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January 04, 2023

Baykar to make supersonic variant of unmanned jet Kızılelma

BY Baykar Turkish drone magnate Baykar plans to make a supersonic variant of its unmanned fighter jet, the Bayraktar Kızılelma. READ MORE

December 27, 2022

Leonardo's Falco Xplorer completes first flight campaign

BY Leonardo Leonardo has successfully completed the first phase of flight testing for its Falco Xplorer drone. The system is now ready for the second phase of the campaign, which will lead to the certification. READ MORE

December 27, 2022

Elbit Systems awarded $36M contract from Polish Air Force

BY Elbit Systems Elbit Systems Ltd. announced on December 22nd that it was awarded a contract valued at approximately $36 million to supply four F-16 Full Mission Simulators to the Polish Air Force. The contract will be performed over a 28-month period. READ MORE

December 27, 2022

Chief Minister launched the State GIS and UAV Centre

BY Meghalaya Basin Management Agency The Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Conrad Sangma, launched the State GIS and UAV Centre at an event held at Secretariat on December 22nd. This makes the state the first in the region to have its very own GIS and UAV Centre. READ MORE

December 27, 2022

Navy successfully demonstrated unmanned cargo delivery systems

BY U.S. Navy The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division recently demonstrated multiple unmanned systems in a first-of-its-kind mission to move supplies to ships at sea without the use of manned aircraft during an event at Naval Air Station Patuxent River. READ MORE

December 27, 2022

Elbit Systems awarded Framework Contract from Romanian Defense

BY Elbit Systems Elbit Systems Ltd. announced on December 21st that it was awarded a framework contract with a maximum value of approximately $410 million to supply up to seven “Watchkeeper X” tactical UAS for the Romanian Ministry of National Defense. READ MORE

December 27, 2022

FAA announces new Executive Director of UAS Integration Office

BY David H. Boulter, FAA Associate Administrator (A) for Aviation Safety On December 15th, the FAA announced the new Executive Director of the UAS Integration Office, Jeffrey Vincent, who will be joining the AVS Management Team in January. READ MORE

December 27, 2022

H3 Dynamics Adds Hydrogen-Electric Propulsion to HyLight Airships

BY H3 Dynamics H3 Dynamics and HyLight have joined forces to bring new long range, sustainable and quiet unmanned airships to a range of commercial applications. READ MORE

December 20, 2022

FlightOps’ Shay Levy wins 2022 CEO of the Year Award

BY FlightOps FlightOps Co-Founder and CEO Shay Levy has been selected as the Drone Talks Aerial Cities 2022 CEO of the Year in the startup category. READ MORE

December 19, 2022

Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract to Provide UAS to UK Army

BY Lockheed Martin The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded Lockheed Martin a 10-year contract to provide the British Army with uncrewed ISR services, including sophisticated targeting, and automated target and threat recognition enabled by the latest AI technology READ MORE

December 19, 2022

N.D. ANG's 178th ATKS Named RPA Squadron of the Year

BY General Atomics The North Dakota Air National Guard’s 178th Attack Squadron was recognized as the General Atomics Remotely Piloted Aircraft Squadron of the Year at an event hosted by the Mitchell Institute on Dec. 9, 2022, at the Fargo Air Museum in Fargo, N.D. READ MORE

December 19, 2022

H3 Dynamics and Carbonx to build Hydrogen-Powered Drones

BY H3 Dynamics H3 Dynamics and Australian UAV producer Carbonix are coming together to begin development and production the first Australian hydrogen-electric VTOL unmanned aircraft system. READ MORE

December 16, 2022

uAvionix Announces new Multi-Frequency C2 Solutions for UAS BVLOS

BY uAvionix uAvionix announced an updated product line, The Skyline C2 management platform, offering for UAS Beyond Visual Line of Sight Command and Control. READ MORE

December 16, 2022

Iris Automation granted third BVLOS Waiver

BY Iris Automation Iris Automation has been granted its third waiver for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) autonomous operations on behalf of the City of Reno Fire Department, a participant in the FAA’s BEYOND program. READ MORE

December 12, 2022

Orbital UAV signs MOU with Animal Dynamics for aerial solutions

BY Orbital UAV Orbital UAV and Animal Dynamics sign MoU to explore advanced propulsion system for uncrewed aircraft system, Stork-STM READ MORE

