UAM/UTM
We were surprised to discover this bizarre Spanish language press release buried on the website of a university in the tip of Spain. (See Google translation below). The Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) is leading Bubbles, a European research project whose main objective is to ensure the safe integration of
Commercial
If a proposed U.S. Senate bill passes, public safety agencies wouldn’t be able to use federal dollars to purchase drones made in China. The bill, titled “Securing Our Skies Against Chinese Technology Act of 2020,” would also prohibit state and local public safety organizations from receiving future funding
Commercial
With the farming population decreasing and growing older, the global food system now faces great uncertainty. To overhaul the labour-intensive rice farming industry, XAG is scaling up drone applications in China that enable night-time seeding at peak period. On 13 April 2020, XAG organised the world's first-ever rice
Events
The UK Institution of Mechanical Engineers UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) Challenge final event will be hosted virtually on 19 June 2020. Amid the current challenging environment presented by COVID-19 pandemic, the UAS Challenge ‘fly off’ event in June was cancelled to ensure the safety of teams, IMechE members, volunteers, and
National Associations
The FAA UAS Symposium – Remotely Piloted Edition will take place as two unique episodes on July 8 -9 and August 18 - 19, 2020 to address the latest developments across all regulations and operations. Episode 1 will take place July 8-9 with a focus on UTM and international UAS integration
Propulsion
ePropelled, a supplier of magnetic engineering technology for electro-magnetic motors, announced that it has signed an agreement to bring UAV Propulsion Tech on as a distributor of their electric motors to market its products to the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) / Urban Air Mobility (UAM) industry. UAV Propulsion Tech represents several
C-UAS
telent, in collaboration with its technology partner Digital Global Systems (DGS), has agreed a three-year contract to install the CLEARSKY Drone Threat Management system at Bristol Airport, marking the first UK deployment of the system. The CLEARSKY Drone Threat Management system was developed by DGS in response to the rising
Business
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, is awarded a $7,432,050 modification (P00006) to previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract N00019-18-C-1063. This modification provides for Group 5 unmanned air system intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services. These services are in support of outside the continental U.S. (OCONUS) Task Force Southwest
C-UAS
DroneShield Ltd has announced the release of its camera based software for drone detection, identification and tracking, DroneOptID. DroneOptID has an Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (“AI/ML”) engine at the core of its software, offering the latest in computer vision technology to detect, verify and track drones in real time.
Construction
NASA has awarded Near Earth Autonomy an SBIR Phase II Contract to Enable Aerial Close-Proximity and Contact Sensing for Inspection of Industrial Infrastructure.
Video
The first stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket landed successfully on the company’s drone ship, “Of Course I Still Love You.” NASA's Commercial Crew Program has worked with several American aerospace industry companies to facilitate the development of U.S. human spaceflight systems since 2010. The
Law Enforcement
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on May 29 flew a Predator over Minneapolis as protesters demonstrated against police brutality, according to publicly available flight data. The drone was first spotted on a flight tracking tool by members of the ADS-B Exchange, a community of flight watchers who use open-source flight