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Sweden Selects French Parrot Drone for Home Guard

Sweden has selected a drone from French company Parrot for its Home Guard military reserve unit. The project stipulated the procurement of Parrot’s Anafi USA small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which is specifically designed to meet US Army requirements. The…

Heinkel He 162 – Germany’s Desperation Fighter

The Heinkel He162 was one of Nazi Germany’s last ditch attempts to win back the control of the skies with a cheap jet fighter capable of being flown by almost anyone. Like all the other weapons it came too late…

Tower 22 ‘Logistics Outpost’ in Jordan is a Drone Base

Tower 22, the U.S. base in Jordan where three American service members were killed last month, is not simply a “logistics support base,” as the Pentagon has described it. What the Pentagon hasn’t mentioned is that Tower 22 is also…

Canadian Russian Pleads Guilty to Exporting Technology to Russia

A Canadian Russian woman has pleaded guilty for her role in a multimillion-dollar scheme to send electronics to Russia for military use in the war against Ukraine. Kristina Puzyreva, who has lived in Montreal, pleaded guilty in federal court in Brooklyn, N.Y.,…

DARPA’s REMA Program to Add Mission Autonomy to Commercial Drones

Commercial drone technology is advancing rapidly, providing cost-effective and robust capabilities for a variety of civil and military missions. DARPA’s Rapid Experimental Missionized Autonomy (REMA) program aims to enable a drone to autonomously continue its predefined mission when connection to…

BlueHalo and Eqlipse Technologies Combine to Improve Defense Technology Offer

BlueHalo announced that it will acquire Eqlipse Technologies, a provider of differentiated products and solutions to the Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC). Bolstered by Eqlipse’s high-end technical talent and suite of innovative products, BlueHalo will deliver enhanced…

Azerbaijan Opens Facilities for New Akinci Drone

Azerbaijan has opened a training facility and hanger for a new Akinci drone, confirming the country bought the Turkish-made combat system. The February 9 ceremony also involved a flight of the Akinci, according to the Azeri government. The chief technology…

Terento , Dusk in the Pusteria Valley

Terento , Dusk in the Pusteria Valley – 2019 Mavic 2 pro The post Terento , Dusk in the Pusteria Valley appeared first on DRONESTAG.

GeoCue and CHC Navigation Unveil TrueView 540: LiDAR Innovation

GeoCue and CHC Navigation Unveil TrueView 540 at Geo Week 2024 GeoCue, a leading provider of geospatial hardware and software, and CHC Navigation, a pioneer in precision positioning solutions, have announced the launch of the TrueView 540 at Geo Week…

5 Reasons Your Drone Needs RTK: DRONELIFE Exclusive from Point One

DRONELIFE presents this guest post by Mark Wilkerson, Product Manager at Point One Navigation, providing a centimeter-accurate positioning system. In this piece, Mark lays out the reasons that RTK might be right for your commercial drone application.  DRONELIFE neither accepts…

Countering CCP Drones Act hearing weighs ban on Chinese-made drones

Tomorrow will be a big day for the drone industry — and particularly people who use DJI or other Chinese-made drones. That’s because the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight will hold a hearing on Thursday, February…

UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía Unveils GNSS-Denied Navigation Kit

UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía, an innovative provider of navigation solutions, has unveiled its latest product, the GNSS-Denied Navigation Kit. This revolutionary solution is specifically designed to thrive in GNSS- denied environments, offering unparalleled navigation capabilities in challenging scenarios. The new GNSS-Denied…

Radar Drones Could Revolutionise Flood and Drought Management

Experts at Cranfield University are leading a two-year project which combines Synthetic Aperture Radar with uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV). Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) uses radio waves to make detailed images of the Earth’s surface. It bounces waves off objects, measures…