December 09, 2022

Elbit Systems Selected to Supply UAS to the Australian Army

BY Elbit Systems Elbit Systems of Australia was selected to provide the Australian Army with the Skylark I LEX Unmanned Aerial Systems equipped with Electro Optical and Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast system. READ MORE

December 09, 2022

MQ-9A by GA-ASI Complete 10,000 Flight Hours in 2 Years

BY General Atomics On November 22, 2022, a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. MQ-9A Remotely Piloted Aircraft that is on lease from GA-ASI to India’s Navy completed its 10,000th flight hour in support of India national security missions. READ MORE

December 05, 2022

Northrop Grumman and the US Air Force Introduce the B-21 Raider

BY Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Air Force unveiled the B-21 Raider to the world today. The B-21 joins the nuclear triad as a visible and flexible deterrent designed for the U.S. Air Force to meet its most complex missions. READ MORE

December 05, 2022

Infinity Stone To Fly UAV Airborne Geophysics at at Zen-Whoberi

BY Infinity Stone Infinity Stone to conduct UAV Geophysical EM Survey on Zen-Wohberi with the goal of refining drill targets. READ MORE

December 05, 2022

GA-ASI Flies Autonomous Collaboration Using Avenger UAS

BY General Atomics General Atomics Aeronautical Systems paired a company-owned MQ-20 Avenger® UAS with a Sabreliner, operated by Lockheed Martin and acting as a surrogate fighter, and two F-5 Advanced Tigers from Tactical Air Support configured with internal sensors READ MORE

December 05, 2022

HUVRdata Welcomes Airdata UAV to its Partner Network Ecosystem

BY HUVRdata, Inc. HUVRdata, Inc. has welcomed AirData UAV to the HUVR Partner Network. READ MORE

November 30, 2022

Israeli Police Conducts First Autonomous BVLOS Drone Missions

BY FlightOps Using the FlightOps Ltd. multi-drone operating system, the Israel Police for the first time deployed autonomous drones beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) for command, surveillance and intelligence missions. READ MORE

November 29, 2022

DronePort Network partners with Osage LLC to develop Skyway 36

BY DronePort Network Oklahoma City based DronePort Network has entered into a contract with Osage LLC to develop and manage Skyway 36. This facility and its adjacent land provide nearly 2,300 square miles of Class G airspace available for flight testing. READ MORE

November 29, 2022

uAvionix Awarded FAA contract for C-Band FAM

BY uAvionix uAvionix announced it has won a contract from the FAA for multiple end-to-end demonstrations of a Frequency Assignment Manager as a component of the uAvionix SkyLine™ Command and Control Communications Service Provider management platform READ MORE

November 29, 2022

Bluvec selects Draganfly to create threat detection solutions

BY Draganfly Draganfly Inc. announced that Bluvec has selected Draganfly to create joint solutions enabling specific Military and Civil UAS Threat Detection Intervention. READ MORE

November 29, 2022

Highlander Partners Announces the Acquisition of Liteye Systems

BY Highlander Partners Liteye represents the first investment made in connection with High Point Aerotechnologies, a division of Highlander recently established to pursue leading technologies in the C-UAS, UAS and related defense industries READ MORE

November 29, 2022

DroneShield and Operator partner on VR counterdrone training

BY DroneShield C-UAS leader DroneShield has teamed with Operator Tactical Solutions to provide Virtual Reality based counterdrone/C-UAS training solutions. READ MORE

November 29, 2022

Northrop's C-UAS System Excels During Complex Live Fire Tests

BY Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman Corporation’s short range Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems command and control system successfully completed its most complex system of systems test to date. READ MORE

November 29, 2022

Draganfly selected by PromoDrone to provide UAV technology

BY Draganfly Draganfly Inc. announced that it has been selected to provide its Public Safety technology to the PromoDrone platform for Emergency Management. READ MORE

November 29, 2022

Matador UAS Consortium highlights drones for infrastructure

BY MissionGO MissionGO completes UAS inspection of wind turbines and solar panels owned by Sandia Labs in partnership with the Texas Tech Wind Institute. READ MORE