Electronic Sub-Systems
UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía has signed a collaboration agreement with Zerosum Technologies in order to increase its presence in the Asian market. With this accord, UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía expects to go beyond a commercial agreement with the Indian company and rely on Zerosum Tecnologies’ experience in India to boost
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. is partnering with Divergent Technologies, Inc. (Divergent) to support its Additive Manufacturing applications development efforts and implement a full digital manufacturing process for GA-ASI’s products. Divergent has developed a data-driven approach to design, fabricate and assemble vehicle structures called the Divergent Adaptive Production System
BVLOS
Starting in March, Helisul will oversee the import, sale, and advanced operation of FIXAR enterprise drones. in a swiftly expanding Brazilian UAV market. Deployment of drones in Brazil for both business and pleasure is on the rise. But demand is especially strong from Brazilian enterprise users operating long-range, beyond visual
Transport
Ameriflight, the nation’s largest Part 135 Cargo airline, announces signed letter of intent to purchase 35 VTOL air cargo drones from Sabrewing Aircraft Company, Inc., a U.S. corporation designing and producing a new generation of regional cargo UAV that offers high-efficiency, all-weather operation with vertical landing and takeoff
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) have jointly announced that turbo-propeller engines, which power GA-ASI’s state-of-art MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS), will be supported by the HAL Engine Division at Bengaluru for the Indian market. “GA-ASI is proud to collaborate with HAL on this
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Drone startup Garuda Aerospace has raised $22 million in an early stage funding round led by venture capital firm SphitiCap. The Series A funding round provides Garuda Aerospace a $250-million valuation. SphitiCap invested $12 million in the round. Other investors included Canada-based Ocgrow Ventures, the United Kingdom-based Silverstone Capital, an
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Rheinmetall , a renowned development partner and direct supplier to the global automotive industry and a leading provider for security technology, and AeroVironment, a renowned American unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) manufacturer, have teamed up to participate in a . The subsidiary company, Rheinmetall Technical Publications GmbH, and AeroVironment have applied to join
Transport
Ondas Holdings Inc., a provider of private industrial wireless networks and commercial drone and automated data solutions, announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Airobotics, Ltd., and Sky Go Transport of Goods L.L.C , a UAE-based company with commercial license to provide unmanned aerial transport of goods and services across the
VTOL
Schiebel and Thales have been awarded the Uncrewed Air Systems (UAS) contract “Peregrine” by the UK Ministry of Defence. This prestigious £20M contract award will deliver the unrivalled CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS, fitted with a powerful naval surveillance sensor suite, to provide a comprehensive maritime capability protecting Royal Navy ships on
Inspections
Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, announced that it has been awarded a $13.3 million contract by the U.S. Department of Defense to further expand the capabilities of its R80D SkyRaider unmanned aerial system to autonomously perform chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) reconnaissance missions. Teledyne
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Natilus, a U.S. corporation designing and producing the world’s first autonomous aircraft for efficient and sustainable freight transport, has announced that Ameriflight, an industry leader in freight operations, has become the first regional U.S. carrier to sign an Aircraft Purchase Agreement with Natilus. The Ameriflight agreement for
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, is awarded a $34,232,310 modification (P00001) to a firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N0001923F0021) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001922G0006). This modification procures eight mobile ground control stations and six ground data terminals in support of successful operational capability of the