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Aurora flies sub-scale demonstrator of experimental plane

Apr 19, 2016 (UPI)

A sub-scale demonstrator of a vertical take-off and landing experimental plane has been successfully flown by Aurora Flight Sciences. The VTOL LightningStrike e...

Dronemeisters drone pilot directory creating buzz for master UAV operators

Apr 18, 2016 (SPX)

Dronemeisters, a brand-driven drone pilot directory showcasing the world's best UAV operators, has launched. The new drone pilot resource, with its edgy Droneme...

Malaysia procures Fulmar surveillance drones from Thales

Apr 18, 2016 (UPI)

Thales' Fulmar unmanned aerial system is being supplied to the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency to enhance the agency's surveillance capabilities. Fulmar, ...

General Atomics awarded dual drone contracts

Apr 15, 2016 (UPI)

General Atomics has been awarded two separate engineering contracts to maintain the U.S. Army's MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft. Under the first contract awa...

Rafael rolls out 'Drone Dome' anti-drone system

Apr 13, 2016 (UPI)

Israeli defense firm Rafael unveiled its latest anti-drone defensive system, which the company claims can track, target and destroy enemy unmanned aircraft with...

Pentagon wants drones to replace some US troops in Sinai

Apr 12, 2016 (AFP)

The Pentagon wants to cut the number of US peacekeeping troops in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, partly because of the growing threat from the Islamic State group, an...

Iran's new aerial drone makes maiden flight

Apr 12, 2016 (UPI)

Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps, or IRGC, on Tuesday unveiled its newest aerial surveillance drone during large-scale military exercises in the western part o...

Fixed-Wing Drones Own a Niche in Japan

Apr 06, 2016 (JPN)

While the advent of the Drone Age has seen the proliferation of multi-rotor machines of various sizes and shapes, 'old-style' fixed-wing drones are still in dem...

Sagem supplying Patroller drones to French Army

Apr 06, 2016 (UPI)

Sagem's Patroller unmanned aerial vehicle has been chosen for the French Army's tactical drone system program. A total of 14 Patroller UAVs will be supplied to ...

Gremlins takes flight to provide air-recoverable unmanned air systems

Apr 05, 2016 (SPX)

DARPA has awarded Phase 1 contracts for its Gremlins program, which seeks to develop innovative technologies and systems enabling aircraft to launch volleys of ...

Skilled drone pilots needed

Apr 04, 2016 (JPN)

Online and newspaper "Help Wanted" ads are likely to include a new kind of job listing in the near future: skilled drone pilots ready for immediate work on sola...

Nowhere to hide with drones over Tokyo

Apr 04, 2016 (JPN)

The next buzz among Tokyoites may not be the latest cell phone app or chic fashion trend, but the sound of an overhead drone on the prowl. Considering Japan's g...

Filling the gap at Air Force Reserve

Mar 23, 2016 (SPX)

Manned and remotely piloted aircraft and systems routinely fly over the Middle East, collecting information, however it takes intelligence analysts to identify ...

Drones promise to improve ecological monitoring

Mar 17, 2016 (UPI)

Researchers have already begun using drones for all kinds of ecological monitoring, but until now, scientists hadn't studied their efficacy. A basic question re...

Pentagon, Other Federal Agencies Use Drones for Domestic Surveillance

Mar 14, 2016 (Sputnik)

It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's Big Brother watching again! It all started a decade ago when the US border patrol began using surveillance drones to monitor...

Inside the Pentagon's Drone Proving Ground

Mar 10, 2016 (Sputnik)

Deep in the Nevada desert is a top secret, little-known US military facility known as Area 6, rumored to be the Pentagon's test ground for cutting-edge unmanned...

Researchers develop miniaturized fuel cell that makes drones fly more than 1 hour

Mar 10, 2016 (SPX)

Drones are used for various applications such as aero picturing, disaster recovery, and delivering. Despite attracting attention as a new growth area, the bigge...

Intelsat and L-3 demonstrate automatic beam switching for UAVs

Mar 08, 2016 (SPX)

Intelsat General Corporation and L-3 Communication Systems-West (L-3 CS-West) has announced the successful demonstration of new automatic beam switching technol...

White House to release data on drone strikes

Mar 07, 2016 (AFP)

The White House for the first time will release casualty figures from its controversial drone program, officials said on Monday, amid criticism that the airstri...

British engineers launch ground breaking drone defence technology

Mar 04, 2016 (SPX)

OpenWorks Engineering, a group of British engineers, has invented a system that offers security operators a ground-breaking alternative way to defeat nefarious ...