Commercial
Terra Drone and Hitachi Team on UAV Land-Surveying
Terra Drone and Hitachi Construction Machinery have announced a partnership to accelerate full-automatic UAV operation at construction sites.
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Video
F-35 STOVL Transition, Hover, Flight at Farnborough
At Tuesday's display at Farnborough, this clip highlights the F-35's STOVL transition, hover and transition to forward flight. The top and lower doors and engine swivel are shown along with the clean up at the end. Source: YouTube
Business
Drone Market Environment Map 2016
Last year Drone Industry Insights published the initial Drone Market Environment Map and it was so successful that they updated and enlarged it to visualize the current evolutionary stage. This map provides a comprehensive picture of the global drone ecosystem, making the drone market more transparent and accessible for prospective
Business
Airbus & Dedrone Join Forces against illegal Drones
Airbus DS Electronics and Border Security (EBS) and Dedrone, San Francisco, have concluded a cooperation agreement to combine their skills to protect lower airspace from small drones. The partners intend jointly to offer drones defense systems that can reliably detect and defend against the unauthorized entry of drones in critical
Business
Border Patrol Calls on Silicon Valley for Advice on sUAS
The Department of Homeland Security issued a call on its five-year Other Transaction Solicitation (OTS) funding mechanism to solicit innovative ways to use unmanned vehicles — commonly known as drones — to help Customs and Border Protection meet its mission. “CBP — through its Air and Marine Operations (AMO) — utilizes a fleet
Commercial
Drone Delivery Canada Commercial Flight Testing
Drone Delivery Canada has reported positive results from its initial commercial testing on its next generation drone logistics platform 4.0 which delivered positive results from test flights which occurred in Waterloo, ON with its Canadian university research partners. Both flight times and payload carry exceeded initial expectations primarily as
Business
Raytheon to Develop Networking Technology for Manned-Unmanned Aircraft Communications
Raytheon Company has announced that it is developing new technologies to allow the next generation of manned and unmanned flying vehicles to communicate seamlessly, even in hostile environments. Under two contracts totalling $9 million, Raytheon BBN Technologies will deliver new networking solutions as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects
Commercial
Lehmann Aviation Launches New Mapping Drone
Lehmann Aviation announced launch of a totally new L-A Series line of professional mapping drones for operators around the world. The new L-A Series is comprised of three fully automatic aircraft for three major mapping applications: LA500 for Mining and Construction, LA500-AG for Precision Agriculture and LA500-
Technology
First 40,000 Km Round-the-World Solar Flight
Solar Impulse 2 touched down in Abu Dhabi early on Tuesday morning after completing the first Round-the-World solar flight in history. Bertrand Piccard made one last smooth landing, kissing the warm tarmac with his solar airplane after a 48 hour and 37 minute flight in Al1 Bateen Executive
Military
Global Hawk Surpasses 200,000 Flight Hours
Northrop Grumman Corporation's autonomous Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) surpassed 200,000 flight hours, reinforcing its status as the most effective high altitude, long endurance intelligence gathering aircraft in the world. The U.S. Air Force's Global Hawks logged 88 percent of the 200,000
Accidents
Taliban Claims Drone Shot Down in Kandahar
The Taliban militants group in Afghanistan has claimed the fighters of the group have shot down a drone in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan. The group shared a photo of the downed drone captured which is apparently a reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle used by the Afghan forces. The Taliban said
Commercial
Amazon and UK Government to Test Drone Delivery
Amazon has announced a partnership with the UK Government to explore the steps needed to make the delivery of parcels by small drones a reality, allowing Amazon to trial new methods of testing its delivery systems. A cross-Government team supported by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has provided