmanned Aircraft

CIRCOR Aerospace & Defense has announced the introduction of TruLaunch, a lightweight, high-pressure pneumatic rail launcher for commercial Unmanned Aerial...

May 04, 2016
iMAR Selects Sensonor’s STIM300 IMU for Navigation Systems
iMAR Selects Sensonor’s STIM300 IMU for Navigation Systems

Sensonor AS, a designer and manufacturer of MEMS sensor solutions for demanding applications, has confirmed that it’s STIM300 IMU has...

May 04, 2016
Trimble Introduces Compact Dual Antenna GNSS Module for System Integrators
Trimble Introduces Compact Dual Antenna GNSS Module for System Integrators

Trimble, a developer of positioning and navigation solutions, has announced the introduction of the Trimble MB-Two, a GNSS module that...

May 04, 2016
Tekever AR5 Life Ray UAS to Conduct European Unmanned Maritime Surveillance Testing
Tekever AR5 Life Ray UAS to Conduct European Unmanned Maritime Surveillance Testing
May 04, 2016
AirMap Introduces iOS App for Drone Operators
AirMap Introduces iOS App for Drone Operators
May 04, 2016
NASA, AeroVironment & SmartC2 to Demo BVLOS UAS Traffic Management
NASA, AeroVironment & SmartC2 to Demo BVLOS UAS Traffic Management

AeroVironment, Inc., a developer of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), has announced that the company – in partnership with SmartC2,...

May 04, 2016
Aeryon Labs Introduces SaaS Platform for Real-time Video, Telemetry and UAS Fleet Management
Aeryon Labs Introduces SaaS Platform for Real-time Video, Telemetry and UAS Fleet Management
May 04, 2016
Insitu ScanEagle to Incorporate ViDAR Payload to Enhance Maritime ISR
Insitu ScanEagle to Incorporate ViDAR Payload to Enhance Maritime ISR

Insitu, a designer and manufacturer of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), has announced that it will incorporate the ViDAR (Visual Detection...

May 04, 2016
VectorNav Introduces Tactical Series Inertial Navigation Systems
VectorNav Introduces Tactical Series Inertial Navigation Systems
May 04, 2016
Microdrones merges with Avyon; Expands Operations into North America
Microdrones merges with Avyon; Expands Operations into North America
May 04, 2016
AeroVironment Unveils Mantis i45 EO/IR Imaging Gimbal Payload for Puma AE UAS
AeroVironment Unveils Mantis i45 EO/IR Imaging Gimbal Payload for Puma AE UAS

AeroVironment, Inc., a developer of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), has unveiled its new Mantis i45 electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) gimbal payload,...

May 03, 2016
Arcturus T-20 JUMP VTOL UAS Deployed with the Mexican Navy
Arcturus T-20 JUMP VTOL UAS Deployed with the Mexican Navy
May 03, 2016
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