sUAS News

Rome, NY – GeoPrism of Morocco, a company with more than 20 years of experience in the sale and introduction of high-end, technological, surveying, and geospatial solutions is the latest partner to join the Microdrones network of global distributors and offer Microdrones as a Service (mdaaS) including everything needed to do drone LiDAR and surveying […]

As a part of easing the constant pressures on our frontline workers, DroneAcharya Aerial Innovations is collaborating with Flipkart for executing ‘Medicine from the Sky’, an initiative by the ITE&C Department of the Govt. of Telangana, India. ‘Medicine from the Sky’ aims to develop and execute drone deliveries of medical supplies to remote areas. Drone-based […]

I used to think the federal rulemaking process was just too complex and sometimestoo cloudy for laypeople to understand. Still, at this point, I am starting to believe people like paying other peoples money to get treated like garbage by public employees. How come this (commonsense) rulemaking is taking so long? As AUVSI’s past CEO […]

Welcome to the RAeS International Light Aircraft Design Competition 2021-22. This is the fifth in a series of RAeS design competitions aimed at promoting major innovation in the general aviation aircraft sector. This year’s competition is supported by the Light Aircraft Association and the British Microlight Aircraft Association which supervise the building and operation of most […]

Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions, Inc. (Eve) and Ascent today announced a partnership focused on accelerating the development of the Urban Air Mobility ecosystem in Asia-Pacific markets. The partnership will advance the entry of Eve’s electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle (eVTOL) aircraft into Ascent’s growing technology platform that allows users to book charter flights […]

Iris Automation has been selected by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to participate in the FAA’s BVLOS ARC (Aviation Rulemaking Committee), announced Wednesday at the virtual AUVSI FAA Symposium. The UAS BVLOS ARC will provide recommendations to the FAA for performance-based regulatory requirements to normalize safe, scalable, economically viable, and environmentally advantageous UAS BVLOS operations that are not […]

Teledyne FLIR’s primary UAS focus is on the development and sale of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for military, government, and public safety end-users, under the company’s Unmanned and Integrated Solutions business segment. We’re excited about the ION M440 and its ability to provide elevated situational awareness to multiple customer markets globally. There has been no […]

Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, and Vertical Aerospace (‘Vertical’), the most advanced electric vertical take-off and landing (‘eVTOL’) company in the world, announce a ground-breaking US$2 billion order for up to 500 electric eVTOL aircraft. This agreement, which is subject to certain closing conditions, will introduce the ultra-short-haul aircraft category to commercial aviation, a game changing development that […]

Drone Express, a commercial drone delivery service and a division of TELEGRID Technologies, Inc., has partnered with FarEye, an Intelligent Delivery Management Platform, to power autonomous drone deliveries for leading retailers in the United States. As the e-commerce delivery economy rapidly increases, retailers are under pressure to evolve faster in the last mile to meet the growing […]

BizVibe has made available 100+ company profiles for the drone services category on its B2B platform. Companies listed in this category are primarily engaged in providing various types of professional drone services (such as drone photography services, drone video services, drone thermography services, etc.). Each profile is free to view and packed with high-quality insights, […]

Trillium Engineering, a developer of gimbaled cameras for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), announced today that it will be supplying Martin UAV with Orion HD80 camera systems in support of a next-generation UAS program. An advanced modified version of Martin UAV’s V-BAT 128 was selected to be the Navy’s next-generation VTOL expeditionary platform due to its […]

Vaccine supply has been and continues to be a core challenge to ensuring equitable access around the world. However, as more supply becomes available, resolving distribution challenges becomes paramount. Zipline has partnered with Pfizer, to test and develop an end-to-end distribution solution for COVID-19 vaccines. Our solution, enabled by our on-demand automated delivery networks, will […]

FLIR has removed their ION M440 Blue sUAS from sale citing problems with the platform. A message was sent to all buyers and resellers earlier this morning. There were rumours last week that one of the Blue sUAS platforms was in trouble and it actually was not this one. So I expect this will be […]

