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  • Scorpion is the tricopter, and vector is the fixed wing drone. (Image courtesy Auterion government solutions)
    Open source platforms, flexible airframes for new drones

    New drone pair brings a 'why not both?' sensibility to design.

    Kelsey D. Atherton
    March 24
  • Anka-S is the serial production variant of Anka, shown here, which is a medium-altitude, long-endurance UAV. (Turkish Aerospace Industries)
    Turkey’s TAI sells six Anka-S drones to Tunisia

    Turkish procurement officials say TAI had been awaiting a deal with the Tunisian government for more than a year to sell its Anka-S drone.

    Burak Ege Bekdil
    March 16
  • An MQ-9 Reaper aircrew flies a training mission over the Nevada Test and Training Range, Jan. 14, 2020. (Airman 1st Class William Rio Rosado/U.S. Air Force)
    Could a commercial drone replace the MQ-9 Reaper? The Air Force is considering it.

    The hope is that a new commercial unmanned system could be less expensive to sustain and require less manpower to operate.

    Valerie Insinna
    March 12
  • An explosive ordnance disposal team with 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistic Group, utilize a water charge placed by a small unmanned ground vehicle to neutralize a civilian drone in Fort Greely, Alaska, Feb. 25, 2020, as a part of U.S. Northern Command exercise Arctic Edge 2020. Marines participating in the training will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to maintain readiness in arctic regions including Alaska, the most strategic place in the world. (Christopher England/Marine Corps)
    Drones that work in the cold are so hot right now

    Making sure water weapons still work is a vital task for arctic training.

    Kelsey D. Atherton
    March 10
  • Drones are both a threat to Minot's ICBM mission — and potentially a benefit. Here, a TALON robot assigned to an explosive ordnance disposal company attempts to disable a drone with an explosive device attached. (Sgt. Ashley Hayes/Army)
    How Minot plans to protect America’s ICBMs from drones

    Drones are both a threat to Minot's ICBM mission — and potentially a benefit.

    Aaron Mehta
    March 9
  • The amphibious GuardBot can also travel on dry land. (GuardBot)
    Are orbs the future of security drones?

    Dronemaker partners with rolling robot for new scout offering.

    Kelsey D. Atherton
    March 6
  • Northrop Grumman is offering to accelerate MQ-4C Triton drone production for Australia. (Kelly Schindler/U.S. Navy)
    Northrop offers Triton drones to Australia, as US budget request pauses orders

    Faced with a possible two-year production pause in the wake of the Trump administratoin’s fiscal 2021 budget request, Northrop Grumman is offering to accelerate MQ-4C Triton drone production for Australia.

    Nigel Pittaway
    March 4
  • The Anka is a Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) drone. (Turkish Aerospace)
    Turkey’s drones are battle tested and ready for export

    A coordinated drone strike, despite the lose of multiple UAVs, managed to hit a military convoy and a base.

    Kelsey D. Atherton
    March 4
  • The RUAG Ranger is much, much, much larger than the small drones the Swiss Army is planning to acquire from Parrot. (Hermann Keist via Wikimedia Commons)
    Can Parrot make the Swiss Army knife of drones?

    Parrot's pivot to defense and industrial markets might lead to a versatile military small drone at near-commercial prices.

    Kelsey D. Atherton
    March 2
  • The flexibility of the ever-tapering tentacles on an octopus, combined with grippers, inspired a robotic grabbing tool. (Pseudopanax via Wikimedia Commons)
    What every bomb squad robot needs ... a tentacle?

    Coiling tentacles with vacuum-powered grippers could handle objects on the battlefields of the future.

    Kelsey D. Atherton
    February 27
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