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UAV Ground Control Station
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.San Diego, CA858-762-6700www.ga-asi.com The U.S. Air Force’s new Block 50 Ground Control Station (GCS) – developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI)...
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Geospatial Accuracy of Small Unmanned Airborne System Data in the Coastal Environment
The purpose of this study was to assess the ability of commonly available COTS software to produce geometrically accurate orthometric mosaics and terrain...
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Eyes In the Sky
Drones (i.e. quadrotors) are a popular and increasingly widespread product used by consumers as well as in a diversity of industrial, military and other applications. Historically under the control of human operators on the...
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Intelligent Parachute Rescue System
Drone Rescue GmbH Graz, Austria+43 660 140 80 55www.dronerescue.com Drone Rescue Systems GmbH has developed a fast, efficient parachute safety solution for drones that can reduce the risk of harming people on...
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Parcel Delivery Drone
Airbus HelicoptersMarignane Cedex, France+33 (0)4 42 85 60 51http://helicopters.airbus.com Airbus has begun shore-to-ship trials in Singapore with its Skyways parcel delivery drone. This marks the first time drone...
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Maintainers Design a $400 Maintenance Fixture to save the U.S. Air Force $500k per Year
A team of airmen from Robins Air Force Base in Georgia have designed a cowling repair tool for the Northrop Grumman E-8C Joint Surveillance Target...
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Wing’s UAS Delivery Service Has FAA Certification
Google LLC’s (Google’s) parent company, Alphabet Inc. (Alphabet), is moving forward with unmanned aircraft system (UAS) or “drone” delivery. Alphabet’s Wing project has become...
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Curtiss-Wright Will Provide Data Technology Support for Boeing’s MQ-25 Unmanned Air Refueling Platform
The Boeing Company (Boeing) awarded a data technology systems contract to Curtiss-Wright Corporation’s (Curtiss Wright’s) Defense...
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Abaco’s FORCE2 Flight Computer Enables National and International Ground Control Station Certification
Earlier this month, General Atomics Aeronautical System, Inc. (GA-ASI) completed an entire MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft...
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Ford and University of Michigan Team up on First-Ever Sustainability Study of Urban Air Mobility
According to a new study published in Nature Communications, electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) urban air mobility (UAM) vehicles...
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Volocopter’s All-Electric UAM Vehicle Benefits from Honeywell’s Advanced Navigation and Flight Tech
Honeywell International Inc. will lend its expertise in autonomous sensing and flight technologies to the navigation and automatic...
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General Atomics Moves Toward Global RPA Flight Certification for MQ-9B SkyGuardian
A General Atomics Aeronautical System, Inc. (GA-ASI) MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) was controlled – from takeoff to landing – by an...
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“The Grid” Promises to Be the Most Advanced Electric Propulsion Laboratory in the Aerospace Industry
Collins Aerospace, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation (UTC), has laid out its plans for what is calling “The Grid” –...
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Sensuron Enables Real-Time Structural Health Monitoring Onboard NASA’s X-56 UAV
In contrast to the stiff, rigid wings found on most commercial aircraft, flexible wing technology is considered essential to next generation, fuel efficient...
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XPONENTIAL 2019 – An AUVSI Experience
The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) is bringing this year's XPONENTIAL 2019 to McCormick Place in Chicago, IL. The event, which runs from April 29 – May 2, will feature...
News Test & Measurement
Battery Technology Is Still the Key Barrier to Better Urban Air Mobility
During a panel session titled “Flying Cars – Will You Have One In Your Garage?” Mark Moore, former NASA engineer and current engineering director of aviation at...
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The Air Force’s New Unmanned Wingmate Completes Inaugural Flight
The XQ-58A Valkyrie unmanned aircraft system (UAS) or “drone” demonstrator – a collaborative project between the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Kratos...
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AIA Predicts Flying Air Taxis, Supersonic Air Travel, and Space Industry for 2050
Arlington, Virginia-based Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) has collected input from leaders in the aerospace and defense industries and built a...
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Air Force Tests Fully Autonomous UAS Control System
The United States Air Force’s 412th Test Wing’s Emerging Technologies (ET) Combined Test Force (CTF) completed the first flight test of Johns Hopkins University’s Testing of Autonomy...
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Is the Future of Aerial Autonomy up in the Air?
At January’s CES ’19, more than 170 exhibitors showed aerial drones of various shapes and sizes. Potential use cases for these devices appear to be limitless, but technical, legal and...
News Unmanned Systems
Honeywell Targets Urban Air Mobility Market with New Hybrid Turboshaft Engine
Looking to expand its offerings for urban air mobility solutions, Honeywell International, Inc. of Charlotte, North Carolina has developed a new hybrid-electric...
News RF & Microwave Electronics
Curtiss-Wright Black Boxes Receive European Approval
Curtiss-Wright Corporation’s Fortress line of combined cockpit voice recorders (CVRs) and flight data recorders (FDRs) are now have European Technical Standard Order (ETSO) approval....
News Manned Systems
New Swarm and Search AI Challenge Combines Machine Learning and UAS to Help Map Wildfires
A new international competition will challenge engineers to map wildfires and conduct search and rescue missions with swarming unmanned aircraft...
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Vertical Flight Society Applauds EVTOL Innovation, Bell Nexus UAM Concept
The electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) revolution is gaining momentum, as evidenced by the unveiling of the Bell Nexus hybrid-electric VTOL air taxi concept...
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Boeing to Modernize Spanish Chinook Fleet with Autonomous-Ready Avionics and Flight Control Systems
The Boeing Company will upgrade all 17 of Spain’s Boeing CH-47D Chinook heavy lift helicopters to the F-model configuration, adding features...
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Airbus Helicopters VSR700 Makes First Fully Autonomous Flight
The Airbus Helicopters VSR700 demonstrator – a light military tactical unmanned aerial system (UAV) developed by Airbus Helicopters SAS (formerly Eurocopter) of Marignane,...
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PAE ISR Engineers Boost Resolute Eagle UAS Networking, Endurance, Payload Capacity with Persistent Systems MPU5
PAE ISR engineers in Sterling, Virginia, have selected MPU5 Wave Relay mobile ad hoc networking (MANET) technology from Persistent...
News Unmanned Systems
LIFT Aircraft Unveils Personal Multirotor Aircraft for Experiential Entertainment
Matt Chasen, founder of the online shipping marketplace company uShip, has entered the personal air mobility industry with a new venture called LIFT...
News Energy
High-Altitude Pseudo Satellites: New Battle for Inner Space, Part II
A new development applicable to the production of the Airbus Zephyr lightweight, solar unmanned aircraft is the Airbus Spider radar payload, a novel commercial...
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