Unmanned Systems
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Business/FinancialBoeing HorizonX Invests In Drone Delivery Firm Matternet
Boeing’s [BA] year-old ventures unit on Tuesday announced its fourth investment in autonomous aircraft systems, leading a funding round in Matternet, a startup firm that has developed unmanned aircraft systems […]
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CongressSenate Panel Approves Counter Drone Bill But Johnson Cautions On Jurisdictional Hang-ups
A bill that would give legal authorities to the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice to counter threats posed by malicious drones in limited instances domestically was approved by a […]
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Navy/USMCRobotic Rotorcraft Brain Resupplies US Marines During Live Exercise
During a recent exercise in California, Marines at a simulated combat outpost were resupplied by a robotic rotorcraft that could locate, fly to and land at their position without human […]
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Business/FinancialBoeing’s Insitu Nabs $117 Million Contract To Provide UAS Services To Coast Guard
The Coast Guard late Wednesday awarded a potential $117.2 million contract to Boeing’s [BA] Insitu unit to provide contractor owned and operated small unmanned aircraft (sUAS) services aboard its fleet […]
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Business/FinancialBoeing Invests In Small Firm Supporting UAS Traffic Management
Boeing [BA] on Wednesday said its HorizonX Ventures arm invested in a small company that develops and supplies software for use in helping manage traffic of commercial unmanned aircraft systems […]
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Unmanned SystemsMarines Want Shipboard VTOL Drone For $20 Million A Copy
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Currently the only U.S. military service without a high-end unmanned aircraft, the U.S. Marine Corps is in the market for a high-altitude long-endurance drone that can launch […]
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CongressJohnson Wants Counter Drone Bill In Senate NDAA
A bipartisan bill introduced last month that would enable the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice to begin developing policies, procedures and capabilities for countering threats posed by unmanned aircraft […]
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PentagonNew Military Bases Added To List of No-Drone Zones
Responding to a request to enhance unmanned aircraft flight restrictions over military bases, the FAA recently made the airspace over three new Defense Department facilities no-drone zones and extended the […]
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CongressBipartisan Group Of Senators Introduce Counter Drone Bill To Protect Homeland Assets
A small bipartisan group of Senators on Monday introduced legislation that would give the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice authorities to defeat threats posed by unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) […]
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CongressCoast Guard Slammed For Being Slow To Adopt Blue Technologies
The top Republican and Democrat on a House panel that oversees policymaking for the Coast Guard on Tuesday criticized the service for taking too much time to adopt new technologies […]