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AeroVironment donates 100+ Quantrix Recon drones to Ukraine

Bruce Crumley - Apr. 20th 2022 4:13 am PT @BDroneDJ

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US security and defense company AeroVironment is upping its assistance to forces in Ukraine battling Russia’s invasion by donating more than 100 of its Quantrix Recon drones for intelligence gathering and monitoring movement of enemy troops.

Teal Drones tapped for US Army’s Short Range Reconnaissance Tranche 2 bid

Bruce Crumley - Mar. 18th 2022 5:30 am PT @BDroneDJ

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Utah-based security UAV specialist Teal Drones has been selected to develop a prototype craft in a final stage of the US Army’s Short Range Reconnaissance Tranche 2 (SRR T2) Program, which aims to create a powerful but portable small craft for surveillance and reconnaissance missions.

French light show specialist Dronisos also choreographing drone swarm security missions

Bruce Crumley - Mar. 18th 2022 5:14 am PT @BDroneDJ

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French startup Dronisos has won much applause for lighting up the skies with its choreography of hundreds of drones in light shows, but now it’s gaining attention from defense groups eager to put the company’s command of mass UAV navigation to work in drone swarms flying security missions.

Evidence arises of private drones flying to Ukraine’s defense against Russia

Bruce Crumley - Mar. 3rd 2022 1:50 am PT @BDroneDJ

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Less than a week after Ukraine officials called on private citizens to put their drones to use in defending cities from invading Russian forces, signs are accumulating that consumer UAVs are increasingly taking to the air – and flowing in from abroad – for operation in the conflict.

Ukraine’s Defense Ministry asks drone owners to help repel invading Russian troops

Bruce Crumley - Feb. 26th 2022 2:40 am PT @BDroneDJ

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Ukraine’s Defense Ministry has called upon citizens who own drones to use them in support of the country’s armed forces in their battle to prevent the invading Russian Army from capturing the capital, Kyiv.

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French partners develop water-launched naval UAV

Bruce Crumley - Oct. 15th 2021 2:17 am PT @BDroneDJ

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Two French companies are getting closer to perfecting an asset that will allow naval forces to launch small UAVs from the surface of – or beneath – the bodies of water they’re patrolling. The French maritime defense company, Naval Group, has teamed up with the Toulouse-based drone startup Diodon to adapt a specialized, compact UAV for…