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Volansi Demonstrates Fully Autonomous Drone Delivery with Navy and Coast Guard

Kelsey Reichmann — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 20:26:11 +0000

The Silicon Valley drone delivery company Volansi completed the first-ever completely autonomous maritime drone delivery demonstration with the Navy and Coast Guard on July 18 near Key West, Fla., Will […]

Israeli MoD Uses Airborne Laser to Counter Drones

Kelsey Reichmann — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 17:06:44 +0000

The Israeli Ministry of Defense (MoD) performed tests of an airborne high-powered laser system from Elbit Systems [ESLT] to take down multiple unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAVs), the MoD announced in […]

Insitu Forms Partnership for Drone Operations in the Arctic

Kelsey Reichmann — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 17:51:26 +0000

Insitu, a Boeing [BA] subsidiary, has formed a partnership with two Norwegian companies, Robot Aviation and Andøya Space, to build an unmanned aviation ecosystem made for the Arctic and High […]

Final Drone Rules Start In April, FAA Announces

Kelsey Reichmann — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 17:41:48 +0000

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced the final effective date of April 21, 2021, for drone remote identification (Remote ID), operations over people, moving vehicles, and night flight rules […]

FTUAS Key Capabilities Include Runway Independence, Army Says

Kelsey Reichmann — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:50:36 +0000

The Army’s Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (FTUAS) will fill a gap in current UAS systems by including key capabilities like vertical takeoff, reduced size and footprint, and faster setup […]

Executive Order for Security Assessment of Foreign-Made Drones

Kelsey Reichmann — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 21:56:46 +0000

President Trump issued an executive order on Jan. 18 that instructs federal agencies to assess the risks of the procurement and use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from foreign drone […]

UAS Service Suppliers Discuss Comments on FAA’s Remote ID Proposal

Brian Garrett-Glaser — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 19:18:28 +0000

The Federal Aviation Administration is working through more than 53,000 comments on its proposed approach to remote identification for remote aircraft and hopes to issue a final ruling before the […]

Counter-UAS Market Expanding Rapidly As Leaders Push for Near-Term Solutions

Brian Garrett-Glaser — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 21:20:11 +0000

The global market for systems to defend against unmanned aircraft is growing rapidly as top Pentagon officials and members of Congress continue to prioritize their development and deployment across military […]

$1 Billion Market for North American Drones Opens Due to Government Restrictions, Draganfly CEO Says

Frank Wolfe — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 19:34:16 +0000

U.S. government restrictions on foreign drones have opened up a $1 billion market for North American manufacturers, according to the CEO of Saskatchewan-based Draganfly Inc. On Oct. 30, the Department […]

Companies Developing Lethal Autonomous Weapons, As Groups Seek Ban

Frank Wolfe — Mon, 02 Dec 2019 21:07:43 +0000

Dozens of defense companies are developing lethal autonomous weapons (LAWS), as humanitarian groups seek to build international support for a treaty to ban them, according to a recent report. LAWS, […]

Report: No Data Leakage from DJI Drones ‘At a Glance’

Brian Garrett-Glaser — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 22:09:28 +0000

A DHS-funded report examining information security risks associated with drones found no evidence of data leakage, or the ability for data to be covertly retrieved, from two DJI models that […]

PODCAST: Counter-UAS Systems — Keeping Drones Off the Runway

Brian Garrett-Glaser — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 15:56:32 +0000

As drone proliferate, both clueless operators and those with criminal intent pose a threat to airports and other critical infrastructure. In April 2019, more than a thousand flights were delayed […]

House Committee Passes Bill Preventing DHS from Buying Chinese Drones

Brian Garrett-Glaser — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 20:32:47 +0000

A bill passed unanimously through the House Homeland Security Committee would prevent numerous U.S. government agencies from purchasing drones manufactured in certain countries, including China. The Drone Origin Security Enhancement […]