UST drones – 18.01.2021 – Netline has unveiled a new a rapid deployment (RD) tactical drone jamming solution, the DroneNet RD Jammer. The compact solution meets US Military Standards (MIL-STD), offers superior performance and fast, easy deployment. The DroneNet RD Jammer is the latest addition to the DroneNet family of comprehensive solutions designed to prevent unauthorized drones entering protected airspace, such as over deployed military forces, over strategic facilities, or in VIP protection arenas, whether on the move or stationary. Easy to operate, assemble and transport, the DroneNet RD jammer can be quickly deployed, mounted on a tripod mast, by a small tactical operating team… lire l’article
L’Usine Digitale – 18.01.2021 – A l’issue d’un appel à manifestation d’intérêt international lancé par ADP, la RATP et Choose Paris, 30 entreprises spécialisées dans la mobilité urbaine aérienne ont été choisies pour mener des expérimentations dès juin 2021 sur l’aérodrome de Pontoise, en Ile-de-France. Des industriels, tels qu’Airbus et Dassault Aviation, comme des start-up ont été sélectionnés. Des VTOL feront des démonstrations de vols lors des Jeux Olympiques de 2024, avant le déploiement d’une offre de commercialisation en 2030. Le groupe ADP (aéroports de Paris), la RATP et Choose Paris Region viennent de révéler les lauréats de l’appel à manifestation d’intérêt international (AMI) lancé en septembre dernier. Une trentaine d’entreprises rejoignent donc Velecopter, le premier acteur qui testera son taxi volant VoloCity à l’aérodrome de Pontoise, inauguré le 30 septembre dernier… lire l’article
DefenseNews – 19.01.2021 – WASHINGTON – The U.S. Navy and General Atomics in November used sonobuoys dropped from an MQ-9A Block V Reaper to track a simulated submarine target on a U.S. Navy Pacific test range, in what GA says is the first time an aerial drone has deployed a self-contained anti-submarine warfare system. The Reaper deployed a mix of 10 sonobuoys – deployed to measure water conditions and monitor for targets – then received and transmitted the data in real time to a monitoring station at Laguna Flight Operations Facility located at Yuma Proving Grounds in California… lire l’article
UAS weekly – 18.01.2021 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is working with Leonardo to integrate the Leonardo Seaspray 7500E V2 radar into the centerline radar pod of its MQ-9B SeaGuardian remotely-piloted aircraft system (RPAS). The integration of this market-leading radar onto the SeaGuardian will enable persistent maritime ISR and is available to our international customer base. GA-ASI’s MQ-9B is revolutionizing the long-endurance RPAS market by providing all-weather capability and compliance with STANAG-4671 (NATO airworthiness standard for Unmanned Aircraft Systems). These features, along with an operationally proven collision-avoidance radar, enables flexible operations in civil airspace. SeaGuardian has a multi-mode maritime surface-search radar with Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR) imaging mode, an Automatic Identification System (AIS) receiver, and a High-Definition… lire l’article
UAS weekly – 18.01.2021 – With nearly 95,000 miles of domestic coastline, NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey faces a daunting task. Under current FAA regulations, unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operators are required to keep their aircraft within visual line of sight, making coastline surveys time-consuming and arduous, having to tediously map 2-mile segments at a time, and then relocate to the next operating area. To address this challenge NOAA has selected Black Swift Technologies (BST) to develop commercially viable technology enabling GPS-denied navigation of UAS—technology critical in enabling long distance, beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flights. “Enabling BVLOS operations in the National Airspace System is largely an issue of improved sensing,” states Jack Elston, Ph.D., CEO of Black Swift Technologies… lire l’article
Drones Today – 14.01.2021 – During CES 2021, French drone supplier Icarus Swarms revealed a brand-new UAS product targeting protection as well as emergency situation first-response markets. A business agent claims the brand-new line is “based on a pioneering technology using intelligent pathfinding algorithms and microdrones coordinated in a swarm.” Icarus authorities wish the brand-new modern technology will certainly “transform” army as well as authorities methods when replying to emergency situation circumstances by releasing throngs of approximately 50 self-governing drones… lire l’article
