Lockheed Martin has announced its latest entry in its UAS portfolio of products, the OUTRIDER, designed to provide enhanced Situational Awareness (SA) in environments where launching a conventional UAV is not practical. The drone has been designed with a patented launch canister and has a high degree of wind tolerance. The OUTRIDER can be launched from ground, surface, air … [Read more...] about Lockheed Martin Announces Canister Launched Drone
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The Top 5 Drones for Inspections
Inspections are a major application for drones, but the type of equipment chosen depends upon the type of inspection required. "Inspections" can mean anything from a basic real estate job requiring images of a steep roof to the complex inspection of an energy installation: and the drones required for each application differ significantly. Dyan Gibbens, one of the founders … [Read more...] about The Top 5 Drones for Inspections
Report: Anti-drone Industry Will Hit $1B mark by 2022
We’ve all heard about the exponential growth of the commercial drone market. But, as Newton said, every action has an equal but opposite reaction and such wisdom is especially true in the anti-drone market. According to a new study by India-based business-intelligence firm MarketsandMarkets, the anti-drone market is expected to grow to a billion-dollar industry within six … [Read more...] about Report: Anti-drone Industry Will Hit $1B mark by 2022
Lockheed Martin’s Drone Traffic Control System for Fire Fighting
Lockheed Martin announced in a press release yesterday that it has demonstrated its air traffic control system for drones, showing that two unmanned aerial systems working together could be used to fight fires, while maintaining contact with air traffic control. The demonstration used two military grade drones, the smaller Stalker XE UAS and the unmanned K-MAX cargo … [Read more...] about Lockheed Martin’s Drone Traffic Control System for Fire Fighting
Database Reveals Commercial Niche for Military Drones
A partnership between the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College and the Verge news-site has spawned a massive database project to track all 500 companies that have been granted Section 333 exemptions by the FAA to fly drones for commercial use. While only standing at about 100 in April, the number of exemptions granted has snowballed over the summer. Section 333 … [Read more...] about Database Reveals Commercial Niche for Military Drones
