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Boston Engineering to Provide Motor Control Solution for U.S. Air Force’s UAV Research and Development Initiatives

Boston Engineering today announced a $150,000 contract from the U.S. Air Force to enhance its UAV capabilities and to also reduce drone noise. Specifically, Boston Engineering will demonstrate an embedded motor control platform to accelerate U.S. Air Force UAV research and development initiatives.

29 Aug 2015

California SB 142 Restrictions on UAS Flight Would Stifle Innovation and Kill Jobs, say AUVSI and CEA

The following statement is attributed to Brian Wynne, president and CEO, Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), and Gary Shapiro, president and CEO, Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®, regarding the passage of California Senate Bill 142, which would restrict the flight of unmanned aerial systems (UAS).

28 Aug 2015

Mincham Aviation to Manufacture Components for U.S. Navy's MQ-4C Triton UAS

Northrop Grumman Corporation has awarded a second Australian supplier contract to Mincham Aviation for the U.S. Navy's MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS) initial production lot.

28 Aug 2015

Redesigned UAV Octocopter Helps Sample Methane and CO2 over Ascension Island

Researchers from the universities of Bristol and Birmingham, and Royal Holloway, University of London have recently returned from a second research trip to Ascension Island in the South Atlantic.

28 Aug 2015

TobyRich and Acal BFi Integrate OriginGPS Module into Nano Hornet Gaming Drone

Acal BFi, European leader in advanced technology solutions, have designed-in the Nano Hornet module from OriginGPS into the world's first smartphone-controlled gaming drone line by TobyRich.

28 Aug 2015

Trimble’s Multirotor Unmanned Aircraft System Transforms Geospatial-Based Mapping, Inspection Applications

Trimble announced today the ZX5 Multirotor Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), a new aerial imaging and workflow solution that captures and processes geo-referenced photo and video data for mapping, agriculture and inspection applications.

27 Aug 2015

Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper Spacecraft to Produce Detailed Map of the Moon’s Water Deposits

A spacecraft the size of a shoebox with Arizona origins will soon be orbiting our nearest neighbor to create a map of water-ice on the moon.

26 Aug 2015

Researchers Develop Radio-Tracking Drone to Locate Radio-Tagged Wildlife

Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) and The University of Sydney have developed a world-first radio-tracking drone to locate radio-tagged wildlife.

26 Aug 2015

Ohio UAS Conference: Cubic Global Defense to Highlight Manned/Unmanned Live, Virtual and Constructive Technology

Cubic Global Defense (CGD), a business unit of Cubic Corporation, today announced that Gary Kaczmarek, senior program manager of CGD, will highlight results from a report on manned/unmanned live, virtual and constructive (LVC) technology at the fourth annual Ohio UAS Conference held in Dayton, Ohio from August 25 – 26.

25 Aug 2015

AeroVironment Receives $47.1 Million Sustainment Orders for Raven and Puma UAS

AeroVironment, Inc. today announced receipt since May 1, 2015 of ten orders from the United States Army totaling $47.1 million for RQ-11B Raven® and RQ-20A Puma™AE unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) sustainment. This total value includes seven orders awarded on July 23 totaling $35,196,388.

25 Aug 2015