Agriculture
Agricultural sprayer drones are becoming increasingly popular among farmers and crop dusters in the United States. These unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are capable of spraying crops with precision, reducing the amount of pesticides needed, and increasing efficiency. However, to operate an agricultural sprayer drone and spray chemicals aerially, you need
Military
Guiding us through the forest in eastern Ukraine on foot, Ukrainian soldiers eventually brought us to a clearing where they showed us the wreckage of a weaponized drone which they said they shot down with their AK-47 automatic weapons over the weekend. The drone was a Mugin-5, a commercial unmanned
Business
Aeronautics Group - a manufacturer of comprehensive defense solutions focused on Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), for the global defense & HLS markets, has signed a collaboration agreement with one of the leading defense companies in Thailand, RV Connex, for in-country production of the tactical UAV, Orbiter 4. Local production will
The Danish Defence Ministry has issued a multimillion-dollar tender for several small drones intended for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and fire support operations. The Tenders Electronic Daily, an online version of the Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union that details public procurement efforts on the continent, published last
Transport
Skyports Drone Services has successfully completed a drone delivery proof of concept (PoC) in partnership with Kaga City and Kanematsu Corporation. Kanematsu Corporation has partnered with Kaga City since 2021 for the promotion of regional revitalisation through the use of drones and aerial vehicles. Transporting simulated blood and other materials
Patents
Global supplier of airborne ice protection solutions, CAV Ice Protection Limited, has filed for a patent for an anti-icing solution for small uncrewed aerial systems (sUAS) that it claims could revolutionise commercial drone use in cold climates. Engineers at the County Durham based manufacturer, which is part of the CAV
Electronic Sub-Systems
At least one of the Shahed-129 unmanned aerial vehicles operated by Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) has been fitted with a previously unseen sensor, prompting speculation that it is a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) that could significantly improve the force's situational awareness. The UAV was
AI
Quantum-Systems GmbH, an aerial intelligence company that provides multi-sensor data collection drones to government agencies and commercial customers, has announced the joint launch of a project on the early detection of forest fires using artificial intelligence, data, drones and decision support systems, in cooperation with The [ui!] Urban Mobility Innovations,
Accidents
One of Bell’s Autonomous Pod Transport (APT) cargo drones crashed on March 14 in a field near Mineral Wells, Texas, in what is being categorized as a “loss of control” accident by the FAA. The APT 70 experimental aircraft, with registration number N314AL, first flew in 2019. The aircraft
Business
The AeroVironment plant in Petaluma, Sonoma County, California, that builds aerial drones for an East Coast defense and law enforcement contractor plans to trim its local workforce further than cuts disclosed earlier this year. In a March 6 state filing, AeroVironment said that it plans to permanently lay off 62
Propulsion
Australia’s aerospace company Hypersonix Launch Systems has been selected to provide hypersonic vehicles to the United States’ Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) for testing. The Australian start-up was selected from a field of major international aerospace companies competing for the DIU contract under the Hypersonic and High-Cadence Airborne Testing Capabilities
Accidents
A crashed drone without identification marks was found in Russia’s Tula Oblast between the settlements of Petrovskoye and Malovel on March 19, the Tula regional security committee reported on March 19. The regional authorities said the UAV “without identification marks and departmental affiliation” was found in a field, far