London, UK: As the leaders of the seven most powerful nations arrive in Cornwall this week for the G7 Summit, anyone planning to get a glimpse of US President Joe Biden or France President Emmanuel Macron from the air will be sorely disappointed as airspace over the UK’s southern most county has been closed to all […]

Red Cat Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: RCAT) (“Red Cat” or the “Company”), a hardware enabled software provider to the drone industry, announced that it was establishing Enterprise and Consumer segments in order to sharpen the Company’s focus on the unique opportunities in each sector of the drone industry. This development represents the first action taken by the […]

Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) today announced Operation Arctic Lynx (OAL), a series of partnership-driven field exercises deploying Iridium® and Iridium Connected® technologies and involving more than 20 organizations, primarily focused above 60 degrees north latitude and stretching as far as 82 degrees north latitude. Taking place between June 11 and June 26, 2021, OAL involves an international contingent of organizations […]

SkyGrid, a Boeing, SparkCognition company that brings artificial intelligence, blockchain, and a over a century of aviation experience to the drone space, announced today that Rumi Morales, Partner and Board Member at Outlier Ventures and former head of CME Ventures, has been added to its Advisory Board. In her role at SkyGrid, Morales will help cultivate […]

CAMBRIDGE, MA—Military leaders want drones with greater autonomy, giving warfighters the ability to offload critical tasks. Advanced autonomy, however, has eluded commercial providers, despite attempts to achieve it. One approach may lie in developing artificial intelligence (AI) enabled unmanned aerial systems (UASs)—an effort underway at Draper. Drew Mitchell, defense systems associate director at Draper, says the military is […]

Leading agricultural insights company Sentera announced today that it has raised a $25 million Series C round. The round is led by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and S2G Ventures. Sentera’s technology centers around FieldAgent®, a software platform tailored for food and agriculture that integrates data from satellites, on-field equipment, weather, soil, drone sensors […]

Sony Electronics Inc. today announced their first-ever professional drone, the “Airpeak S1”i. An introductory model in the new Airpeak line, the S1 is the world’s smallestii drone that can be equipped with a full-size mirrorless interchangeable-lens Alpha camera, opening up a new world of creative possibilities. The new drone utilizes a proprietary motor, propeller, control system […]

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – The MQ-25™ program successfully conducted the first ever aerial refueling operations between a manned receiver aircraft and unmanned tanker June 4 from MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah, Illinois. “This flight lays the foundation for integration into the carrier environment, allowing for greater capability toward manned-unmanned teaming concepts,” said […]

At Dominion Energy we love our jobs. That’s right. Love. Every day we go to work filled with passion to be excellent, to creatively problem solve and to innovate. These are exciting days for energy companies, and Dominion Energy aims to shape the future of energy in America. We are looking at all of our […]

5th drone parachute validation for NUAIR, enabling scalable and economically viable advanced unmanned aircraft operations (SYRACUSE, NY) – NUAIR recently put the Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions Inc. (AVSS) drone parachute recovery system through rigorous safety and failure scenarios over multiple days at the New York UAS Test Site in Rome, New York. The tests were successful on the American-made Horsefly, […]

Citadel Defense, a premiere signal intelligence and electronic warfare technology company, is moving into a new corporate campus in San Diego as demand for their industry-pioneering Titan counter-drone solutions tripled for the third straight year. “To support an increasing number of government contract awards, Citadel is moving to our high-tech Innovation Center in Mission Valley […]

Intermap Technologies (TSX: IMP) (OTCQX: ITMSF) (“Intermap” or the “Company”), a global leader in geospatial content and intelligence solutions, today announced the successful integration of its NEXTView™ platform with Aviatize’s IDRONECT UTM to support a medical delivery pilot project in Africa. NEXTView is the world’s first and only global, multi-sourced surface data platform that is government certified […]

