Research
The team’s project has reached the finals of the global XPRIZE Rainforest competition which encourages the development of technology to measure and monitor the rainforest ecosystem. A group of researchers from the ETH Zurich are in the running for the global XPRIZE Rainforest competition with their project employing custom-built
Events
North Korea unveiled two new unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that closely resemble known U.S. drone models on Thursday, signaling via state media that the country is well on its way to achieving both combat and reconnaissance drone capabilities. It is unclear when Pyongyang began developing the new drones, but
Regulations
The Federal Aviation Administration has published a report broadly laying out a path to enable operation of electric air taxis and other novel aircraft in sizeable numbers by 2028. The agency has released its 36-page “Innovate28” plan, which comes as various companies are seeking design and operating approvals from the
Transport
New video released by the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom shows some footage of a drone by Malloy Aeronautics that is coming with the ongoing military aid batch from Great Britain to Ukraine. The footage depicts an evacuation of a wounded soldier performed by a drone as one
Transport
Leonardo, an international company in the defense, aerospace and security sectors, has completed in recent days-through the exercise of an option stipulated in 2021 and linked to the achievement of pre-established objectives-its entry into FlyingBasket's capital and the appointment of a member to the Board of Directors by
VTOL
Northrop Grumman Corp., Aeronautics Systems, San Diego, California, is awarded a $19,911,142 cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N0001923F0294) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001920G0005). This order provides for non-recurring engineering, hardware qualification, systems integration, safety assessment, retrofit installation, and flight testing of the payload interface unit and vehicle management
Video
The Blohm & Voss P.202 was an unusual design study for a variable-geometry jet fighter during World War II. It was the first design to incorporate a slewed wing (also known as an oblique or scissor wing) in which one side swept forward and the other back. The P.
Transport
Revolution Aerospace (RevAero) has announced the expansion of its Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV) based cargo delivery capability, with the recent procurement of the Anavia HT-100; lifting payloads over 55 kg and with over 4 hours of endurance. The high-tech aircraft is manufactured in Switzerland, and due to be delivered in
Business
Rheinmetall AG of Düsseldorf has secured an important order from Hungary for Hero Loitering Munitions. Contracts to this effect have now been signed. The munitions are worth a figure in the low three-digit million-euro range. Delivery will begin in 2024 and is scheduled to end in 2025. Hero Loitering Munitions
UAM/UTM
UTM (Unified Traffic Management) technology provider Altitude Angel is to provide all UK airports with the ability to become ‘UTM Ready’ and by doing so will put the UK at the top of the world’s most advanced nations for drone operations and service readiness. Whilst Japan, Switzerland, France, Germany,
Transport
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has been modifying and using commercial unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to support its logistics operations. Video footage broadcast by state-owned China Central Television (CCTV) in early July shows the PLA Ground Force's (PLAGF's) 83rd Group Army using a repurposed
Business
The US Army has selected at least one company, Lockheed Martin, to develop a new high-energy laser prototype to protect fixed and semi-fixed sites from incoming aerial threats, according to a contract notification. On Wednesday the service announced Lockheed has received an “other transaction authority” deal worth up to $220.