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Session 3 of the ICAO DRONE ENABLE Webinar Series The objective of this webinar is to solicit input and discuss key-aspects related to the management of aeronautical information in a UTM environment. Specific issue to be discussed include: 1) understanding the specific roles and responsibilities assigned to the Aeronautical Information Service (AIS) provider in conjunction […]

Red Cat Holdings, Inc. (OTC: RCAT) (“Red Cat” or the “Company”), a leading brand in the drone industry, announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Skypersonic, Inc., a provider of drone products and software solutions that enable drone inspection flights that can be executed by pilots anywhere in the world. Skypersonic powers drones […]

Autonomous trucks need to warn e-bikes of their presence to avoid accidents, first responders need to know the position of critical medical drones with pinpoint accuracy, and operators need to precisely locate precious cargo. Vodafone customers will have applications that do all that and more thanks to a new technology it is testing. Vodafone has […]

Tested under harsh weather conditions, the SMASH Fire Control Systems proved to be highly effective as all 67 drone targets were successfully hit The Dutch Army has recently completed a two-day live-fire counter-drone trial using Smart Shooter’s SMASH Fire Control System. The test took place in the Austrian High Mountains, as part of the Dutch […]

Indianapolis, IN — Pierce Aerospace announced that it has become a member of the Esri Partner Network, the global leader in location intelligence with powerful mapping and spatial analytics tools designed to serve public and private sector organizations of all sizes. “We’re excited to work with Esri,” exclaimed Aaron Pierce, CEO of Pierce Aerospace. “For […]

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Aura Aerospace announces Powercell; Aerospace Grade Energy Storage System. For many years traditional battery development has been optimizing for capacity, slowly increasing usable EV range, while still working within chemistry constraints that limit peak power output and charge time. On the other end of the spectrum, we have had very fast […]

Rome, NY- Building upon the momentum of the Microdrones as a Service (mdaaS) program launched in mid-2020 (which offers customers convenient monthly payment options for equipment and software) Microdrones is pleased to announce the newest in its lineup of drone lidar survey equipment, the mdLiDAR1000HR aaS, available as part of this program. According to Vivien […]

CHESEAUX-SUR-LAUSANNE, Switzerland, 15th February 2021 – senseFly, the global leader in fixed-wing mapping drones, today announces the launch of eBee Ag, the latest addition to the eBee X series of drone solutions. User-friendly and affordable, eBee Ag helps farmers, agronomists and service providers efficiently capture aerial data and plant health insights for faster agronomic decision-making that […]

PrecisionHawk, Inc. announces a multi-year alliance with American Tower to revolutionize wireless infrastructure inspections by integrating drone technology and AI-powered analytics. PrecisionHawk, a pioneer of geospatial data acquisition and analysis, created an autonomous drone flight, 3D mapping, and analysis software portfolio for cell tower inspections. American Tower, a global leader in wireless communications infrastructure, will […]

US-based company, ZM Interactive (ZMI) will be at IDEX showcasing its full line of xFold TM drones – the strongest and most adaptable drones in the industry. xFold™ drones are the only industrial unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) that can switch between x4 (quad), x6 (hexa), X8 (octo) and X12 (dodeca) configurations in minutes. It’s simple […]

The latest experiment in the advanced air mobility domain, “Sumeri: Si Salpa!” project saw a 130kg drone transporting 25kg of goods via Extended Visual Line of Site (EVLOS) controls Leonardo is committed to serving and protecting communities through its leadership in next-generation technologies. This is one strand of the company’s Be Tomorrow – Leonardo 2030 […]

Cranfield University’s world-class expertise, large-scale facilities and unrivalled industry partnerships is creating leaders in technology and management globally. Learn more about Cranfield and our unique impact here. Cranfield School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing welcomes applications from prospective Research Fellows in Future Air Mobility, as part of the H2020 SESAR funded AMU-LED Project. About the […]

