Military

DOD Demands Authority to Destroy Drones in Restricted Airspace

Privately owned drones routinely violate restricted airspace over military bases, ships and airfields. The Pentagon wants more authority to shoot them down, Defense Secretary James Mattis told lawmakers Wednesday. The military can disrupt or…

Regulation

Raytheon To Help New York Develop UTM Corridor

The Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance selected Raytheon as a key partner in the development of America's first and most advanced unmanned aircraft system-testing airspace corridor in New York. Raytheon's intelligence,…

Military

Airbus Helicopters Tests Man-Unmanned Teaming

Airbus Helicopters has successfully completed manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) capability tests with its H-145M helicopter and Austrian defense company Schiebel’s S-100 unmanned air system (UAS), the company said April 24. The tests between the H145…

Military

AUVSI: What is the Future of Military Drones?

Senior officials from across the U.S. military were gathered in Denver for AUVSI Xponential this week to discuss with industry what the U.S. Defense Department (DOD) wants to get out of drones…

Unmanned

Jeppesen and Kittyhawk Kick off Partnership by Tackling LAANC

Boeing-owned charting and information management company Jeppesen is partnering with drone operations software supplier Kittyhawk. The duo's first release is low area authorization and notification capability (LAANC) implementation into Kittyhawk's software, though…

Connectivity

DataPath Connects Drones with Deployable Satcom

Remote communications systems provider DataPath is releasing a new line of certified satellite solutions for the unmanned aircraft system (UAS) market. The specialized solutions span large ground stations, portable terminals, expert field support…