The US Air Force released a new B-21 Raider artist rendering graphic with an accompanying fact sheet on July 6th. As with past renderings, this rendering is an artist’s interpretation of the B-21 design. The new rendering highlights the future stealth bomber with Edwards Air Force Base,
Agriculture
World Vision Kenya aims to improve the climate resilience of nine villages in Tana River County, sustainably manage the ecosystem and climate change, and restore the communities’ livelihoods by reseeding the hotspot areas with indigenous trees, covering at least 250 acres for every village. This can be challenging to achieve,
Military
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announced the completion of the first MQ-9A Block 5 Remotely Piloted Aircraft and Ground Control Station for the Royal Netherlands Air Force. GA-ASI and RNLAF commemorated the occasion with a special roll-out ceremony at GA-ASI’s corporate headquarters in
C-UAS
The French Directorate General of Armaments on Wednesday demonstrated the destruction of a drone by laser weapon, a protection system that the Ministry of the Armed Forces hopes to see fully operational during the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. The demonstration carried out in Biscarosse (Landes) is a first in
Testing
AirCar, a dual-mode car-aircraft vehicle moved closer to production this week, fulfilling a key development milestone in a 35-minute flight from the international airport in Nitra to the international airport in Bratislava on June 28th, 2021. Klein Vision’s patent protected AirCar completed its 142nd successful landing
Drone Racing
The United States Air Force and the Drone Racing League, the global, professional drone racing property, have announced a renewal and expansion of their partnership ahead of the 2021-22 DRL Allianz World Championship Season. Following a successful partnership with the league over the past four years, the U.S.
Video
Video by Dr. Mark Felton, a well-known British historian, the author of 22 non-fiction books, including bestsellers 'Zero Night' and 'Castle of the Eagles', both currently being developed into movies in Hollywood. In addition to writing, Mark also appears regularly in television documentaries around
Control Stations
AeroVironment, Inc. has introduced Crysalis, the company’s next-generation ground control solution. Crysalis is an integrated hardware and software-based ground control system (GCS) that provides command and control of compatible AeroVironment unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and their payloads, through an intuitive user experience (UX). Built around three core
Business
The Urban Air Mobility Division of Hyundai Motor Group announced a new partnership with ANRA Technologies – an international provider of end-to-end drone operations and traffic management solutions for unmanned system operators and airspace managers – to begin developing the operating environment for the advanced air mobility (AAM) industry. This
Testing
Thales has successfully completed the first flight of a half-scale prototype of its UAS 100 long-range unmanned air system. Developed in partnership with Issoire Aviation and Hionos, and with the support of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces via the Defence Innovation Agency (AID), UAS100 will help
Aerial Photography
Acecore Technologies, a manufacturer of professional grade UAVs for data collection and surveillance markets, introduces a new commercial UAV: the Zoe Zetona
Business
Altitude Angel, a unified traffic management (UTM) technology provider, and iOCO, a South African ICT solutions supplier, have agreed to form an alliance with the strategic aim of providing the building blocks on which the country’s urban air mobility (UAM) infrastructure can be built and supported. Capitalising on the