CommercialDrone Demos Power Line Monitoring Using Rockwell Collins Data Link The industry has taken another step toward safe beyond-line-of-sight unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operations. Rockwell Collins said it, along with Black & Veatch, successfully demonstrated a flight of this nature along nearly 10…
CommercialMicrosoft Tests Artificial Intelligence on its Drone in Nevada Microsoft is testing artificial intelligence on a 16.5-foot, 12.5-pound sailplane in Nevada, the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems (NIAS) said. Microsoft’s unmanned aerial system (UAS) research team has collaborated with NIAS and…
MilitaryUS Army Wants to Partner with Aurora Flight Sciences for Drones The U.S. Army Research Laboratory is interested in unmanned aircraft systems from Aurora Flight Sciences. The Virginia-based engineering firm hosted a visit from some Army aerospace engineers earlier this month, the Army…
MilitaryUS Defense Issues Guidance on Civil Use of Drones Around Military Installations The U.S. Defense Dept. has issued guidance concerning the civil use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). According to the department, a Pentagon spokesman said that drones have raised department concerns “for the…
MilitaryDJI Unsure Why US Army Stopped Use of Its Drones A U.S. Army memorandum has directed the stoppage of use of all DJI (Dà-Jiāng Innovations) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) technology within the service, sUAS News reported. The memo, as reported by sUAS…
CommercialAirbus Defence and Space Tests Jet-Propelled Drone Demonstrator Airbus Defence and Space’s unmanned jet-propelled demonstrator has been successfully tested, Airbus said. Under the SAGITTA project, the drone flew autonomously for seven minutes over the test site in Overberg, South Africa.…
MilitaryNavair Tests Wide-Area Motion Imagery Sensor Onboard Drone A wide-area motion imagery (WAMI) sensor has successfully completed testing onboard a Navmar Applied Sciences Corp. TigerShark unmanned aircraft system (UAS), Logos Technologies said. The test of the company’s Redkite sensor was…
CommercialMitre Calls for Drone Pilots to Participate in CAASD Research Mitre Corp. is calling for unmanned aircraft system pilots to assist with research, the company said. Mitre’s nonprofit Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD), which conducts research for the FAA, is…
CommercialGeneral Atomics Becomes Pro Line Fusion Customer for UAS Ground Control Station General Atomics Aeronautical Systems is bringing its Predator B unmanned aircraft system (UAS), known as the MQ-9 Reaper to the U.S. Air Force, to the civilian market as the MQ-9B SkyGuardian. Needing…
ATM ModernizationGoogle Demos UTM, Talks Connected Aircraft Strategy Google’s Partnership Development Manager Max Coppin occupied the first keynote speaker slot on the last day of the Global Connected Aircraft Summit in Arlington, Virginia, June 9. The topic of conversation was…