Propulsion
Universal Hydrogen Co., a company fighting to decarbonize aviation through the adoption of hydrogen as a universal fuel, announced that after an extensive search process that it will locate its second engineering and design center in Toulouse, France, Europe’s leading city for aviation manufacturing and innovation. The company is
Military
Boeing will build the US Navy’s newest carrier-based aircraft at a new high-tech facility in Illinois, bringing the benefits of digital aircraft design and production to the Navy and up to 300 advanced manufacturing jobs to the greater St. Louis region. The new 300,000 square-foot facility at MidAmerica
Business
Iris Automation announced that the company has partnered with Doosan Mobility Innovation (DMI) for the integration of its Casia detect and avoid (DAA) system with DMI’s family of hydrogen powered systems and drones. The joint solution will enable DMI’s clients to operate safer advanced missions like beyond visual
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26 kilometers (16 miles) between Greifswald and Wolgast – that is the distance over which Wingcopter drones recently transported blood samples in the Northeast German federal state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania. The flights were carried out by Greifswald University Medical Center in cooperation with DRF Luftrettung and Wingcopter as part of the
Business
Nordic Unmanned has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire 100 percent of the shares of Ecoxy, the leading Norwegian provider of accredited emission measurements for the shipping and oil and gas industry. Ecoxy is also accredited to verify GHG reporting under EU ETS. “Emission monitoring is a
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The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority for the first time approved a point-to-point domestic flight of an unmanned aircraft that utilized the UK’s airways structure when General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) flew its MQ-9B SeaGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft from Lincolnshire, England to Moray, Scotland on Sept. 12, 2021.
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The world’s first hands-free jetpack created by two British entrepreneurs has been revealed. These are the first images ever released of Maverick Aviation’s prototype, which promises to transform the way challenging maintenance, inspections and rescues are carried out worldwide. The jetpack is the brainchild of Hollywood animatronics expert
Testing
BlueHalo’s small unmanned aerial systems team successfully completed a capabilities demonstration of BlueHalo’s, American-made Group 1 sUAS for Defense Innovation Unit at a DoD facility in California. BlueHalo was recently awarded a contract to participate in DIU’s Blue 2.0 Prototype OTA effort, designed to streamline government
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Altitude Angel, a global UTM technology provider, announced that it is to provide pre-flight situational awareness data across Europe, Africa, and Asia to drone operations management platform DroneLogbook. Altitude Angel’s GuardianUTM Cloud will be used to power DroneLogbook’s compliance management platform with accurate, real-time, and relevant geospatial data,
Electronic Systems
Iris Automation’s Casia detect and avoid computer vision system is a leading candidate for equipping drones to avoid other aircraft. The system, which uses off-the-shelf cameras, has been extensively flight tested during the last three years. In the USA the FAA allows waivers and exceptions for drones to operate
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Firemaps, a San Francisco-based start-up company is using drones and 3-D technology to harden homes against wildfires. The Tubbs Fire in 2017 changed Calistoga resident Bill Dyers' mind about living in a house in the middle of the woods. "We thought that was a cool thing. Once you&
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Brussels Airport and skeyes continue to explore the possible uses of drones at the airport with a second series of testing days.These test days specifically focus on the use of drones for bird control at the airport, to monitor the presence of birds and to direct them away from