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Auterion has announced a partnership with drive and motor specialist maxon — whose precision systems are enabling the autonomous helicopter Ingenuity and rover Perseverance to explore Mars. The strategic partnership with maxon will offer industry-changing avionics and propulsion system integration for software-defined drones that comply with federal directive, and mark the
UAM/UTM
Global smart technologies company, Hanwha Systems (CEO Kim Youn Chul Kim), and Skyports, the UK based advanced air mobility (AAM) infrastructure provider, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to foster air mobility projects that will include collaboration in areas such as infrastructure, flight services and a mobility platform. By
Business
The entrepreneurship arm of Saudi Aramco has invested a further $500,000 in a Saudi drone operator to help scale its operations to expand overseas. Wa’ed’s first investment in FalconViz came in 2016, and the new funding will help the company grow in Europe, the US, and Africa.
Business
YellowScan, a global designer of next generation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) LiDAR solutions, has announced a new product collaboration with Acecore Technologies the developer and manufacturer of professional grade UAVs for data collection and surveillance markets. This marks the first time that the two companies have come together to
Data Links & Communications
Honeywell has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Carbonix, an Australian drone manufacturer, to provide its smallest and lightest satellite communications solution for their long-range fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Powered by Inmarsat’s global satellite communications network, the Honeywell Small UAV SATCOM system enables beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS)
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Orbital Corporation Ltd has advised that it has delivered the first engine system to its Singapore defence customer. Orbital UAV signed a Memorandum of Understanding with one of Singapore’s largest defence companies in March 2020. The MoU is for the design, development and initial low rate production of multi-fuel
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General Atomics, Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, is awarded an $11,183,991 firm-fixed-price modification (P00014) to a previously awarded contract (N0001918C1063). This modification exercises an option to procure Group 5 unmanned air system (UAS) intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support for outside the Continental U.S. (OCONUS) Task Force Southwest
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Insitu Pacific and Perth-based aeronautical technology company Innovaero Pty Ltd have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to strengthen and support the development of Australian technology for uncrewed aerial systems (UAS). A key collaboration area of the agreement will see Insitu Pacific provide its common architecture software and ground control
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Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) recently signed a US$ 200 million contract to provide unmanned aerial systems (UAS) services to a country in Asia, relating to IAI’s Heron unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). This is the fourth major UAS transaction that IAI has announced this year. The Heron family leads IAI’
Construction
Propeller Aero and Wingtra have joined forces to deliver highly accurate site data and 3D mapping to construction and earthworks companies
C-UAS
Korea's Hanwha Group has won a 24.3 billion-won ($21.8 million) deal from the Agency for Defense Development to develop a key device that helps laser beam weapons target drones flying several kilometers away, the company announced. Over the next four years, Hanwha will develop a prototype
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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