Transport
Novant Health health care system is the first organization in the U.S. to be granted a Part 107 waiver by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to use drones for distribution of medical supplies for COVID-19 pandemic response. Plans call for starting operations with contactless, distribution of personal
Commercial
Drones are a great way to add some variety to your video footage and reinvigorate your work. This excellent video will give you six helpful tips for shooting cinematic, eye-catching drone video. Coming to you from the Full Time Filmmaker Course presented by Jake Weisler, this great video will show
Transport
EHang Holdings Limited announced that it obtained the world’s first commercial pilot operation approval from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (“CAAC”) to use EHang 216 passenger-grade AAVs for air logistics purpose. Thus, EHang became the world’s first AAV company approved by a national aviation authority to carry
Accidents
Pakistani troops on Wednesday shot down an Indian drone that violated the country’s airspace along the Line of Control (LoC), the military’s media wing said. The drone was brought down in the Rakhchikri Sector of the heavily militarised zone after it intruded 650 metres into the Pakistani territory,
Video
The Dassault Rafale (French pronunciation: [ʁafal], literally meaning "gust of wind", and "burst of fire" in a more military sense) is a French twin-engine, canard delta wing, multirole fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation. Equipped with a wide range of weapons, the Rafale is
UAM/UTM
Droniq,a joint venture between DFS, the German air navigation service provider, and Deutsche Telekom, launches the first fully operational traffic management system for drones in Germany. To date, the UAS traffic management (UTM) system has been used to successfully complete more than 50 long-range flights, covering a flight distance
UAM/UTM
Electric aircraft manufacturer Pipistrel is advancing plans for a pair of new cargo aircraft and a 19-seat regional airliner. The Slovenian company intends to focus on these new developments more urgently than on its plans for the Pipistrel 801 eVTOL, which has been shortlisted by rideshare group Uber for its
C-UAS
Citadel Defense, a supplier of full spectrum counter drone solutions, has released new software incorporating deepfake neural networks to defend against adversarial spoofing tactics. This capability helps U.S. and allied forces combat growing enemy tactics that attempt to confuse existing and security intelligence equipment as spectrum superiority becomes more
Commercial
Acecore Technologies has released its third drone platform. The new Acecore Noa has a 20kg payload capacity that leaves nothing to be desired and the endurance of a full hour. Sporting huge 28" reinforced carbon fiber props, this pixhawk-based hexacopter excels at staying in the air longer than ever
Electronic Sub-Systems
Vicor has announced the DCM5614, an isolated, regulated 270V-to-28V DC-DC converter with an output power rating of 1300W in a VIA package size of 5.6 x 1.4 x 0.3in. Providing unmatched power density of 451W/in3 at a weight of just 178g, the DCM5614 supports advanced airborne,
Commercial
Scientists at Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Amarillo, are testing different technologies that could make caring for animals easier. “We’re trying to accelerate how we detect and respond to disease status or some other health status of the animals,” Brent Auvermann, director of the
Research
The Aerospace & Defense sector for Canaccord Genuity, a global investment bank, has just published a follow-on report to its 'Age of Autonomy' whitepaper on unmanned systems. Executive summary We believe the drone ecosystem will benefit from likely structural changes as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. While