Transport
Aquiline Drones (AD), an American drone manufacturer and cloud technology enterprise, has spent the past two years establishing an airline division dedicated to the timely transport of human tissue, organs, blood and other time-critical cargo. The company has announced the culmination of its extensive effort and official formation of
Business
Aquiline Drones, a manufacturer in downtown Hartford, has laid off nearly half its workforce in the city, blaming the manufacturing industry’s difficulty in getting materials and travel restrictions in the pandemic. Barry Alexander, chief executive of the drone maker, said 33 were laid off Thursday — 13 in manufacturing and
Research
Finally, someone decided to answer the question that nobody was asking: what if [Benjamin Franklin] had had a drone rather than a kite? Granted, [Jay Bowles] didn’t fly his electricity-harvesting drone during a thunderstorm, but he did manage to reach some of the same conclusions that [Dr. Franklin]
Vanilla Unmanned demonstrated 8 days, 50 minutes, and 47 seconds of continuous flight, breaking the world record for unrefueled, internal combustion endurance of an unmanned aircraft. Vanilla launched from Rogers Dry Lakebed on Friday, September 24th and was recovered on Saturday, October 2nd having flown 12,200 miles over Edwards
Aerial Photography
Colorado-based and veteran-owned Blue Nose Aerial Imaging, the only franchised commercial drone services provider in the United States, continues to expand its one-of-a-kind model. Since its inception in March 2020, the company has brought on 27 franchises across 18 states. Its target: to reach 50
The New York State Thruway Authority announced it will launch a pilot program using drones in partnership with New York based nonprofit NUAIR. The initiative, which is at no cost to the Authority, has the potential to increase efficiency and improve safety while lowering costs for inspections of bridges, culverts,
Drone Light Shows
Drones fell out of the sky at a failed light show in China, prompting panicked spectators to run for cover. During a performance staged above a mall in the central city of Zhengzhou on Friday, drones began falling from the sky in the middle of the show, hitting buildings and
Research
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced $2.8 million in drone research, education and training grants to five universities. Research will focus on three areas: Advanced material, right-of-way rules, and flight data recorder requirements. The universities receiving grants are Mississippi State
Testing
HMS Prince of Wales has launched drones from her flight deck as the Royal Navy begins exploring the use of crewless technology on the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers. Fixed-wing drones - called the QinetiQ Banshee Jet 80+ - flew from the carrier’s vast flight deck to assess how they
Research
In Adelaide, South Australia, a Flinders University College of Science and Engineering research project with conservation charity Koala Life and the State Government is developing non-invasive koala monitoring techniques with drones and a special facial recognition software program to count, identify and re-identify koalas in wild populations. The
In a bid to further intensify green cover in the State, the Seedcopter initiative by Marut Drones in collaboration with the Forest Department and ITES of Telangana, began on Friday last week. It was inaugurated by actor Rana Daggubati and Chief Conservator of Forests, IFS MJ Akbar, at KBR National
Military
Korean Air has secured a government contract to develop a low-observable unmanned air vehicle (UAV) to advance South Korea’s stealth technology. The contract award came from the Korea Research Institute for Defense Technology Planning and Advancement (KRIT), says Korean Air. The project involves producing a UAV that aids