Empire Drone Company receives FAA certification to use UAS for crop spraying
Fulton, New York's Empire Drone Company (EDC) recently received a Part 137 certification from the FAA that allows the company to use UAS to spray crops.
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AFRL, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions complete fourth flight test of XQ-58A Valkyrie UAS
On Jan. 23, 2020, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and its partner Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. successfully completed the fourth flight test of the XQ-58A Valkyrie low-cost UAS demonstrator at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona.
GA-ASI begins Multi-Domain Operations demonstrations with Gray Eagle Extended Range UAS
Using a company-owned Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) UAS, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) completed the first in a series of internally-funded Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) demonstrations on Nov. 19, 2019, the company has announced.
Boeing, Tactical Robotics partner to explore development of ducted fan propulsion technology
Boeing has signed an agreement with Urban Aeronautics' subsidiary Tactical Robotics to explore the development of a ducted fan propulsion technology, which could potentially be used for piloted and autonomous light aircraft.
Dynetics’ X-61A Gremlins Air Vehicle completes first flight
Dynetics, the performer for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Gremlins program, has announced that in Nov. 2019, it successfully flew its X-61A Gremlins Air Vehicle (GAV) for the first time at Dugway Proving Ground near Salt Lake City, Utah.
Mavoljic Technology’s new camera allows UAS developers to get high resolution jello free stable videos
Mavoljic Technology’s new Full HD 30x Optical Zoom Global Shutter Camera is now available. Described as the lightest camera of its kind in the world, the camera allows UAS developers to obtain high resolution jello free stable videos.
Printing the future: Cobra Aero rethinks designing for additive manufacturing with nTopology
By Lynn Manning When a fast-growing company designs and manufactures some 2,000 small engines per year, it likes to stay abreast of the latest digital-engineering tools. Yet Sean Hilbert, president of Cobra Aero, is also adamant that the final proof of the integrity of every power and propulsion product he creates for his drone and... Continue reading
Simlat delivers small UAS simulation platform to FAA UAS simulation lab
Simlat has announced the delivery of its small UAS simulation platform to the UAS simulation lab at the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center (WJHTC) NextGen Integration & Evaluation Capability (NIEC).
Silent Falcon UAS E1 surpasses 500 hours of successful flight testing and operations
Silent Falcon UAS Technologies (SFUAS) has announced that the Silent Falcon E1 UAS has completed 500 hours of successful flight testing and operations.
Schiebel’s Camcopter S-100 UAS provides situational information during toxic pollution crisis in Malaysia
During the Kim Kim river toxic pollution crisis in Malaysia last year, Schiebel’s Camcopter S-100 UAS was used to provide critical situational information, the company has announced.