Drones have become valuable tools for giving police officers airborne eyes on active scenes, such as responding to emergencies, conducting search and rescue missions, and for collecting evidence from privileged vantage points. However, traditional manual drones require heavy training and impose a high cognitive load on officers that should be focused on the mission. Join […]

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announces SkyGuardian® Global Support Solutions (SGSS), a new service and support program for GA-ASI customers operating the MQ-9B SkyGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) and the maritime variant SeaGuardian®. SGSS provides operators with reduced lifecycle costs and low risk by providing a guaranteed full-sustainment solution that allows for maximum system availability, […]

Date:13 – 15 April and 20 – 21 April 2021Location:Virtual/OnlineVenue:Virtual/OnlineAddressing Tomorrow’s Challenges Today ICAO DRONE ENABLE 2021 Virtual Symposium will continue to see key stakeholders from industry, academia, government and international organizations in the unmanned aviation sector come together to exchange best practices, lessons learned, research material and challenges related to the introduction of unmanned […]

Prestigious accolade for advanced platform, which delivers Beyond Visual Line of Sight flight tracking for UAVs worldwide, enabling safe integration into controlled airspace London, UK: Altitude Angel, the world’s leading Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) technology provider, and Inmarsat, the world leader in global mobile satellite communications, today announced that their jointly developed Pop-Up UTM platform has been named […]

Founded in 2002, GeoSense is considered as the most experienced company in trade, design and development of professional drones in Greece. It operates as an officially licensed Training Center for UAS (multirotor & fixed-wing) by C.A.A. (Civil Aviation Authority), and had been an official photogrammetry trainer licensed by the Swiss Pix4D. Next to its activities as a […]

A first worldwide test of civil drone flights in GPS denied environments was successfully conducted in Israel in a special drone test zone in Yeruham, where safe navigation solutions for drone flight Beyond Visual Line Of Sight (BVLOS) were presented. The test is part of NAAMA, the Israeli drone delivery pilot program operated by Israel’s Ministry of Transport (MOT), Ayalon Highways, the Civil Aviation Authority of […]

Cranfield Airport is a commercial and GA airport situated in Class G airspace situated between Bedford and the City of Milton Keynes with a 1799m runway which can accommodate business jets such as the Falcon, Gulfstream and Boeing Business Jet, which currently do not require runway slots. The UAS Chief Pilot will be responsible to […]

Custom-made, state-of-the-art medical drones with a flying range of up to 250km will be developed and trialled for delivery of potentially life-saving medicines in Northern Territory. The project, Integrating drones into NT health, will also pave the way for future delivery of critical items such as cold-storage vaccines (COVID 19) in regional and remote communities, the […]

While commitments have been made to leverage industry support on technical implementations, there remains a need to address how Remote Identification (RID) can support existing low altitude airspace operations. RID information should be something that all low altitude aviators can take advantage of to improve safety – whether it is for emergency medical helicopters, public safety, […]

For the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) industry, Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) connectivity is critical for maximum efficiency and is the driver for innovation across multiple markets. Remotely piloted aircraft and vehicles open a world of possibilities and have the potential to change the way the world transports goods, monitors assets, conducts environmental research, […]

ATLANTA – Skyfire Consulting (skyfireconsulting.com), the most trusted and experienced public safety UAS consulting group, today announced it has opened a new partnership and innovation hub in Huntsville, AL—known as Rocket City, U.S.A.—to more closely align with world-class aeronautic and defense agencies and organizations, and to explore innovative opportunities for the design and manufacturing of […]

Drone Company featured on Shark Tank Gives Back to Public Safety Responders$100K In free Drone Training to be Donated to Public Safety Departments Nationwide DARTdrones has been operating in Salt Lake City, Utah for three years. CO-Founder and CEO Abby Speicher founded the company in 2014 after winning several business plan competitions with the idea […]

In 2015, NASA began research on technology, performance requirements, and procedures to enable civil UAS operations in low altitude airspace. A Research Transition Team (RTT) was established to coordinate the NASA and FAA efforts for exploring a new paradigm in air traffic management that will integrate the anticipated new volume of small UAS operations into […]

