Strategic Benefits of Aerostats for Persistent Surveillance in the Age of Drones (Multi-Video)
Guest Op-Ed By Matt McNiel, TCOM, L.P.
Unmanned aerial systems (UAS or, more colloquially, drones) are tremendously useful military assets capable of a variety of non-military applications – from monitoring hurricanes to...
Drone Aviation Delivers WASP Tactical Aerostats to US DoD (Videos)
Drone Aviation, a manufacturer of tethered drones and lighter-than-air aerostats, and Finalist in the 2018 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards Program, has delivered its multi-mission capable tactical Winch Aerostat Small Platform (WASP) to the...
FAA Clears DJI & 8 Other Industry Partners to Fly Near Airports (Videos)
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved nine new partners to its Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) initiative, an innovative collaboration between the FAA and the drone industry that provides near...
Pentagon to Start Drilling into Details for US Space Command (Multi-Video)
By Sandra Erwin, Space News
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford is pushing ahead with plans to establish a U.S. Space Command.
He will schedule a series of tabletop...
SpotterRF Goes for Hat Trick in 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Awards (Learn More, Video)
SpotterRF, the leader in low cost compact surveillance radar (CSR), and an 'ASTORS' Award Winner for Two Consecutive Years in the Annual ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program, is pleased to announce the company's 3D-500, the First Full Dome...
Self-Deploying Drone Pilots a Problem for Hurricane Response Efforts
By Christopher Todd, sUAS News
Last year’s hurricane season was a benchmark year for the role of drones in emergency management.
Harvey, Irma, and Maria all had varying characteristics that served well to...
SOCOM Seeking Technologies for War in a Post-Cyberpunk Era (Multi-Video)
By Kelsey Atherton, C4ISRNET
The great trick of computers is that they enable people to be more than human.
In a new request for information, the U.S. Special Operations Command is looking for...
USAF GPS III SV01 Satellite Shipped for Cape Canaveral Launch (Videos)
It is a part of our lives every day and over a billion people depend on this technology.
GPS, unlike any other military program, has expanded into the commercial market, becoming a...
Rockwell Collins-ESA NVCD Helmets to US Navy (Learn More, Multi-Video)
By John Keller, Military & Aeronautics Electronics
Combat avionics experts at Rockwell Collins-ESA Vision Systems in Fort Worth, Texas, will provide the U.S. Navy with 120 head-up helmet-mounted displays for high-performance jet fighter-bombers under terms of...
MD Nat’l Guard Special Ops Triumph in Int’l Airborne Competition (Video)
Leapfest is the largest, longest standing, international static line parachute training event and competition.
The purpose of the competition is to promote the camaraderie and Esprit de Corps of the Airborne Soldier...
