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Kansas farmer Derek Klingenberg is known around the world for his YouTube stunts, but now he has captured attention in space. Famous for his single What Does The Farmer Say? and for the time he serenaded his cow herd with a trombone, Mr Klingenberg has also made headlines for his
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Personal Aircraft sure are changing. Would you ever fly in a mini-copter or personal drone aircraft? Here is a list of 10 mini personal aircraft | innovative aircraft designs. Source: YouTube
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3W-International GmbH has authorised Sky Power GmbH for further development and performance enhancement of 3W engines. Accordingly, the first new additional products and new performance engines will be presented even before Xponential 2018 in Denver. "We look forward to the results because we can provide our customers with
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Poland has acquired the Insitu RQ-21A Blackjack small tactical unmanned aircraft system (STUAS). A USD 11.4 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) contract for one system was awarded to the Boeing subsidiary by the US Department of Defense (DoD) on 30 March. The system comprises an undisclosed number of
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SenseFly is partnering with Trimble to optimize the drone mapping workflow for geospatial professionals. The new integration is designed to ensure a smooth end-to-end mapping drone workflow. senseFly operators can now, within the recently launched eMotion 3.5 software, transform a senseFly S.O.D.A. camera’s
The Federal Aviation Administration is looking for a few good suppliers – for the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC), that is. In October 2017, the FAA deployed LAANC (pronounced “LANCE”) at several air traffic facilities to evaluate how well the prototype system functioned for drone operators who want to
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In partnership with NASA, the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works team is solving one of the most persistent challenges of supersonic flight – the sonic boom. NASA awarded Lockheed Martin Skunk Works a contract in February 2016 for the preliminary design of the supersonic X-plane, designed to reduce a sonic boom
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Italy’s Ministry of Defence last month sent an acquisition request to Parliament’s defense commission for 20 Piaggio Aerospace P.2HH drones, costing a total of €766 million (U.S. $951 million).The platform, dubbed the HammerHead, is an unmanned variant of the Piaggio Aerospace P180 business aircraft, which
Drone Delivery Canada announced that it has commenced development of its newest cargo delivery drone, ‘The Condor’ with a lifting capability estimated at 400 pounds of payload. “Our engineering team is focused on building out our fleet to provide drones capable of addressing a wide range of client requirements in
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Air New Zealand last week that a drone came within meters of a flight descending into Auckland Airport from Tokyo, putting the safety of 278 passengers and crew at risk. After the incident, the national carrier is calling for prison terms for drone operators who endanger lives. Air New Zealand
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SF Express, China’s biggest logistics firm, announced that subsidiary Fengyu Shuntu Technology received the first official permit in China to deliver packages via unmanned aerial vehicles, following a series of tests that began last June (link in Chinese). SF Express aims to use drones for delivering goods to rural
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The United Kingdom’s General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) Protector unmanned aircraft system has received a further injection of design, development, and integration funding. A USD 80.9 million contract was awarded to the manufacturer on 30 March to add to the approximately USD130 million that the UK