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A New Zealand-first drone delivery over Auckland has given new meaning to "air mail". Delivery company Fastway Couriers has teamed up with Sydney-based unmanned aerial vehicles UAV company Flirtey to create the aerial delivery service. The duo successfully trialled their first drone parcel delivery, transporting auto parts between
Regulations
NASA, working with government and industry partners, is testing a system that would make it possible for unmanned aircraft to fly routine operations in United States airspace. Through the agency's Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration in the National Airspace System (UAS-NAS) project, NASA, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), General
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Aurora Flight Sciences announced that from June 12-15, 2015 the company's Centaur optionally piloted aircraft (OPA) flew multiple unmanned flights from Griffiss International Airport in Rome, New York. The successful test flights were conducted in full collaboration and compliance with Oneida County's Griffiss UAS Test Site,
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EnergyOr Technologies Inc., a developer of advanced PEM fuel cell systems, recently demonstrated what are believed to be the world’s first fuel cell powered and longest ever duration multirotor VTOL UAV flights, flying for a record 2 hours, 12 minutes and 46 seconds. This demonstration was performed to highlight
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The dream of a manned, truly functional hoverbike is a step closer to reality after British and American engineers announced a deal with the U.S. Department of Defense to develop and build the vehicle in the States. Developers Malloy Aeronautics says its Hoverbike prototype is built to do many
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Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully flew a new Open Mission Systems (OMS) architecture on a NASA Global Hawk, demonstrating the ability to rapidly and affordably adapt new capabilities onto unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The new architecture implementation flight took place at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base.
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VTOL
Schiebel ́s CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) has in a series of flights between 2 and 12 June 2015 successfully demonstrated its multi- sensor capability to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and other Australian Government Departments. The demanding trials took place near Nowra, on the South East Coast of
VTOL
Boeing is currently working through the final clearances ahead of a planned demonstration of its H-6U Unmanned Little Bird (ULB) helicopter for the South Korean armed forces, a senior company official disclosed. Speaking to reporters ahead of the Paris Air Show, Dave Koopersmith, Vice-President and General Manager of Boeing Military
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While we’ve seen how 3D printing has helped advance multiple industries ranging from modern consumer product design and development to medical applications including the process of 3D bioprinting living tissues to be implanted into humans, one area that has been seeing a large amount of development includes the use
Military
A third and possibly final series of flight tests planned for Britain's Taranis unmanned combat air vehicle demonstrator is planned for later this year, according to the UK Ministry of Defence. An industry team led by BAE Systems completed two phases of trial flights at Woomera, Australia, between
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The Chinese Antarctic Expedition Team tested whether 3D printed drones can withstand extreme conditions by taking them to the South Pole to expose it to high altitude and low temperatures at the same time. Six drones, produced by Hunan Mengjing Three Dimensional Technology, Ltd., were taken on the trip and