Commercial
Checks on the facades of older buildings will be required once every seven years from January 2022. The aim is for building owners to detect and address any deterioration in a timely manner. The Building and Construction Authority has developed guidelines on the use of drones to carry out these
Transport
Reliable Robotics, a supplier of automated aircraft systems, has announced a $100 million Series C funding round led by Coatue Management. Coatue joins past investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Eclipse Ventures, Teamworthy Ventures and Pathbreaker Ventures to bring total fundraising over $133 million. With its innovative airframe independent technology, Reliable’s
Control Stations
Draxxon’s DX-816 looks like something from an action movie, with its complex communication systems and rooftop flight station. This is a command center designed to integrate Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for various monitoring/surveillance operations, integrated on a trailer so that it can move anywhere. What makes this
Testing
Network Rail’s air operations team have successfully flown a drone Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) for 25 kilometres over dry land – believed to be the furthest such civilian drone flight in Britain. The proof-of-concept flight – which took place on Wednesday 27 October from Bicester along the
Propulsion
Easy Aerial, a provider of autonomous drone-in-a-box solutions for enterprise and military applications, has launched the Easy Guard Vehicle (EGV), a new line of ultra-portable models of its field-proven and battle-tested unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) ground stations. Available in three sizes, EGV builds on
Red Cat Holdings, Inc., a hardware enabled software provider to the drone industry, has announced that its TEAL Drones subsidiary has opened its new U.S.-based manufacturing facility located in Salt Lake City, Utah. "After closing the Teal drone acquisition less than two months ago, our investment to
Business
Advanced aerial mobility company H3 Dynamics has secured $26 million in Series B funding that it will use to accelerate its work to use hydrogen technology in its drones rather than the standard battery-powered model. “Air mobility contributes to just 6 percent of the total CO2 emissions in the
Business
High Eye, the Dutch manufacturer that produces the Long-Range VTOL UAV called the Airboxer, has signed a multi-year contract with Spain's UAV Navigation. The agreement includes the VECTOR-600 premium autopilot that meets ISO 9001:2015 standards and which is compliant with MIL-STD-810F (vibration,
eVTOL
Swedish startup Jetson Aero is turning to personal aerial vehicles that offer flight convenience similar to that of a private car. Its Jetson One aircraft is an octocopter with four arms stretching from its fuselage, each with a pair of rotors and a total output of 88 kW. This personal
Video
https://youtu.be/DhpMlI8jb5o Researchers at Caltech have built a bipedal robot that combines walking with flying to create a new type of locomotion, making it exceptionally nimble and capable of complex movements. Part walking robot, part flying drone, the newly developed LEONARDO (short for LEgs ONboARD drOne, or LEO
C-UAS
A group of Turkish defense contractors is testing a kamikaze unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that will be used to counter and neutralize other drone-borne threats. The UAV is part of a wide range of drone detection and destruction systems developed by Havelsan and Transvaro, exhibited at the 3rd Military
Testing
Primoco UAV SE, a Czech company that develops and manufactures the One 150 UAV, successfully flight tested the simultaneous control of multiple unmanned aircraft from one control station at their airport in Písek Krašovice on 20 October 2021.The One 150 unmanned aerial vehicle is equipped with a highly advanced