The Pacific Southwest Region of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) is pleased to announce that recordings of the 1st annual Symposium on Remote Sensing & Wildland Fire (RS Fire 2020) are freely available to those who missed the live event. This was a virtual 4-date symposium series, and each date of […]

Ottawa, CA: Kongsberg Geospatial announced today that it has been selected by Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) to conduct trials of a new long-endurance UAV surveillance system for the Canadian Coast Guard. The MartinUAV V-BAT aircraft was selected to provide the unique ability to combine take off and landing from the small confines aboard ship […]

As the use of drones is becoming more and more usual and in more and more applications, the drone industry has grown exponentially over the last years. In the meanwhile UAV manufacturers are trying to adapt their systems to the requirements of this never stopping market, but designing a new unmanned system or adapting an […]

Both Israeli and Indian companies will address the needs of the Indian defence and paramilitary sectors, including adapting the unique encapsulated Ninox 40 system. Aero India 2021. SpearUAV – developers and suppliers of unique Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) solutions for defence and Homeland Security (HLS) applications from Israel – has signed a Memorandum of Understanding […]

Android™-loaded MPU5 runs Autonodyne common control station software while RDC provides command inputs. NEW YORK, N.Y. – Persistent Systems, LLC (“Persistent”) , a leader in mobile ad hoc networking (MANET) technology, announced today that its MPU5 handheld device and Rugged Display and Controller (RDC) were successfully used in conjunction with Autonodyne’s RCU-1000 Common Control Station software, […]

Iris Automation has been invited to join the World Economic Forum’s Global Innovators community, an invitation-only group of the world’s most promising start-ups and scale-ups that are at the forefront of ethical technological and business model innovation. Companies who are invited to become Global Innovators will engage with one or more of the Forum’s Platforms, as relevant, to help define the […]

leading enterprise drone data platform DroneDeploy announces a collaboration with one of the world’s largest pure-play agricultural organization, Corteva Agriscience to bring improved management decisions to farmers year-round. Corteva operates one of the largest agricultural drone fleets in the world, helping farmers to plant and harvest efficiently, safely and sustainably. DroneDeploy provides streamlined data capture and analysis capabilities for […]

Together with Asio technologies, Blue White Robotics successfully completed sUAS flight trials under GPS satellite interference and jamming. The aircraft overcame GPS denied scenarios using a unique camera and image recognition system: NavGuard. Using onboard image libraries as reference, the system was able to orient and navigate by matching them to a live video feed. […]

DroneShield Ltd (ASX:DRO) (“DroneShield” or the “Company”), a global leader in drone detection and mitigation, and M2K Technologies, part of M2K Group with business interests in Defence & Aviation, Biologicals, Real Estate and Entertainment, have entered into an Agreement to collaborate and distribute DroneShield solutions in the Indian market. Oleg Vornik, DroneShield’s CEO, commented, “M2K Technologies is a […]

DroneUp, LLC and the State of Florida have signed a Participating Addendum for the NASPO ValuePoint contract for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle services established as the Contract Source Code 25132100-NAPSO-ACS. This begins the offering for the purchase of complete drone solutions to all state agencies, commissions, political subdivisions, institutions, and local public bodies allowed by law. […]

The D80 TITAN UAV, a fixed-wing platform developed by Deimos Space, is currently for sale, including tools and rights to continue the manufacturing process. Due to internal strategic reasons, Deimos decided to discontinue its activity in UAV platforms. Therefore, the full D80 TITAN development is forsale, including a complete aerial platform, all the production means […]

Sagetech Avionics, an aerospace technology company providing industry-leading situational awareness solutions for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), announced today that on February 5th the DoD AIMS Program Office issued the world’s first 17-1000 Mark XIIB certification to Sagetech for its MX12B micro Mode 5 Identify Friend or Foe (IFF) transponder. This newly certified transponder enables NATO and allied militaries […]

