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Navy To Establish Drone ISR Services Through Basic Ordering Agreements

Rich Abott — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 22:01:47 +0000

Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) announced it plans to establish delivery orders for land and sea-based Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) services under four Basic Ordering […]

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 […]

DARPA Demos Autonomous C-UAS System to Target Multiple Drones

Kelsey Reichmann — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 20:24:27 +0000

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced on June 7 that its Mobile Force Protection (MFP) program recently demonstrated a counter unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) solution at Eglin Air […]

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 […]

JCO Solicits C-sUAS Systems for Next Semi-Annual Demonstration

Kelsey Reichmann — Wed, 12 May 2021 20:52:34 +0000

The Defense Department’s Joint Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS) Office (JCO) has released a white paper solicitation detailing technology areas they will be demonstrating at its second semi-annual demonstration at […]

Final Drone ID Rules Begin

Kelsey Reichmann — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 20:38:10 +0000

Final rules for drone remote identification (remote ID) and drone operations over people went into effect on Wednesday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The rules were unveiled in […]

JCO Completes First C-sUAS Demonstration

Kelsey Reichmann — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 20:30:26 +0000

The Defense Department’s Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office (JCO) tested counter-small unmanned aircraft systems (C-sUAS) from Aurora Flight Sciences, ELTA North America, and XTEND during its first semi-annual demonstration […]

AFRL Requests Proposals For $500 Million C-sUAS Technology Program

Kelsey Reichmann — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 18:09:16 +0000

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is requesting proposals for the development of counter unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) capabilities that will be used against commercial drones being used by adversaries, […]

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 […]

Air Force Looks to Hybrid Electric Solution for eVTOL and UAS Energy Concerns

Kelsey Reichmann — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 20:45:00 +0000

The Air Force is investing in LiquidPiston’s X-Engine technology to create a hybrid-electric propulsion system to power emerging technologies like unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and orbs, the company said on […]

5 Airports Selected by FAA for C-UAS Tests

Kelsey Reichmann — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 22:20:26 +0000

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected five airports to test unmanned aircraft system (UAS) detection and mitigation systems that will create future standards for countering UAS (C-UAS) use at […]

Army Looking for New High Energy Lasers for C-sUAS

Kelsey Reichmann — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 18:41:54 +0000

The Army has released a contract opportunity for high energy lasers (HELs) with a power and thermal subsystem and sensor package for Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft System (C-sUAS) capabilities to increase […]

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 […]

FAAD C2 Basis for DoD C-sUAS Effort

Kelsey Reichmann — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 19:18:20 +0000

The Forward Area Air Defense Command and Control (FAAD C2) system will be the basis for the Department of Defense’s (DoD) joint counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) effort, Army Maj. […]

FAA, NASA UAS Demonstrations Mark End of UTM Pilot Program

Kelsey Reichmann — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 18:28:27 +0000

The second phase of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) traffic management pilot program (UTM/UPP) ended with testing demonstrations in partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space […]

UAS Remote ID Could Come This Year

Kelsey Reichmann — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 16:28:41 +0000

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) might be able to release remote identification (ID) service for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in December, Steve Dickson, FAA administrator, said Wednesday during the virtual […]

FAA Making Progress On Counter-UAS Plans

Brian Garrett-Glaser — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 21:04:37 +0000

Members of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Drone Advisory Committee unanimously approved recommendations for the agency to consider regarding remote identification and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) security issues, which were highlighted […]