Regulations
As part of its work to enable the safe integration of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPAS) flying Beyond the Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) the UK CAA has developed an airspace policy concept using Temporary Reserved Areas (TRA) of airspace. To help test this concept it has launched a regulatory sandbox
Military
An unmanned aerial vehicle with an American engine crashed near Noginsk near Moscow, a spokesman for emergency services told RIA Novosti. "An unmanned aerial vehicle weighing about 100 kilograms was found on the outskirts of the Bogorodsky urban district near a garden partnership," the source said. When falling,
UFO
UAP are anything in space, in the air, on land, in the sea or under the sea that can't be identified and might pose a threat to U.S. military installations or operations. Sean M. Kirkpatrick, director of AARO, testified on April 19 at the Senate Armed Services
Military
American RQ-170 Sentinel stealth drones may have conducted at least nine sorties since September 2022 to gather intelligence on Russian forces occupying Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula and other areas in the Black Sea region, according to a leaked U.S. military document. If true, this would be a rare
Military
SURVICE Engineering, partnered with Malloy Aeronautics, has been awarded a production contract with the US Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems Program Office (PMA-263) to produce around 200 Tactical Resupply Vehicle (TRV) aircraft. The contract is believed to be result of the SURVICE-Malloy team taking first place
Inspections
French Aircraft storage, maintenance, and recycling firm TARMAC Aerosave, and Donecle, a manufacturer of drones specifically for aviation maintenance purposes, have signed an agreement to develop automated aircraft inspections. A 100% French autonomous drone designed for aircraft inspections At the Atlanta MRO Americas trade fair, TARMAC Aerosave and Donecle announced
UFO
The official charged by the Pentagon to track the mystery surrounding UFOs told lawmakers that there is nothing unusual to see at this time. “I state clearly for the record that in our research, AARO has found no credible evidence thus far of extraterrestrial activity, off-world technology or objects that
Military
In an event on April 20th. attended by Army Commander Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi, more than 200 strategic unmanned aerial vehicles, designed and manufactured by the Defense Ministry in cooperation with the Army, were delivered to various units of the Army in several parts of the country. Commander-in-Chief of the
VTOL
Leidos , a FORTUNE 500 science and technology leader, was recently awarded a new prime contract to develop an uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) that can autonomously resupply forward-deployed ground forces. The firm-fixed-price, multiple-award contract has a period of performance of 18 months to build a single prototype for the Marine Corps.
Accidents
A small Israeli military drone crashed in Syrian territory on April 19, the Israel Defense Forces says. The drone, a Skylark model, was on a reconnaissance mission when it fell out of the sky due to a technical fault, according to the military. There is no fear of information leaking
Law Enforcement
French Police are allowed from Friday April 21 to use drones equipped with cameras for a wide range of tasks including crowd monitoring and border control, following the publication of a decree in the Official Journal on Thursday April 20. This comes just over a year before the Paris 2024
Military
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Sierra Vista, Arizona, has been awarded a $16,372,416 modification (P00023) to previously awarded contract FA8690-21-C-1001 for Global Hawk (RQ-4) aircraft sustainment. The contract modification is for the purchase of replenishment spares for operational use and to support depot repair, as well as two engineering