What’s inside of the D135? HEISHA TECH launched the D135 autonomous drone charging station for DJI Matrice300 on 8th Feb 2021. The open size is only 160*160*110cm and the weight is 275 KG. Firstly, the primary part is the drone charging pad, which still adopts the classic contact method to charge after centralizing the drone. We have tried using […]

One of the Indian Defence units procures a few sets of multi rotor drones from Johnnette Technologies, an Indian Drone manufacturer. Indian brands have been following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘vocal for local’ or localisation vision for a while now. Emphasising on a self-reliant, or ‘aatmanirbhar’, India, the government has asked that products not just […]

DroneShield Ltd (ASX:DRO) (“DroneShield” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce a partnership with Trakka Systems, designed to better serve the C-UAS, ISR, inspection and UAS marketplaces. By streamlining the collective detection and situational awareness expertise of both businesses, the partnership has produced the TIPS-C (Trakka Interceptor Package Solution) product. The TIPS-C, mounted on a mobile platform, […]

More stepping back in time to look for regulatory precedence. Consider the CUAS (Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems) they often push frightening narratives to affect airspace change and system integrations that only serve to enrich shareholders. Gatwick, despite no evidence to support any drone being on the scene, continues to be fodder for Governmental committees all […]

With the further enhancement of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and air taxis in the rapidly growing drone market comes the need for the evolution of technologies and framework conditions for their safe coexistence with manned aircraft. The SESAR JU project “GOF 2.0 Integrated Urban Airspace Validation”, with a consortium of 13 members, will focus on […]

Kongsberg Geospatial, along with its partners Aireon and uAvionix, will demonstrate how a space-based ADS-B feed can be fused with a ADS-B local receiver to create the world’s first demonstration of a “horizonless air picture” for BVLOS operations. This is important for long-range, BVLOS missions where unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operators need to be aware […]

The Dronecode Foundation, the vendor-neutral Foundation for open source drone projects, announced three new directors elected to its Board of Directors. The Board of Directors represents the wider PX4 community. It will guide the Foundation as it executes its mission to enable widespread adoption and accelerate the development of open standards. Newly appointed directors Newly elected […]

DroneShield Ltd (ASX:DRO) (“DroneShield” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the rollout of its first fully Machine Learning/AI based detection and classification software to all of its existing customer systems. DroneShield utilises its proprietary techniques in signal processing and Machine Learning/AI to do near-real time detection and identification of unmanned robotic systems and, more broadly, other […]

Flirtey, the pioneer of the commercial drone delivery industry, and Vault Health, the pioneer platform of supervised COVID-19 testing, today announced they have successfully conducted drone deliveries of the first FDA authorized saliva based COVID-19 test. In November 2020, Flirtey and Vault Health announced a partnership to test drone delivery of the at-home saliva based COVID-19 […]

Senator Lee is attempting to bring back his previously defeated Drone Federalism Bill. Today the Senate will be debating amendments to the U.S. Budget bill. And Senator Lee is going to introduce his attempt at legal thievery of our rights to fly by adding an amendment that would give “States and local governments” the right […]

Leading enterprise drone data company DroneDeploy today announced it has raised $50 million in Series E financing. The round was led by existing investors Energize Ventures and AirTree, with participation from Bessemer, Scale, Emergence, Angelpad, Uncork and Frontline Ventures. This funding brings DroneDeploy’s total fundraising to date to $142 million, the most of any drone data company. […]

The unique partnership of two leading Slovenia based aerospace companies working in the unmanned field C-ASTRAL and Pipistrel delivers technologies creating an exceptional value and a leading solution not only for cargo delivery, but also eVTOL based surveillance, reconnaissance and intelligence functionality on the sameplatform. Following the immense market response after the initial launch of […]

Residents should not be alarmed if they see a low-flying airplane over parts of northeastern California starting February 6, 2021. Editor: In the public interest and in accordance with FAA regulations, the USGS is announcing this low-level airborne project. Your assistance in informing the local communities is appreciated. Residents should not be alarmed if they […]