Business
Dealmakers are starting to use drones to help facilitate transactions while observing social distancing. According to insiders, the company Coty Incorporated and suitors for Coty's professional beauty unit, which can cost up to 8 billion USD, are now considering the use of flying drones across their manufacturing facilities.
Commercial
Verizon Skyward has announced a new service for users of its Aviation Management Platform, Live Flights, that tracks all of a company’s drones in near real time, from anywhere. For managers in the office, this empowers greater oversight and transparency across the organization. For pilots in the field, it
Testing
Drone Delivery Canada Corp. has announced that it will begin the commercial testing of the Condor. The Condor has a lifting capability of 180 kgs (400 lbs) of payload, a travel range of 200 kms and an operating speed of 120kph. The multi-package payload compartment is designed to carry approximately
Business
Swift Tactical Systems, a subsidiary of Swift Engineering, and Silvus Technologies have entered into a strategic alliance. This collaboration combines Swift's world-class unmanned aircraft systems with Silvus' advanced MIMO communication systems for tactical applications. The commercial agreement will enable Swift to integrate the locally manufactured radios into
Commercial
DJI is on the verge of releasing a sequel to the much-loved Mavic Air, two years after the popular drone was announced. The clues of a Mavic Air 2 landing soon came after images leaked online in March, with an FCC filing arriving soon after. And now DJI has teased
Military
The Iranian armed forces have acquired three bomb-carrying drones with a range of 1,500 kilometers (932 miles), Defense Minister Amir Hatami said on Saturday. Speaking at a ceremony on the delivery of the unmanned aerial vehicles, Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami said the Army is receiving three types
Aerial Photography
The NYPD seized the drone of a photojournalist documenting the mass burials on Hart Island amid the coronavirus crisis. Aerial photographer George Steinmetz, who has an FAA license to fly a drone, had launched the $1,500 device from a City Island parking lot Wednesday morning to film the somber
Business
AEgis Technologies Group has acquired small unmanned aerial systems manufacturer EMRC Heli for an undisclosed amount. AEgis provides a wide spectrum of capabilities in the Directed Energy (DE) community including development and deployment of novel targets and instrumentation to characterize High Energy Laser (HEL) and High Power Microwave (HPM) DE
UAM/UTM
NASA and its industry partners are taking unmanned aircraft systems closer to operating in harmony with other aircraft in the national airspace. The technology and procedures developed during a nearly decade-long program has been assisting the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), develop the rules for certification of unmanned aircraft to safely
Skyguide, the Swiss air navigation service provider, and AIRSEAIR RPAS, a remotely piloted aircraft systems operator and provider based in Montréal (Canada) with active presence in the Latin American region, are collaborating to establish CNS (Communication, Navigation, Surveillance) Drone Services in Central- and South America. The Canadian operator will purchase
Military
On March 20, 2020, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) pilots and sensor operators from Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1 (VMU-1) conducted their first operational flight of an MQ-9A Reaper in the Middle East. The multi-sensor reconnaissance-equipped MQ-9A UAS produced by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has provided crucial support
Business
In the final steps of the United States Army’s Short Range Reconnaissance drone program, Parrot will participate in an operational assessment to support an Army production award decision. In anticipation of an increased demand signal from the Department of Defense, Parrot will start manufacturing prototypes of its dedicated drone