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Chelsea Football Club celebrated their Champions League win on Saturday with a drone light show above the club's home ground at Stamford Bridge in London. ABOUT CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB Founded in 1905, Chelsea Football Club has a rich history, with its many successes including 5 Premier League titles,
Business
Skyports, Future Mobility Campus Ireland, Avtrain and Shannon Group have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish Ireland’s first passenger and cargo vertiport. The partnership will work towards launching an operational vertiport at Shannon’s FMCI campus in 2022, thereby encouraging participation and investment in Ireland’s Advanced
Business
AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV) Chairman Timothy E. Conver sold 12,500 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $107.76, for a total transaction of $1,347,000.00. Following the completion of the
Software
ANRA Technologies has announced SmartSkies DELIVERY, an end-to-end mobile and web-based software solution providing drone delivery services for commercial, government, and medical applications. The solution connects all the necessary stakeholders by providing the vital information and data exchanges necessary for safe, compliant, and efficient cargo and package
Military
While Israel has previously dealt with Iranian drones, it seems that Hamas has acquired a similar technology that enables the organization to use explosive-laden drones. Israel intercepted six weaponized drones through various means. A number of them were intercepted by IAF fighter jets, while one was intercepted by the
Military
The German government has approved the deployment of another Heron unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to the United Nations mission in Mali, which will bring the total to four. On 5 May, the budget committee of the Bundestag released funds for an extension and expansion of the operator contract for Heron
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On March 21st 2016 Lockheed Constellation named "Columbine" by US President Dwight D. Eisenhower departed Marana Regional Airport in Southern Arizona. The plane was beginning a ferry flight to Bridgwater Virginia for a full restoration. The Lockheed Constellation ("Connie") is a propeller-driven, four-engine airliner
Electronic Sub-Systems
Sensor solutions provider HENSOLDT is vigorously pushing ahead with the development of a collision warning system for civil and military drones. After the radar sensor as the core element of a collision warning system was already successfully tested in flight as part of the ProSA-n (military) and KoKo2 (civil)
Propulsion
Gasoline and diesel engines, which are powered by fossil fuels, will soon be sidelined by climate change. Instead, new propulsion systems will be required. One fuel with a big potential is hydrogen. Hydrogen vehicles are equipped with a reinforced tank that is fueled at a pressure of 700 bar. This
Commercial
Parrot, a European drone group, announced its collaboration with Textron Systems - a global provider of unmanned air, surface and land products, services and support for aerospace and defense customers. Combining Parrot’s durable ANAFI USA and ANAFI platform drones with Textron Systems’ Optice software, professionals can now enhance their aerial
BVLOS
Kongsberg Geospatial, developer of the TerraLens Geospatial SDK, and Skyports, an enabler of advanced air mobility (AAM), announced that the Kongsberg Geospatial IRIS airspace situational awareness application has been adopted by Skyports. The technology will be used by Skyports to enhance their BVLOS operations. The Kongsberg Geospatial IRIS airspace visualization
C-UAS
WhiteFox, a global supplier of airspace security, has launched STRATUS, the world's first cloud-based system to detect and track drones. WhiteFox has adapted its core technology that stops drones from operating unsafely or illegally, such as smuggling drugs into prisons and surveilling nuclear power plants. STRATUS is