Michael Flynn, former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, has been named vice chairman of the board of directors at Drone Aviation. Flynn will work to help Drone Aviation in its push to leverage the communications, surveillance and data collection functions of the company’s aerial systems and tactical aerostat platforms through collaborations with […] More

Drone Aviation has concluded a nighttime flight test of its commercial tethered unmanned aircraft system under approval by the Federal Aviation Administration. The company collaborated with The Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership at Virginia Tech and Aviation Systems Engineering Company for the WATT-300 flight test, Drone Aviation said Wednesday. Jay Nussbaum, chairman of Drone Aviation, said the WATT-300 tethered drone is built to […] More

Drone Aviation has secured a $194,000 contract from BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary to support update work on the Defense Department‘s fleet of Winch Aerostat Small Platform tactical aerostat systems. Drone Aviation said Wednesday this subcontract from BAE Systems Inc. builds on a previous DoD contract awarded to Drone Aviation in early March for a series of second-generation WASP systems. Drone Aviation Chairman Jay Nussbaum […] More

Drone Aviation has landed a $780,000 contract to provide the second generation of its tactical aerostat systems to the Defense Department. The company said Monday DoD is its first customer for the upgraded Winch Aerostat Small Platform aerostat system. WASP works to capture day/night video and provide an extended wireless communication range. Drone Aviation said the second-generation WASP […] More

BAE Systems has selected Drone Aviation Corp. to provide parts and services for the upgrade of two Winch Aerostat Small Platform systems of the U.S. Army‘s Space and Missile Defense Command Battle Lab. DAC said Wednesday it will also work with L-3 Communications subsidiary L-3 Communication Systems-West to integrate the new WASP electro-optical and infrared imaging tactical surveillance system and […] More

Drone Aviation Holding Corp. will provide the U.S. Army with aerostat-related equipment for the service’s Blimp in a Box systems to support mobile communications and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations. The company said Tuesday the contract includes provisions for “lighter-than-air” helium-based aerial assets, which the Defense Department, Transportation Department and some state and local law enforcement agencies use for training and […] More

Drone Aviation Holding has appointed executives David Aguilar and Dan Erdberg to fill the roles of former chairman and CEO Jay Nussbaum who recently passed away.

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SAP National Security Service is integrating Drone Aviation Holding‘s drone-based video footage application into the former’s portfolio of cloud-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technologies. The video technology integrates with SAP NS2’s machine learning application to generate real-time data analyses for security missions, Drone Aviation said Tuesday. SAP NS2’s seventh annual solutions summit will feature drone-based video […] More

Infor has partnered with Drone Aviation to develop an unmanned aerial system-based enterprise platform designed to help public and private sector customers manage assets. The Drone Enterprise Asset Management Solution integrates Drone Aviation’s tethered drone technologies with Infor’s enterprise asset management system for organizations to inspect buildings, power stations, railways and other assets, Drone Aviation said Tuesday. Drone Aviation’s tethered drones […] More

Thanatos is a drone developed by Kratos Defense and Security Solutions. This isn’t just any ordinary drone. Its name, derived from the Greek personification of death, hints at its formidable capabilities.    Thanatos has been on the radar of tech enthusiasts and defense analysts since 2019. This November, in 2023, the veil of secrecy was […] More

The Department of Veterans Affairs has teamed up with Verizon‘s public sector business to develop and test 5G Mobile Edge Compute technologies and drones in an effort to boost safety, security and physical infrastructure monitoring across the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. The Veterans Health Administration and Verizon are evaluating the ability of 5G-enabled […] More

General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems unit tested in January a detect and avoid technology to support a Federal Aviation Administration effort toward integrating unmanned aerial systems into the National Airspace System. GA said Monday the DAA system built by GA-Aeronautical Systems and Honeywell helped a SkyGuardian drone avoid close encounters with other aircraft while flying through […] More