Testing
Turkey's Bayraktar Akinci combat drone broke a new record in the country on July 8th. by flying at an altitude of 38,039 feet and staying in the air for 25 hours and 46 minutes. According to the defense company Baykar, the unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) was
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Drone Delivery Canada Corp. has announced that, with the assistance of its sales agent Air Canada, it has entered into three commercial agreements on July 8th, 2021, with each of Edmonton International Airport, Apple Express Courier Ltd. and Ziing Final Mile Inc. to deploy DDC’s patented drone delivery solution
First Responders
With the assistance of a control center on the ground, a drone able to locate missing people - even in densely forested areas – had attracted a great deal of attention. The Institute for Computer Graphics at the Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, has now gone one step further, creating a
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The US Air Force released a new B-21 Raider artist rendering graphic with an accompanying fact sheet on July 6th. As with past renderings, this rendering is an artist’s interpretation of the B-21 design. The new rendering highlights the future stealth bomber with Edwards Air Force Base, California, as
Agriculture
World Vision Kenya aims to improve the climate resilience of nine villages in Tana River County, sustainably manage the ecosystem and climate change, and restore the communities’ livelihoods by reseeding the hotspot areas with indigenous trees, covering at least 250 acres for every village. This can be challenging to achieve,
Military
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announced the completion of the first MQ-9A Block 5 Remotely Piloted Aircraft and Ground Control Station for the Royal Netherlands Air Force. GA-ASI and RNLAF commemorated the occasion with a special roll-out ceremony at GA-ASI’s corporate headquarters in Poway, California, and the event
C-UAS
The French Directorate General of Armaments on Wednesday demonstrated the destruction of a drone by laser weapon, a protection system that the Ministry of the Armed Forces hopes to see fully operational during the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. The demonstration carried out in Biscarosse (Landes) is a first in
Drone Racing
The United States Air Force and the Drone Racing League, the global, professional drone racing property, have announced a renewal and expansion of their partnership ahead of the 2021-22 DRL Allianz World Championship Season. Following a successful partnership with the league over the past four years, the U.S. Air
Control Stations
AeroVironment, Inc. has introduced Crysalis, the company’s next-generation ground control solution. Crysalis is an integrated hardware and software-based ground control system (GCS) that provides command and control of compatible AeroVironment unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and their payloads, through an intuitive user experience (UX). Built around three core elements – software,
UAM/UTM
The Urban Air Mobility Division of Hyundai Motor Group announced a new partnership with ANRA Technologies – an international provider of end-to-end drone operations and traffic management solutions for unmanned system operators and airspace managers – to begin developing the operating environment for the advanced air mobility (AAM) industry. This is the
Law Enforcement
The Spanish maritime safety and rescue body SASEMAR is operating the CAMCOPTER S-100 for maritime surveillance over the coming months. The Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) service is delivered by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA). Stationed in Finisterre in the northwest of Spain, the CAMCOPTER S-100 supports the Spanish
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Members of the NavyX team are working out how heavy-lift Minerva drones could deliver potentially life-saving equipment if someone falls overboard. Over the past few months, the team – who are the navy’s experimentation experts – tested the drone both at the Royal Navy’s Diving School at Horsea Island, Portsmouth,