Propulsion
José Manuel Hermo Barreiro, also known as Patelo, is a retired naval mechanic with a love for scale model engines. Using only basic tools and a lathe, he has built a non-flying hexacopter display model, each propeller turned by a tiny single cylinder motor that runs on compressed air. From
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This is what makes the Flying Legends Airshow at Duxford so special - the balbo, a magnificent formation of warbirds that closes the show. This film shows the take-offs, formation including in-cockpit and the formations at the end. The 2020 Flying Legends Airshow, IWM Duxford was cancelled due to Corona-virus
Accidents
The U.S. lost two drones over Syria Tuesday after a mid air collision, a defense official announced. Images of burning aircraft crashing to the ground were posted on Twitter Tuesday. There was speculation that the aircraft were MQ-9 Reapers — a remotely piloted aircraft used predominantly as an armed hunter-killer
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced 26 schools have been selected so far to participate in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Collegiate Training Initiative (UAS-CTI). The FAA’s Collegiate Training Initiative (CTI) program allows educational institutions to collaborate with the FAA to help students pursue their aviation career goals. The UAS-CTI
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A group of fishermen of Talapada, a nondescript village in Balasore district, were in for a pleasant surprise after netting a prized catch, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight tested from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), about 20 km from the place. The British-made target drone Banshee was caught by
Weapons Systems
More evidence has surfaced to indicate the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) is using drones armed with C4 explosives to attack its enemies. A citizens’ militia group in Tepalcatepec, Michoacán, reports finding two drones inside an armored car that cartel hitmen had abandoned after an attempted raid on the city,
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Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus Applied Aviation Research Center has received a new waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration that permits K-State Polytechnic to fly unmanned aircraft beyond visual line of sight, or BVLOS, in all Class G airspace nationwide.Class G airspace is where a majority of UAS flights
UAM/UTM
EHang Holdings Limited announced the latest progress of implementing a trial UAM operation in Austria’s third largest city of Linz, the first of its kind in Europe, under its UAM pilot city partnership with Linz AG. At the recent global Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Virtual Conference held by the
C-UAS
Liteye Systems Inc. has announced the Trailer Anti-UAS Defense System (T-AUDS), with an On-the-Move and Fixed-Site Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) Solution. T-AUDS, is a Multi-Domain Awareness and Protection package, capable of detecting and defeating RF controlled and silent flight drones while mobile, then transiting from on-the-move to static in
Military
Two years ago Japan paid American Northrop Grumman nearly $500 million for a trio of Global Hawk spy drones, with deliveries wrapping up in 2022. Now Tokyo reportedly is reconsidering the purchase. The review comes a year after Iranian forces shot down a U.S. Navy Global Hawk that was
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Nearly 70% of India’s airspace has been greenlit for compliant drones to fly in, as of August 15, said Amber Dubey, Joint Secretary at the Civil Aviation Ministry, and head of the drones division. Drones compliant with the “no permission, no takeoff” (NPNT) protocol will be able to fly
First Responders
FIRST iZ (pronounced ‘eyes’), a patent-pending unmanned aerial system (UAS) allowing drones to be dispatched autonomously by 911 operators, announced that it has partnered with Tyler, TX-based KnackForge to create control systems hardware and software for its FIRST Port and its launch ecosystem. Through this strategic partnership, KnackForge handles the