Switzerland has received in-country the first of six Elbit Systems Hermes 900 unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), the government announced on 9 December. The Israeli-built medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) UAS, serial D-II, was shown to reporters at the Emmen air base from which it will perform border
Agriculture
As swarms of locusts continue to infest and destroy vegetation in Sindh and the issue has persisted for months, it has become evident that the authorities concerned have still not been able to control the situation. Farmers complain that farms in Karachi’s Malir area, where the attack happened, had
Yesterday General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) began a series of demonstration flights using its MQ-9 Guardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA). The flights, being hosted by the Hellenic Air Force (HAF) and staged out of Larissa Air Base in Greece, showcase the maritime surveillance capabilities of the MQ-
VTOL
The US Navy (USN) intends to negotiate and award a contract to Bell to engineer an aft-cabin door redesign of the Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout to accommodate potential weapon stores. The work is intended to push forward weapon studies completed in late 2019 on the unmanned helicopter
UAM/UTM
Lilium is a Munich, Germany-based aerospace startup developing a revolutionary on-demand air taxi service that is powered by the all-electric, vertical take-off and landing Lilium Jet. Just six months after revealing the all-electric, five-seater Lilium Jet for the first time, Lilium is now flying
A satellite image that was posted on Chinese internet shows an impressive lineup of the Chinese military aerial drones, some of which are in development while others are operational. The lineup occurred at Malan Air Base, a known hub of testing for these types of systems. The image is yet
Business
The Japan Coast Guard plans to stop using and procuring Chinese-made drones in fiscal 2020 due to concerns over information security, Nikkei has learned. It will be the second case in which Chinese products are barred from consideration by Japanese government procurement programs. Equipment from China's Huawei
Commercial
Thirteen parties, including Royal Schiphol Group, joined forces during Amsterdam Drone Week in an effort to realise the full potential of drones and Urban Air Mobility – the future of air passenger transport in the Netherlands. The partners have established Dutch Drone Delta, an alliance set to develop smart, sustainable solutions.
Business
Professional drone services company SkySkopes has announced the launch of SkySkopes Oil & Gas LLC, which is a new spin off company for UAS-related oilfield operations. SkySkopes has launched this new division as a “single point of contact” for all UAS-based oil company needs under one umbrella. “This
In a letter submitted last month to the chairmen and ranking members of the House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and its aviation subcommittee, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) and other aviation industry groups urged the panels to oppose the Drone Integration and Zoning Act, S.
Accidents
The US Africa Command said on Saturday that an unarmed American drone had been shot down by Russian air defence systems near the capital city of Tripoli in November, and demanded the return of the unmanned aircraft’s wreckage. The operators of the air defence systems “didn’t know it
DroneShield Ltd has announced that UK Government’s Centre for Protection of National Infrastructure (“CPNI”) has formally certified DroneShield’s DroneSentinel multi-sensor counter-drone system. As a result, DroneSentinel has been included in the CPNI Catalogue of Security Equipment (“CSE”). CSE forms an approved list of products for deployment