UAM/UTM
While the sun beat down on the New Mexico desert, inside, a dense fog hung in the air. In a special facility outside Albuquerque, a team of NASA researchers was working with the kind of fog that’s so thick you can’t see three feet in front of you.
eVTOL
On December 11, Los Angeles-based Talyn Air, creators of a 100% electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft system, inspired by the 2-stage rocket concept, successfully demonstrated in-flight deployment, a major milestone towards proving its concept for runway-free operations for the U.S. Air Force. Part of a 2-year, $1 million
Business
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on December 16th. identified eight Chinese technology firms pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13959, as amended by E.O. 14032. These eight entities actively support the biometric surveillance and tracking of ethnic and religious minorities
Weapons Systems / Lasers
Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) conducted a high-energy laser weapon system demonstration, Dec. 14, while sailing in the Gulf of Aden. During the demonstration, the Solid State Laser - Technology Maturation Laser Weapons System Demonstrator (LWSD) Mark 2 MOD 0 aboard Portland successfully engaged a static surface
Every December, millions of families around the world track Santa's Yuletide journey through the North American Aerospace Defense Command's Santa Tracker. "NORAD Tracks Santa" is a holiday tradition that started from humble origins — and as a fluke — but has now grown into a massive
Testing
Leonardo has completed the first phase of its "Sumeri Moderni" drone-based-delivery tests in Turin, focusing on “middle mile delivery”. In logistics, “middle mile” refers to a product or parcel’s journey from the distribution centre to the individual retail store, usually involving moving heavy batches of goods. The
Electronic Sub-Systems
During November 2021, in Israel, infiniDome, Honeywell, and Easy Aerial demonstrated the first UAV-tailored resilient navigation solution to complete critical missions under GPS challenged and denied environments. The three parties demonstrated the fully operational #RobustNavigationSystem, which integrates GPS anti-jamming technology (#GPSdome), Inertial System (#HCINS ) and Radar Velocity System (#HRVS) into
Business
German drone delivery pioneer Wingcopter has secured its next investment. The capital influx comes from SYNERJET Corp, a leading business aviation specialist in Latin America, with operations in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Panama, and Guatemala. The new funding follows recently announced investments from Japan-based DRONE FUND as well as UBER
Tethered
Easy Aerial, a provider of autonomous drone-based monitoring solutions for commercial, government, and military applications, has announced the launch of its next-generation Easy Compact Tether System (ECTS). The newest addition in the company’s portfolio of Smart Aerial Monitoring Systems (SAMS), the ECTS offers users a lightweight, easily transported autonomous
Video
A short look at some unusual flying aircraft. 7. Opensky M-02J 6. Copterpack 5. Omni Hoverboard 4. Blackfly 3. MK3 Suit (JB 11) 2. ZEVO Aero 1. Jetson One (MK 4) Source: YouTube [themoneytizer id="15547-28"]
Military
The second flying prototype of Russia’s S-70 Okhotnik unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) has emerged, and it features the long-awaited stealthier nozzle configuration, among many other refinements, that should maximize the low observability and combat effectiveness of the production version. While the redesigned Sukhoi drone has yet to fly
Military
Kratos has released the first rendering, above, of the unmanned aircraft it is developing under the U.S. Air Force's secretive Off-Board Sensing Station program, or OBSS. While details about the drone remain limited, we do know there is a heavy emphasis on scalability, modularity, and affordability, and