Transport
Skyports Drone Services has announced Speedbird Aero as new aircraft partner for the Orkney I-Port operation, a drone delivery project established in partnership with Royal Mail, Orkney Islands Council Harbour Authority and Loganair. Speedbird Aero has been selected as the latest aircraft partner to join Skyports Drone Services’ world-class drone
Military
In a visit to Tehran last week, Bolivia's Defense Minister Edmundo Novillo Aguilar clinched a deal with his Iranian counterpart that is expected to include the delivery of Iran-made drones to La Paz. At a joint press briefing in Tehran, Iran's Defense Minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani
Weapons Systems / Lasers
Roketsan's UAV-230 air-to-surface supersonic missile is in its final qualification phase and is scheduled to begin series production by the end of 2023, the company announced at the 16th International Defence Industry Fair (IDEF) held from 25 to 28 July in Istanbul, where a prototype of the missile
Patents
AeroVironment has filed a patent for a UAV payload module retraction mechanism. The mechanism includes a payload that can be stowed and deployed, with a biasing member to deploy the payload and a winch and flexible drawing member to retract it back into the UAV. The patent also describes a
Inspections
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) on July 27th. approved the first phase of funding for a $37.2 million Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) drone program to roll out new inspection capabilities over the next five years and position the nation’s largest state utility as an industry leader in
Military
US intelligence officials have warned that Russia is building a drone-manufacturing facility in country with Iran’s help that could have a significant impact on the war in Ukraine once it is completed. Analysts from the Defense Intelligence Agency told a small group of reporters during a briefing on Friday
UAM/UTM
Archer Aviation Inc., San Jose, California, was awarded an $110,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Midnight Based Advanced Vertical Lift. This contract is a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase III to iteratively conduct government operational experimentation on military installation for government-owned, government-operated flight operations to execute and
Business
Despite the ruling AKP’s denial of growing nepotism in procurement contracts, it has come out to light that the government has recently paid 1.2 million Turkish Liras a day for five drones rented from Baykar, a company co-owned by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s son-in-law Selçuk Bayraktar. It
Business
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a $21,547,240 modification (P00004) to cost-plus-fixed-fee contract HR001123C0016 to exercise Option One of the Liberty Lifter program. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $29,514,384.00 from $7,967,144. Work
BVLOS
NASA and uAvionix have signed a Space Act Agreement to develop advanced Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Command and Control (C2) technologies for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in urban environments. Under the agreement, NASA will work with uAvionix to conduct research & development of commercial UAS C2 systems utilizing
Commercial
The only thing that can slow down Ashley Phillips from talking about the Hardman Group’s new business is people interrupting him to give him money. Phillips and partners Bill and Clay Hardman have the North American rights for KTV Working Drones, poised to revolutionize the way the owners of
The B-21 Raider accomplished its first “power on” test in recent months, moving it another step closer to a first flight that is still scheduled to take place before the end of 2023, Northrop Grumman officials announced July 27. After that, the company expects to receive a low-rate initial production