Research
Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr. announced today that the county has been awarded an $897,000 task order for Advanced Air Mobility development through a NASA contract with its UAS Test Site at Griffiss International Airport. The county’s UAS test site in Rome—one of just seven
Military
Northrop Grumman recently hired a dozen interns and full-time employees at its Grand Sky location, to help handle an increased workload brought on by a recently opened 35,000-square-foot hangar. In that hangar are new unmanned aerial systems, Firebirds, with commercial, civil and military capabilities. To find
UAM/UTM
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) and Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company (Bell), have established an agreement for Bell to begin testing some of Bell's mobility systems, like the Bell Autonomous Pod Transport and the Bell Nexus on the CNO test site location in rural southeastern
Test Ranges
The UAS Test Site (Droneport) is scheduled to open in the end of 2021. At the moment Droneport is under construction, but it is already possible to take advantage of some of its features like, for example, test lab for UAVs. In 2019 International Aero Navigation Systems Concern JSC (IANS)
Testing
Denmark will begin establishing U-space this year following an ambitious partnership announced today between the country's air navigation service provider, public authorities and international UAS test center. The first test flight is expected in the autumn, with plans to roll out the system to the entire country
Business
Aurora Flight Sciences Corp., Manassas, Virginia, has been awarded a $7,115,128 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors (CRANE) program. Work will be performed in Manassas, Virginia (50%); Tucson, Arizona (26%); St. Louis, Missouri (15%); and Los Angeles, California (9%), with
Business
QinetiQ Australia has been awarded a contract to design and construct a $14.5 million unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flight test range (FTR) on behalf of the Queensland Government. The FTR will be located at Cloncurry Aerodrome in North West Queensland and will consist of access to a commercial quality
Commercial
The first African Drone and Data Academy (ADDA) opened on January 13 in Lilongwe, Malawi, UNICEF announced. The move is part of efforts to promote the use of drones in programmes and services that will impact the lives of children and young people. “Humanitarian and development programme delivery in Africa
Test Ranges
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the 23rd proposal of his 2020 State of the State agenda - investing $9 million to establish a small unmanned aerial system, or sUAS, experimentation and test facility at Griffiss International Airport in Rome, Oneida County. This "skydome" will be a year-round indoor
Business
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the completion of the state supported 50-mile unmanned traffic management drone corridor, which runs from Central New York to the Mohawk Valley. The first-in-the-nation corridor is the most advanced drone testing corridor in the nation. With the needed infrastructure now in
Events
Once again this year, nearly 150 players in the aeronautics industry met at the CED for the second edition of TECH DEMO, where the remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) community get together to share technological advances. During this event, which took place on September 25 and 26 in Alma (Quebec)
Test Ranges
Three Israeli companies will use a new Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Research and Testing Center of Excellence being created in the Mohawk Valley in conjunction with the drone test corridor between Syracuse and Rome, state officials said. The initiative was announced Monday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo among several economic development