UAM/UTM
EHang Holdings Limited achieved a significant milestone on the path to offering Urban Air Mobility services worldwide. On December 9, the Civil Aviation Authority of Austria issued a trial flight permit for the EH216 passenger-grade AAV. The permit allows trial operation of full unmanned flights in Austrian national airspace. This
Commercial
Startup LeshTronix Drone Systems , headquartered in Westchester County, NY., has designed a Hovering Smartphone Case. The company recently announced the conceptual launch of PhoneQuad, a hovering phone case that—once developed using proprietary drone hardware and software—will allow users to take photos hands free while PhoneQuad stays aloft. The
Business
Iris Automation has closed a successful round of $13 million in Series B venture capital funding. Founded in 2015, Iris Automation is a computer vision technology company pioneering the development of advanced detection systems used to help provide Detect-and-Avoid (DAA) capabilities that enable safe commercial drone operations including scalable Beyond
UAM/UTM
Innov’ATM, the Toulouse-based ATM and UTM specialist, has been chosen by DSNA, the France’s primary Air Navigation Services Provider, as part of the U-Space Together program to implement its UAV traffic management solution on ROISSY CHARLES DE GAULLE, ORLY and 9 other general aviation airfields covering the major
Video
When the war ended, lots of Nazi war crimes suspects and scientific personnel fled to Argentina, welcomed by President Juan Peron's regime. One was Kurt Tank, one of Germany's top aircraft designers. With him he carried plans for a last-ditch emergency fighter that had never been
Business
Robotic Skies, Inc, the global maintenance marketplace for commercial Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), announced a new round of funding to support continued growth and technology development. San Francisco-based Thayer Ventures is leading the round with participation from existing investors Boeing HorizonX Global Ventures, Cerracap Ventures, Kickstart Seed Fund, Sun Mountain
News
In a recent flight, PABLO AIR, a member company of Born2Global Centre, shipped medical supplies to two islands in Korea with two drones. The drones flew from Incheon New Port (management pier) to Yeongheungdo Island and Jawoldo Island, a roundtrip 50-mile journey, in one hour and 20 minutes. The successful
C-UAS
DroneShield Ltd has announced the deployment of its multi-sensor C-UAS DroneSentry system at the Altenrhein Airport in Switzerland, as well as provide an update on record Purchase Orders and customer cash receipts for the quarter to date. The deployment consists of the following DroneShield solutions: * multiple RfOne units, able to
Military
The Bundeswehr has called for approval for armed combat drones for military use. But the controversial technology has been blocked in the German parliament. For the Bundeswehr, Germany's armed forces, the timing could not be better: In the next few months, the German armed forces will receive five
Military
The Korsar reconnaissance and strike drone developed by the Rybinsk-based Luch Design Bureau (part of Vega Company of Ruselectronics Group within the state tech corporation Rostec) is undergoing operational evaluation, Rostec Chief Sergei Chemezov announced. "If we speak again about developing medium-class drones, we can also recollect the Korsar
VTOL
Naval Group, on behalf of the French Navy, has accepted for operational use two further CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Aerial Systems with a total of four Unmanned Air Vehicles. They will be deployed on the Mistral-class amphibious helicopter carriers (Porte- Hélicoptères Amphibie - PHA) Tonnerre and Mistral. The acquisition
Commercial
Nordic Unmanned AS has carried out a successful test flight with a hydrogen fuel cell powered Staaker BG-200. This drone is a robust and versatile platform that is adapted to Nordic conditions It is equipped with a 2kW customized fuel cell system from HES and a 7.2 L pressure