Commercial
Facebook will begin test flights of its solar-powered Internet UAV later this year, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The Aquila aircraft has the wingspan of a Boeing 737 but weighs about the same as a car. Its wings are covered in solar panels that provide enough energy to keep
Propulsion
EnergyOr Technologies Inc., a leader in advanced PEM fuel cell systems for aerospace applications, recently signed a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) with the French Air Force’s Centre d' Expertise Aérienne Militaire (CEAM). This JDA will serve as the foundation to advance development of optimized long endurance unmanned aerial
Inspections
DronePro, LLC, a provider of high tech aerial drone inspection services based out of Houston, Texas, has announced several new partnerships since obtaining its 333 exemption. These strategic partners include; Helix Energy, Versa Integrity, Reel Group and Offshore Energy Services. Additionally, DronePro has secured 1 of 3 early adopter spots
Military
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has announced the successful first flight of Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper Extended Range (ER) Long Wing, retrofitted with improved long-endurance wings with greater internal fuel capacity and additional hard points for carrying external stores. The flight occurred on February 18 at GA-ASI’
Regulations
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is establishing an aviation rulemaking committee with industry stakeholders to develop recommendations for a regulatory framework that would allow certain UAS to be operated over people who are not directly involved in the operation of the aircraft. The FAA
Testing
In Switzerland emergency centres respond to about 1,000 to calls about hikers lost or injured in the forests annually, according to the University of Zurich. But research the university has completed, in collaboration with Università della Svizzera italiana and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland,
Testing
A team of Nevada scientists and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) engineers have successfully flight tested the first-ever autonomous cloud seeding aircraft platform. Cloud seeding flare tests were deployed from Drone America's DAx8 UAS aircraft flown at a remote desert location outside of Reno, Nevada in early February.
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U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels. 2016 Air Show Schedule MAR 12 NAF EL CENTRO ANNUAL AIR SHOW NAF El Centro, CA MAR 19-20 LOS ANGELES COUNTY AIR SHOW Antelope Valley, CA APR 2-3 SOUTHERNMOST AIR SPECTACULAR NAS Key West, FL APR 9-10 WINGS
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The Norwegian Telemark Battalion instructs U.S. Marine M1A1 tankers on techniques of driving tracked vehicles in winter conditions on an ice track in Rena, Norway, February 15. In the weeks leading up to exercise Cold Response 16, at the end of the month, the two nations will conduct bilateral
Business
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Composite Engineering, Inc. (CEi), has received a $18,674,455 million award for the Lot 12 option on the previously awarded Air Force Subscale Aerial Target (AFSAT) Lots 11-13 production contract. CEi will provide an additional quantity of 21
Chiefs of Staff of Tunceli, Siirt, Bingöl, Nevsehir 4th Commando Brigade Command in Tunceli shared their photos of the Commando troops in recent operations held in Igdir. During the operations conducted by the 4th Commando Brigade Command in Tunceli 'drones' were deployed: * by the 4th Commando Brigade Command
Military
The US Air Force intends—once again—to divest itself of the MQ-1 Predator and transition to an all-MQ-9 Reaper fleet of medium-altitude remotely piloted aircraft, according to Lt. Gen. Mike Holmes, the Air Force deputy chief of staff for plans and requirements. Speaking with reporters