Business
BAE Systems has launched a new division within its Air Sector called FalconWorks. It is a new centre for advanced and agile research and development designed to deliver a range of cutting-edge combat air capabilities to the UK and its allies. FalconWorks will focus on generating ideas, innovation and
Research
Instead of one autonomous robot to fly, another to drive on land and one more to navigate on water, a new hybrid drone can do all three. To carry out complex missions, scientists are increasingly experimenting with drones that can do more than just fly. The idea for a drone
Battlefields entered a new era with the introduction of small unmanned aerial vehicles, or sUAVs. Commonly called drones, sUAVs enable soldiers to gain an aerial view of the battlefield and improve their situational awareness of the battlespace. Designed for low-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions that depend on rapid
Accidents
An investigation into the 2022 crash of a US Air Force (USAF) General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper found that pilot error precipitated the incident. The remotely piloted aircraft crashed at an undisclosed location in Europe on 14 July 2022, with no injuries or fatalities and “minimal damage to civilian property”
Business
Oleksandr Kamyshin, the Minister of Strategic Industry, said that the construction of the Bayraktar drone factory has begun in Ukraine.He said this on the air of the telethon. "We are talking about production on the territory of Ukraine. This is the same large "Bayraktariv" plant, which
Business
Mumbai-based Drone maker ideaForge Technology is the pioneer and the pre-eminent market leader in the Indian unmanned aircraft systems market, with a market share of approximately 50% in fiscal 2022, making a strong debut on the exchanges to close to a 90 per cent premium. The scrip listed
UAM/UTM
Australia’s aviation regulator, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority today released guidelines for vertiport design following extensive community and industry consultation. This advisory circular (AC) applies to: • persons involved in the design, construction, and operation of vertiports • proponents of vertiports • AAM aircraft owners/operators • planning authorities • aerodrome operators • the Civil
Draganfly Inc. has announced that it is expanding its manufacturing capacity to meet demand with a new facility in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. This new facility in Saskatoon is designed to enable Draganfly to meet the market potential for its products and solutions. It will enable the expanded manufacturing and production of
Research
There are currently 415,000 drones in Germany. With around 360,000 drones, most are used privately. However, this proportion has been declining for several years. In contrast, the use of drones in the commercial sector has almost tripled since 2019 and increased by 197 percent to around 56,000
Business
During the working visit of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the Republic of Turkey in the presence of the Head of State of Ukraine and President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, a Memorandum of Understanding in the field of strategic industries was signed between the Ministry of Strategic Industries
Research
A team of European researchers has established a new principle that explains how flying insects determine the direction of gravity, without using accelerometers. These results are an important step towards the creation of tiny autonomous drones. For proper operation, drones usually use accelerometers to determine the direction of gravity. In
Testing
A large civil unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the FH-98, made its first night flight and transited between two airports featuring UAV testing in the early morning of June 20, making it China's first drone to transit at night. It is said that the transition has laid the