Unmanned Systems
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CongressDHS S&T Nominee Plugs Counter UAS Bill
Legislation in the Senate permitting the use of technology to defeat potential threats from drones is necessary to enable the testing and evaluation of these technologies in operationally relevant environments, […]
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BudgetCoast Guard Cancels Tech Demo Of Long-Range UAS
The Coast Guard on Tuesday said it is canceling plans for to conduct a land-based technology demonstration of long-range unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) because the funding for the project has […]
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Homeland SecurityMQ-9 Helping California National Guard Fight Fires In Combat Zone-Like Conditions
Amidst heavy smoke, “fire tornadoes,” and combat-zone like conditions, the California Army National Guard (CANG) is relying on the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle to relay critical video and thermal […]
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Business/FinancialL3 Acquires UAS Company With Technology For Fixed-Wing And Vertical Flight
L3 Technologies [LLL] in late June acquired Latitude Engineering, a small company that has developed technology to enable unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to take off and land vertically and also […]
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Unmanned SystemsGeneral Atomics To Quadruple Footprint At U.S. Drone Research Park
Drone maker General Atomics will nearly quadruple its footprint in the Grand Forks, N.D., industrial park dedicated to unmanned aerial systems research and development. GA Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) currently occupies […]
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Homeland Security
Nielsen Heads To North Dakota For UAS Briefings
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Thursday will be in North Dakota to discuss border operations and receive briefings on unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and the development of technologies to […]
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InternationalSierra Nevada, Israel Aerospace Industries Developing New UAS For U.S. Market
Sierra Nevada Corp. announced Tuesday it has signed an agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to develop a new tactical Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for […]
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CongressWhite House Gives Support To Senate Counter Drone Bill
The White House late Tuesday issued a statement of support for a bill circulating in the Senate that would give the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security limited authorities to […]
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Business/FinancialBoeing Working With SparkCognition On Unmanned Traffic Management Solutions
Boeing [BA] on Tuesday said it is working with a small company it invested in last year to provide traffic management solutions for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Boeing said it […]
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Unmanned SystemsArmy Taps Raytheon Drone-Radar Combo For Urgent Counter-UAS Capability
The U.S. Army will use Raytheon’s [RTN] Coyote unmanned aircraft system and the KRFS radar, as a near-term counter-unmanned aircraft system (UAS) capability to protect deployed units from enemy drones. Raytheon has delivered 40 […]