MilitaryAir Force Aims to Overwhelm Opposition with Expendable Drones Pentagon scientists are trying to beat the cost curve the military likely will encounter in future wars by designing low-cost, expendable unmanned aircraft and munitions that can overwhelm enemy defenses without breaking…
UnmannedMost Drone Flights Will Be Autonomous by 2022: Study The commercial unmanned aircraft services (UAS) market is experiencing a steady economic expansion due to disruptive innovations such as autonomous platforms, transitional drones and hybrid propulsion. Frost & Sullivan expects that by…
CommercialBoeing Invests in Drone Radar with Fortem Boeing is funding the development of advanced radar systems through its HorizonX subsidiary’s investment in Fortem Technologies. Fortem Technologies offers airspace awareness solutions using radar that is low in size, weight and…
CommercialAutonomous in Australia: Boeing Partners with Queensland to Develop Drones Boeing has a new partnership with the Queensland government to develop autonomous vehicle systems in Australia. The company said the Australia-based autonomous systems development program would be its largest outside of the…
CommercialTalking Shooting Star Drones With Intel's Natalie Cheung You probably remember the Olympic rings hanging in the air during the opening ceremony, like a set of perfectly placed, everlasting fireworks. Or, if you're one of the 112 million people who…
CommercialLockheed Martin to Launch Versatile Drone-Control Program A piece of software that can control any unmanned vehicle from anywhere in the world sounds like a McGuffin from a Bond film. Lockheed Martin is making that a reality. Its new…
RegulationDrone Solutions Prove Tricky Task for FAA, Industry Drones flew too close to manned aircraft 1,200 times in 2015, according to the FAA. In 2016, that number jumped to 1,800 times. In 2017, there was an actual collision between an…
CommercialDrone Demos Delivery in Airbus' Singapore Skyways Project An Airbus vehicle has successfully left its dock to be loaded with a package, navigated to its destination and deposited the parcel at the designated drop-off point. If this sounds commonplace so…
CommercialAirbus Testing Unmanned Package Delivery in Singapore Airbus plans to use unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to test unmanned package delivery in Singapore in the first half of 2018. The project, called Skyways, is being conducted in partnership with the…
CommercialBoeing's New Electric Cargo Drone Could Transport 500 Pounds Boeing has a design for a cargo drone. The manufacturer said this new unmanned, electric, vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft prototype is also a test bed for future vehicles. "This flying cargo air vehicle…