WindPower – 18.01.2021 – In the aftermath of a natural disaster, drones can be critical tools for first responders and recovery workers. As an eye in the sky, drones provide situational awareness that helps response teams target critical locations even when roads are blocked and areas remain dangerous. One of the largest U.S. electric and gas utilities recognizes cost and time savings to be just a few of the key benefits of using drones for tasks such as power line repair following severe wind events. During post-Hurricane Maria restoration work, Southern Company pulled 72,000 ft of rope for conductor wire using drones — a project that previously would have taken six to eight months was completed in just eight weeks… lire l’article
ASDNews – 18.01.2021 – Today, Skyfish announced the formal launch of their advanced autonomous work drone platform. This includes work drones, Skyfish M4 and Skyfish M6, a long-lasting battery system and a unique ruggedized remote controller. Also, Skyfish has a partnership with Sony® and supports the Sony® Alpha series of A7 cameras including the Sony A7 iv, Sony A7 iii, Sony A7 ii, the Sony QX series, the Sony R10C, and others. During its R&D stealth mode years, Skyfish launched successful pilot programs with industry leading organizations. Skyfish is particularly proud of the work they’ve done in the cellular tower industry. “We’ve designed a state-of-the-art drone system for inspecting and scanning cell towers, and with our partner, Bentley Systems, we produce the best 3D reality model results in the world today,” said Dr. Orest Pilskalns, CEO of Skyfish… lire l’article
UAS weekly – 16.01.2021 – In a recent flight test, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) integrated a Lockheed Martin Legion Pod® onto an Avenger Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) demonstrating enhanced autonomous sensing capabilities for an unmanned aircraft. Taking less than three months for the Legion Pod integration to move from concept to flight, the 90-minute captive-carry flight test verified mechanical interfaces and aerodynamics safety of flight for the aircraft. “Our flight demonstration revealed the quick reaction capabilities of the Avenger RPA,” said GA-ASI Vice President of Strategic Development J.R. Reid. “From software and hardware architecture implementation to sensor integration, the Avenger is a great platform for delivering critical capabilities.”… lire l’article
Indian Defence News – 18.01.2021 – The Indian Army has enhanced its drone capabilities, inducting 75 indigenous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that can also be used for combat missions to target enemy positions. The combat drones that were part of the ‘swarm technology’ display at the Army Day Parade on January 15 have been inducted in phases since August 2020, boosting army’s surveillance capabilities and also bringing in an element of surprise to carry out targeted strikes to assist troops on the ground. Initially, only five of these drones were bought in August 2020 but in the last few months, as tensions escalated with China in Ladakh and spiking ceasefire violations by Pakistan at the Line of Control (LoC), more of these were purchased, officials said… lire l’article
Marine Insight – 15.01.2021 – RIMS (Robotics in Maintenance Strategies) BV, an established class approved supplier of UAV inspections in the maritime industry have created Global Drone Inspection (GDI), to focus on the drone and ROV element of the business. GDI will sit alongside RIMS, but with a different service portfolio offering. GDI will provide all the services around inspections of assets by drones and ROVs, including 3D modelling, while RIMS will continue to support clients with the development and integration of new technologies within their maintenance strategies. David Knukkel, CEO, GDI & RIMS said: “With GDI, we aim to provide a centre of expertise in remote inspection technology which can be easily found by clients who need a specialist in this domain… lire l’article
Ouest France – 17.01.2021 – À quel point le détroit du Pas-de-Calais est pollué par le trafic maritime ? C’est ce qu’a souhaité savoir la direction des affaires maritimes en menant une étude expérimentale du 23 septembre au 18 décembre 2020. Un drone renifleur a ainsi survolé la mer pour mesurer les émissions dans le panache des gaz d’échappement des cheminées des bateaux. Vérifier les taux de soufre : basé au Cross Gris-Nez, ce drone a été mis à la disposition de la France par l’Union européenne, via un partenariat avec l’Agence européenne pour la sécurité maritime (AESM)… lire l’article
FAA – 15.01.2021 – American Robotics proposed to station the Scout UA in fields at pre-surveyed sites for extended durations, performing flight operations without the need to have a pilot co-located on site with the small UA. Operations under the requested exemption would only occur in Class G airspace in areas having light air traffic, in daylight visual meteorological conditions (VMC), and would be limited to 400 feet above ground level (AGL). Individual missions would occur within the boundaries of controlled access farmland (or similar rural, controlled-access environments) owned or controlled by American Robotics’ customers.
