Weekend Roundup: April 3, 2020
This Week in the Unmanned Systems and Robotics World.
U.S. Marine Corps orders more than 140 of FLIR Systems’ Centaur UGVs
Through an $18.6 million contract sourced through the Dept. of Defense Man Transportable Robotic System Increment II (MTRS Inc II) program, the U.S. Marine Corps has ordered more than 140 of FLIR Systems’ Centaur UGVs, plus spares.
NWUAV partners with Inertial Labs to enhance UAS technologies and services offerings
Northwest UAV (NWUAV) is adding Inertial Labs' positioning, navigation, and orientation technologies to its list of UAS technologies and services, thanks to a recently announced partnership between the two companies.
Skyfire Consulting acquires majority stake in Maine-based drone company
Public safety UAS consulting group Skyfire Consulting has acquired a majority stake in a Maine-based drone design and manufacturing house called Viking UAS.
GA-ASI’s first production-representative MQ-9B SkyGuardian completes first flight
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced the completion of the first production-representative MQ-9B SkyGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA).
Milrem Robotics to deliver two UGVs to UK’s Defense Science and Technology Laboratory
Milrem Robotics has announced that it will deliver two UGVs to the United Kingdom’s Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL).
Huntington Ingalls Industries closes acquisition of Hydroid Inc.
On Thursday, March 26, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced that it had closed its acquisition of Hydroid Inc. HII says that the acquisition expands its capabilities in the “strategically important and rapidly growing” autonomous and unmanned maritime systems market.
UAVOS, KACST successfully demonstrate flight control system capability for Saker MALE UAS family
In collaboration with King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Saudi Arabia, UAVOS has developed and demonstrated a progressive flight control system capability for the Saker MALE UAS family.
Milrem Robotics’ UGVs to be equipped with IrvinGQ’s airdrop system
Aerial delivery technologies provider IrvinGQ has developed and tested an airdrop system that can be used to rapidly deploy Milrem Robotics’ UGV into warzones or large-scale terrain fires.
From Unmanned Systems magazine: From hobby to business: Creating a business map for new drone companies
The drone market of today is well over 40-years old, and yet it still feels a little like the wild, wild west in 2020. Why? What is collectively missing? What will get the drone market to the next level?