AUVSI announce Green UAS certification for four fliers.
The Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) today announced that it has granted Green UAS certification to four new uncrewed aerial system (UAS) platforms: Ascent AeroSystems’ Spirit, AgEagle’s Ebee Tac, and Inspired Flight’s IF1200A and IF800 Tomcat. The certifications expand the Green approved list to better meet operational needs for …
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Dufour Aerospace achieves drone milestone; First-ever flight with series hybrid-electric engine from vertical takeoff to full-forward flight and back
Red Cat’s next generation Teal system will be the Army’s Program …
Red Cat Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: RCAT) (“Red Cat”), a leading American drone technology company, has been selected as the winner of the U.S. Army’s Short Range Reconnaissance (SRR) Program of Record. The production selection was made after a test and evaluation process of Teal’s next generation sUAS, completed by the …
Navigating the Drone Divide: NDAA, Blue, Green Compliance
Next year, 2025 there will be two types of drone business in America, those that have considered alternatives to DJI and Autel and those that have put their head's in the sand. The clock is ticking for agencies to prove and promulgate facts that show …
PDW Secures Over $15 Million in U.S. Army Contracts to Field …
Performance Drone Works (PDW) today announced it secured over $15.3 million in sales and contracts from the U.S. Army to supply its flagship C100 Group 2 Small Uncrewed Aircraft System (sUAS) in support of the Army's ‘Transformation in Contact’ initiative. The system will be deployed across multiple high-profile theaters, including Indo …
HOURGLASS: A New Era of Modular, Mass-Produced sUAS
Introducing HOURGLASS, a family of high-performance, multi-mission 3D-printed quadcopters.HOURGLASS can be mass-produced at scale by fewer people, at lower cost and with far more modular capability than comparable sUAS designs.Designed for FPV Warriors, HOURGLASS is powerful enough to carry a 6lb payload, and it is compact and durable enough to be carried with an assault…
USA-made UAV motors give buyers of banned China drone
The global unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) components and systems market has been roiled in recent years by contentious trade and national security concerns.. The latest hammer blow came as the US Department of Commerce banned T-MOTOR (Jiangxi Xintuo Enterprise Co. Ltd.), a major supplier of propulsion motors for US-built UAVs, or drones. T-Motor was one of several suppliers added to the US ...
Decision on Taking Countermeasures Against U.S. Military …
(Issued on October 10, 2024 as Decree of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China No.13, effective as of October 10, 2024) Recently, the U.S. made an announcement on providing substantial military assistance to China’s Taiwan region. This seriously violates the one-China principle and the three China-U.S. Joint Communiqués, interferes in China’s…
Autel and JOUAV Blacklisting Signals Tougher U.S. Stance on …
Some interesting drone companies join the US Department of Defense list of entities which qualify as Chinese military companies. While Autel is likely to garner the most immediate attention, other Chinese drone manufacturers are also impacted by this listing. Companies like CH UAV and AVIC, known for larger-scale projects, and JOUAV, a prominent player in…
Sensor-to-Shooter: Flies Like a UAS, Strikes Like a Missile
While unreliable and relatively cheap loitering munitions have become more and more in use in current battlefields, Elbit Systems' robust SkyStriker aims to shift the paradigm Seek-and-destroy missions have long been central to military strategy, aimed at quickly locating and neutralizing enemy assets and threats. Traditionally, these operations involved advanced sensors and combat ...