American Robotics applied for a waiver under part 107 to allow American Robotics to operate the Scout UAS beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) of the remote pilot in command (PIC). The FAA issued two waivers 107W-2019-05256 and 107W-2020-01574, both of which permit operations BVLOS but require a remote PIC on site. Neither waiver excused the remote PIC from being on site with the aircraft for the purpose of conducting a preflight assessment. As a result, American Robotics submitted a petition for exemption, as described herein… lire le communiqué
La Tribune – 15.01.2021 – « Le Défi Mermoz », voilà le nom de projet associant l’Isae-Supaero et la PME toulousaine Delair. Leur ambition commune ? Concevoir un drone alimenté par de l’hydrogène liquide afin de traverser l’Atlantique sans escale, comme Jean Mermoz en 1930. Seulement, le duo doit trouver sept millions d’euros pour mener à bien ce projet et il compte ainsi sur les géants de l’aéronautique. En cas de succès de la mission, des briques technologiques pourraient être utiles dans l’optique d’un avion à zéro émission en 2035. L’union fait la force ? C’est en tout cas le choix opéré par le concepteur de drones toulousain Delair, l’un des leaders mondiaux sur le sujet, et l’Isae-Supaero, l’une des meilleures écoles au monde en matière d’ingénierie aérospatiale. Jusqu’à présent, tous deux ont fait chemin séparé sur la question de l’hydrogène, avec la DGA pour Delair et H3 Dynamics pour l’établissement de formation. Désormais, les deux acteurs du secteur aéronautique s’apprêtent à relever ensemble « le Défi Mermoz« , du nom qu’ils ont attribué à leur projet collaboratif… lire l’article
Le Mamouth – 14.01.2021 – La commission nationale informatique est liberté a rendu une décision définitive le 12 janvier 2021 : elle ordonne au ministère de l’intérieur « de cesser tout vol de drone jusqu’à ce qu’un cadre normatif l’autorise ». Elle explique avoir « sanctionné le ministère de l’Intérieur pour avoir utilisé de manière illicite des drones équipés de caméras, notamment pour surveiller le respect des mesures de confinement. » Assez curieusement, le minarm, pourtant lui aussi gros utilisateur de drones n’est pas concerné par cet écrit. Le minarm utilise ses drones pour des vols d’entraînement mais reconnaît régulièrement qu’ils sont aussi utilisés sur le territoire national. Quand les préfets le demandent, mais aussi dans d’autres cas. Qui on l’a compris, pour l’instant n’intéressent pas la CNIL. Pour l’instant, quand on lit bien entre les lignes de la CNIL qu’il est important de toutes lire : « À l’issue d’une procédure de contrôle initiée en mai 2020, la formation restreinte, organe de la CNIL chargé de prononcer les sanctions, a rappelé à l’ordre le ministère de l’Intérieur pour avoir procédé à des vols de drones équipés de caméras en dehors de tout cadre légal… lire l’article
Bloomberg Quint – 15.01.2021 – Amazon.com Inc. is opening warehouses and shipping hubs in the U.S. at the rate of about one every 24 hours. The ultimate aim is to ensure that virtually every product the company sells is a van ride—and eventually a drone flight—away from customers’ homes. And yet, last week Amazon announced it was buying 11 Boeing 767-300 jets for its air-cargo division, mostly to get products to Prime subscribers. Despite creating algorithms to anticipate shoppers’ needs and opening all those warehouses, Amazon can’t meet its one- and two-day shipping pledge to customers without an ever-expanding fleet of pricey jets. That reality has become clearer since the pandemic fueled a surge in online shopping that has strained the resources of United Parcel Service Inc., FedEx Corp. and the U.S. Postal Service… lire l’article
Europe 1 – 18.01.2021 – Les taxis volants – des drones hélicoptères destinés au transport des particuliers -, n’ont jamais été aussi proches : les lauréats de l’appel à manifestation en Île-de-France ont été annoncés. Parmi eux, des startups mais aussi des mastodontes de l’industrie aéronautique qui doivent préparer ce service pour 2024. C’est l’un des joker de l’Île-de-France pour assurer la fluidité des transports lors des Jeux Olympiques de 2024 de Paris. Les taxis volants – des drones hélicoptères prêts à sillonner les routes aériennes – sont de plus en plus proches : les lauréats de l’appel à manifestation d’intérêt sont en effet annoncés. Europe 1 vous révèle en exclusivité les acteurs économiques qui travailleront sur ce projet… lire l’article
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