Military
China has developed a new low-cost “suicide drone” that is despatched in a swarm to attack a target, according to mainland media reports. It was commissioned as part of the government’s military-civilian fusion strategy, a People’s Liberation Army insider who requested anonymity told the South China Morning Post.
Business
Hamburg-based drone data and solutions provider, FlyNex, joins the EIT Digital Accelerator to reach new markets and expand their international foothold. FlyNex helps companies bring drones into their business operations to gather and analyse data in a new and efficient way. Founded in 2015, FlyNex aims to bring automated workflows
Commercial
Aquiline Drones , the Hartford-based manufacturer of unmanned aerial systems and cloud solutions provider for commercial drone operations, announced that it has signed exclusive US manufacturing and distribution licensing agreements with Drone Volt, a French aeronautic manufacturer of professional civilian drones, on-board artificial intelligence, edge computing and unmanned aerial systems production.
Transport
Apian, part of the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme, aims to establish a network of secure air corridors for electric drones to navigate via satellite-enabled GPS. Each drone will be able to carry COVID-19 samples, test-kits and PPE. This will avoid courier call-out waiting times, free-up NHS staff, reduce unnecessary physical
Military
The DRDO’s “Ghatak”, or what was previously known as “AURA”, is probably the most secretive aircraft project of the Indian government, which is aimed to develop an unmanned stealth deep penetration strike bomber for the Indian Armed Forces (expectedly the IAF). The design is based on the flying wing
Business
Viasat Inc. , a global communications company, and AeroVironment, Inc. , a global supplier of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), have announced they will collaborate on a contract awarded under the U.S. Army Reconfigurable Communications for Small Unmanned Systems (RCSUS) initiative. The project will provide U.S. military customers flying small UAS
Propulsion
The Bayraktar AKINCI TİHA's flight tests continue. High and Medium Altitude Asymmetric Propulsion Test has also been successfully completed, according to official statements. The second prototype of the Bayraktar AKINCI TİHA (Attack Unmanned Aerial Vehicle), developed by BAYKAR with domestic and national facilities, continues the flight tests successfully,
C-UAS
The latest portable drone countermeasure system from Drone Defence is a compact, lightweight and effective portable counter drone solution, and will protect organisations of all sizes against an emerging threat from drones. The Paladyne series of electronic countermeasures (drone jammers) are specifically designed to be a man-portable & future-proof system
News
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) announced the release of a user survey to capture how companies, organizations, and agencies use the Standardization Roadmap for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Version 2.0), which was published by the ANSI Unmanned Aircraft Systems Standardization Collaborative (UASSC) in June 2020. Version 2.0 of
Transport
For the first time in Russia, an unmanned aerial system was tested at the Vostochno-Messoyakhskoye oil and gas condensate field (Gydan Peninsula, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug) designed to deliver heavy and oversized cargo in the Arctic. The unmanned helicopter "Tiber" KAGU-150 has successfully completed several flights and delivered material
Electronic Systems
Fixposition, a spin-off from ETH Zurich (ETH), has developed a new sensor allowing robots and drones to navigate even the most challenging environments. Fixposition has launched the Vision-RTK, a centimeter-accurate positioning solution that uses a unique sensor fusion algorithm to integrate GNSS, camera and inertial sensors. The Vision-RTK is designed
Data Links & Communications
Cubic Corporation announced that its Cubic Mission and Performance Solutions (CMPS) business division was awarded a contract worth $7.5 million to develop and flight test prototype software-defined radios (SDR) for the U.S. Army. The contract is part of an effort to develop a next-generation datalink waveform for unmanned