INDIANAPOLIS and WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Kevin Sheridan and Austin Williams, students at the Purdue College of Engineering, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, completed internships over the summer at Aerotronic LLC, an Indianapolis-based company developing and manufacturing drones and other unmanned aerial systems. Sheridan believes that his experience as a Purdue student prepared him for … Continue reading Purdue interns at Indianapolis startup help develop drones for grid, inspection uses

Insitu Inc., Bingen, Washington, is being awarded a $9,830,523 firm-fixed-price contract to provide unmanned aircraft systems intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance services in support of maritime operations, including operations and maintenance of the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft systems and real-time electro-optical imagery and infrared imagery.   Work will be performed in the Pacific theater and is expected to … Continue reading Insitu Gets $9.8M US Navy ScanEagle Contract

AeroVironment, Inc. has announced that it has delivered M1/M2/M5-compatible Raven and Puma AE unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to two DoD customers, with more orders and deliveries scheduled. In addition, the company will begin taking orders in December 2017 for M1/M2/M5-configured Wasp AE micro air vehicles (MAV) for delivery in spring 2018. “Integrating the new M1/M2/M5 … Continue reading AeroVironment Integrates New M1/M2/M5 Compatible Digital Data Links

CU Boulder researchers have developed an advanced drone “swarming” technology that allows a single operator to control multiple unmanned aircraft for a variety of tasks, which could include searching for lost hikers or studying wildlife. The CU Boulder team spent three weeks in August on the project at the Pawnee National Grassland near Greeley, Colorado, … Continue reading New Swarming Drone Technology Could Help Find Lost Hikers, Study Wildlife

A computer-controlled hybrid flying machine that lifts off vertically like a helicopter, leans to a 90-degree angle and flies horizontally like an airplane – developed at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – has garnered international research support. The Mark II aircraft, designed by researchers at Embry-Riddle’s Eagle Flight Research Center (EFRC) and a related business spinoff called … Continue reading Heurobotics – an Embry-Riddle Venture – Wins Innovation Partner Funding from Space Florida and Israel Innovation Authority