The government of Rwanda has secured €37 million (approx. Rwf41 billion) loan from the French Development Agency (AFD) to transform more public services digitally and develop the country’s drone industry. The related agreement is also complemented with a €1.2 million grant to mobilize French expertise in project implementation.
Transport
The 'island villages' of Saarikylät to the southeast of the city of Tampere in the Pirkanmaa region contain seven villages located on different islands — and they are a paper deliverer's worst nightmare. This has prompted a local logistics company to come up with a novel solution
Business
Dedrone announced that it has entered a partnership with G4S, an Allied Universal company, covering Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). G4S will now offer Dedrone’s command and control (C2) drone detection, tracking and identification (DTI) solution suite to its customers in more than 50 countries across EMEA. “This
C-UAS
Massachusetts Army National Guard Sgt. Mickey Reeve won the U.S. Central Command’s Innovation Oasis contest this fall for his counter-unmanned aerial system training software. The tool simulates U.S. military c-UAS operating systems allowing operators to train with adjustable scenarios and locations. The customizable trainer can be used
Business
The UAE’s EDGE, one of the world’s leading advanced technology and defence groups, has announced a strategic investment in High Lander, the company behind Universal UTM, a drone-agnostic unmanned traffic management solution which provides the automation, coordination, and safety much needed in increasingly crowded skies. The US$14
Video
The Curtiss A-12 Shrike was the United States Army Air Corps' second monoplane ground-attack aircraft, and its main attack aircraft through most of the 1930s. It was based on the A-8, but had a radial engine instead of the A-8's inline, water-cooled engine, as well as other
Business
Quantum-Systems GmbH, an aerial intelligence company that provides multi-sensor data collection drones to government agencies and commercial customers, announced that it will deliver 105 additional long-endurance reconnaissance drones type Vector in military support of Ukraine’s armed forces, funded by the German Government. Founded in 2015, Quantum-Systems is at the
Patents
Ford Motor Company has filed a patent for drone flights over public roadways, Ford Authority has learned. The patent was filed on June 9th, 2021, published on December 15th, 2022, and assigned serial number 0398932. The Ford Authority Take In recent months, Ford has filed a host of patents related
Israeli authorities indicted seven men in connection to a plot to use explosive drones to try and assassinate an unknown individual in Jaffa as part of a gang-related dispute. "After an undercover investigation by the Central Unit (YMR) in the Tel Aviv district, seven suspects planned to harm another
Regulations
Percepto, an autonomous inspection and monitoring solution provider, has announced that Transport Canada has approved Ontario Power Generation Inc. (OPG) to operate Percepto’s drone-in-a-box solution Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) at McConnell Lake Control Dam without a visual observer on site, a first in Canada. A BVLOS Special
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment (OUSD(A&S)) have updated DOD’s cleared list of small unmanned aircraft systems under the second iteration of the Blue sUAS project with the addition of drones from Skydio and
C-UAS
Lockheed Martin achieved first light from the Directed Energy Interceptor for Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense System (DEIMOS) system, which verifies that the laser’s optical performance parameters align with the system design parameters. Lockheed Martin’s 50 kW-class DEIMOS system is a ruggedized, tactical laser weapon system that can be