Testing
On August 1, 2023, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. completed multiple successful takeoffs and landings with its Mojave Unmanned Aircraft System on a dirt strip near El Mirage, California. The ability to take off and land on unimproved surfaces demonstrates Mojave’s departure from traditional fixed-wing aircraft’s dependance
Testing
To reduce risk to the development and maturation of artificial intelligence capabilities, the Air Force Research Laboratory led a successful three-hour sortie, July 25, 2023, demonstrating the first-ever flight of AFRL-developed, machine-learning trained, artificial intelligence algorithms on an XQ-58A Valkyrie. Test units executed the flight
Military
Ukrainian volunteers collecting donations for the army, Serhiy Prytula and Serhiy Sternenko, showed kamikaze drones that are being used to attack strategic sites in Moscow. Prytyla and Sternenko pictured themselves in front of the drones, threatening Moscow residents and calling on them to go to bomb shelters and watch how
Inspections
Sony customer HHLA Sky uses Alpha 7R cameras and the Sony Camera Remote SDK on its automated drones for critical crane safety inspections in the Port of Hamburg, boosting efficiency and improving results. Drones are automated inspection platforms, flying precisely, repeatedly and often in dangerous or hard to reach places.
Propulsion
Amprius Technologies, Inc. , a supplier of lithium-ion batteries with its Silicon Anode Platform, is continuing to pioneer innovative battery technology with its newest ultra-high-power-high-energy lithium-ion battery. Leveraging the company’s advanced material system capability, the cell achieves an impressive discharge rate of 10C while
Transport
OhioHealth has announced a partnership with Zipline, the world's largest autonomous delivery service, to integrate Zipline’s fully electric drone delivery into OhioHealth’s network. Using Zipline’s newly-introduced Platform 2, OhioHealth will bring prescriptions directly to patients’ homes and move lab samples and supplies between OhioHealth
Pierce Aerospace announced that it has partnered with DRONERESPONDERS, the world's largest and leading non-profit program dedicated to advancing and educating Public Safety's use of drones. DRONERESPONDERS has over 8,500 members representing over 87 countries and more than 1300 public safety agencies represented in
India's Skyhawk Aerospace showcased its indigenously designed fixed-wing vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) multirole Pushpak and C35-E unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at the 4th Drone International Expo held in Delhi on 26 and 27 July. The Pushpak is a tactical UAV designed to conduct high-
Military
The Russian Federation already uses kamikaze drones of its own production based on Iranian Shahed for strikes on Ukraine: we will explain what is known about them... At the beginning of July of this year, after one of the night attacks of the occupiers by Iranian kamikaze drones of the
Commercial
Orange Belgium is boosting its private 5G deployments to help support VR, drones and robotics use cases in industry. The French telecoms firm is deploying 5G in shipping ports and factories to help reduce carbon footprint and allow inspectors to work remotely with the help of robots and virtual reality.
Video
The Scorpion armed reconnaissance jet from Textron Aviation is one-of-a-kind. No other tactical aircraft like it is currently in existence. The manufacturer took it upon itself to develop a unique aircraft to meet a specific need in the market no other aircraft could fulfill. In their confidence,
The Chinese government has imposed export controls on some drones and drone-related equipment to prevent their use in the war in Ukraine. The restrictions, which come into force starting September 1, will affect drones that meet the following characteristics: * equipped with a throwing device; * having an empty weight of