Business
Insitu Pacific (IPL) and Innovaero will collaborate on an integrated solution for a long-range strike capability using uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), providing a versatile solution in an increasingly complex battlespace. The work underway will coordinate: – IPL’s Integrator, which provides intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), and – Innovaero’s One-
Research
Researchers, from Delft University in the Netherlands have devised the autonomous drone that uses its propellers 0.25 per cent of the time, compared to the 38 per cent required for a regular flight. At first glance, the small model plane that researchers from Delft University in the Netherlands have
Business
Drone airline Skyports Drone Services has announced the launch of a new project in Yeosu City, Korea, for the delivery of pharmaceuticals and foodstuffs by drone. The project will be the first time Skyports Drone Services operates flights with new drone partner RigiTech. The Yeosu City drone project, supported by
Research
Scientist have unveiled a new climate change-monitoring sensor which can be airlifted onto icy glaciers using drones to measure the impact of global warming. The device, built by experts from the University of Southampton, can be flown for miles and land directly onto glaciers which are usually be impossible
Military
Russian professionals have built an aviation unmanned aerial vehicle called the MM-1, created with conventional foamplast. Its remarkable feature is its invisibility to radio-electronic warfare systems. Specifics of this development were shared with TASS by a spokesperson from the innovative technology center, TsAGIStart, situated within the Central Aerohydrodynamic
Regulations
EHang Holdings Limited announced that the EH216-S, its self-developed passenger-carrying unmanned aerial vehicle system, has obtained the type certificate (“TC”) officially issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (“CAAC”). This demonstrates that the EH216-S’s model design fully complies with CAAC’s safety standards and
Five minutes after Ohio State kicked off with Maryland on Saturday, officials paused the action because one or more referees detected a drone that flew over Ohio Stadium as the game took place. The drone's pilot was arrested over the weekend. According to Franklin County (Ohio) Municipal Court
Scientists and engineers at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) are conducting crucial research into the new drone technology, which would see mined areas cleared faster and more safely, ramping up protection for Armed Forces personnel. Maintaining freedom of movement and mobility at pace for the Armed Forces is
BVLOS
UK telephone operator BT has announced the launch of the UK’s first Drone SIM to unlock the true potential of beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone operation across the UK. Designed to function at altitude using the EE network, Drone SIM offers unlimited data plans and continuous connectivity
BVLOS
Dedrone has announced the launch of DedroneBeyond, its solution to enable drone operations to fly beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) for state, local, territorial and tribal (SLTT) law enforcement and emergency services when deploying drone as first responders (DFR). Powered by the same computer-vision-enabled, sensor-fusion AI
At the Hellenic booth at the Association of the United States Army conference, it is hard not to notice the five-foot-long quadcopter equipped with rocket launcher, a rare combination, developed by startup Spirit Aeronautical Systems (S.A.S) technology. The final industrial configuration of the rotary drone SARISA
VTOL
Defense technology company Anduril Industries announced that it was awarded two contracts with the U.S. Air Force for $8M to work on enhanced autonomy capabilities with Anduril's dual-use Ghost platform and its newest variant, Ghost-X. Ghost is an autonomous uncrewed aircraft system well-suited for