Australian data capture drone manufacturer and solutions provider Carbonix have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Hitachi Vantara, a global provider of intelligent data platforms, infrastructure systems and digital expertise. With Hitachi Vantara taking delivery of a Volanti - Carbonix's advanced all-electric fixed-wing uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV) -
Law Enforcement
The New York City Police Department is testing new drones that are designed to transmit audio messages to the public, such as announcements warning of dangerous weather or nearby emergencies. On Sunday, NYC’s emergency notification system announced on Twitter that the NYPD would be “conducting a test of remote-piloted
Weapons Systems / Lasers
Raytheon in partnership with Northrop Grumman Corporation was awarded a follow-on contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to reduce risk for future air breathing hypersonic systems. Under the agreement, the Raytheon-led team will build and fly additional Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) flight vehicles. "We applied
Military
Saudi Arabia has agreed to buy Turkish drones, one of several lucrative contracts President Recep Tayyip Erdogan secured for Turkey’s struggling economy as Ankara reaps the benefits of his recent diplomatic push to repair ties with Gulf Arab powers. President Erdogan arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday, accompanied by
Inspections
In 2023 Veolia Water updated its drone fleet with the addition of a new Elios, with the aim of reducing inspection costs and inspection time, but also improving the safety of its workers. Now, the Elios 3 is considered “an irreplaceable tool [...] and a new member within the team that
Of the roughly 100,000 people who fly drones in Switzerland, only around half have so far conformed with a legal obligation to register with the authorities. At the start of this year Switzerland adopted European Union regulations on drones that weigh more than 250 grams or are equipped with
Targets
The development of military forces can only be successful if we build up the Hungarian defense industry, the Minister Commissioner for Defense Innovation stressed at the official presentation of the Hungarian-developed unmanned aerial vehicle. Imre Porkoláb stressed that the ProTAR jet-propelled drone was developed specifically for military use, and the
Testing
British engineers have successfully completed a stratospheric flight trial of BAE Systems’ High Altitude Pseudo Satellite (HAPS) Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) - PHASA-35. Over a 24-hour period, PHASA-35 soared to more than 66,000 feet, reaching the stratosphere, before landing successfully. The trial, completed last month in New Mexico in
Business
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, is awarded a $30,191,431 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00014) to a previously awarded contract (N0001921C0016). This modification exercises options to provide maintenance, supply chain and spares management, logistics, and sustainment support for the MQ-9 Reaper aircraft, and dual control mobile ground control stations
The US Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to design an autonomous Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) capable of operating from a moving vessel at sea. Northrop Grumman was one of nine contractors – including AeroVironment, AVX Aircraft, Griffon Aerospace, Karem
Events
This August, the FAA and AUVSI are co-hosting two events designed to advance the use of drones and Advanced Air Mobility (AAM). Also located at the Baltimore Convention Center from August 2-3, the AAM Summit will feature sessions and workshops to reimagine the transportation of people and goods in urban
BVLOS
RigiTech’s Eiger drone has begun a 4-month pilot project in Uruguay, pioneering the first BVLOS operation in Latin America. Spanish-Uruguayan company CIELUM, in coordination with engineer Franco Simini from the biomedical engineering nucleus of the Faculty of Engineering (UDELAR) and Tacuarembó Hospital (ASSE), begun flying BVLOS (Beyond-Visual-Line-of-Sight) deliveries to