Insitu, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, today announced the formation of a strategic alliance with Robot Aviation of Hønefoss, Norway and Andøya Space of Andenes, Norway with an aim to promote innovation and value creation for the unmanned aircraft system (UAS) ecosystem in the Arctic and High North. The alliance will synergize each company’s capabilities […]

AgEagle™ Aerial Systems Inc. (NYSE American: UAVS) (“AgEagle” or the “Company”), an industry-leading drone solutions provider, today announced that Measure, an AgEagle company, has partnered with Parrot® (Euronext Paris: PARRO), the leading European drone group, to integrate Measure Ground Control with Parrot’s ANAFI, ANAFI USA and ANAFI Thermal drone platforms. The integration provides enterprise customers with a world-class, […]

What surveyors live and breathe is error management, so let’s jump to the key points. Surveyors need to check their work. Beyond knowing if it is right or wrong, they need to measure how well they are measuring. Surveying 101. One problem with consumer drone ‘mapping’ systems is that they are light on survey engineering […]

The international ResponDrone project has integrated into its situation awareness system for emergency situations a near real-time 3D mapping solution to provide on-site emergency teams with tools that will help them to better evaluate their working environment. The upgraded ResponDrone System will provide accurate location information to first responders, especially in relation to infrastructure, when called on to deal with a fire, flood […]

Kespry, the leading drone-based Aerial Intelligence solution provider, today announced Edw. C Levy is using the Kespry Aerial Intelligence platform for topographic analysis and inventory management. Levy is a leading construction, aggregates, and facilities company that provides asphalt, aggregates, concrete, agricultural products, and other materials to its customers in North America, Central and South America, Western Europe, Asia, and Australia. “One of […]

Red Cat Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: RCAT) (“Red Cat” or the “Company”), a hardware-enabled software provider to the drone industry, announced that it has been selected to join the Russell Microcap® Index at the conclusion of the 2021 annual reconstitution, effective after the US market opens on June 28, according to a preliminary list of additions posted by […]

Dronecloud, the drone Flight Management Software provider, has selected Frequentis to join a consortium that will collaborate on the development of open standard integrations to help unlock Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Drone flights in the UK. Frequentis will support Dronecloud and the consortium with its vast and extensive experience in deploying its unmanned […]

Hamburg/Copenhagen, June 7, 2021 – Oiltanking and Azur Drones have successfullyequipped Oiltanking’s terminal in Copenhagen with state-of-the-art drone technologyto support safety and operations. The project is part of Oiltanking’s digital transformation as it enhances the use of smart and sophisticated digital technology atits sites. Safety is at the heart of Oiltanking operations. With its 56 […]

The world’s premier drone airspace security company, WhiteFox Defense Technologies, Inc., has secured $5.275 million in funding from new strategic investors Tiga Investments and Marlinspike Capital. After much success in the first half of 2021, WhiteFox is quickly gaining traction in new markets and geographies with its best-of-breed counter-drone technology company. Tiga Investments is led […]

● Delta Drone International has been reappointed by a global mining and metalscompany South 32 to manage its end-to-end aerial data services in South Africa● The renewed contract will commence in June 2021 for a five-year duration and willgenerate A$2.7 million in revenue● Under the contract, Delta Drone International will provide a range of aerial […]

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for a new information collection. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Support Center Case Management System (CMS) is being created to help streamline how stakeholders’ questions […]

Madrid, June 07, 2021 – As a customer-oriented company, UAV Navigation understands the importance of providing flexibility at the time of selecting and integrating the different subsystems included in an aircraft. This way, we build collaborations and partnerships with the main actors in the industry. We are very glad to announce that our range of […]

Tuesday, June 8, 2021 | 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET Plan. Fly. Process. With Skyward’s newest feature, customers can now process drone data into 2D maps and 3D models. Skyward Mapping & Modeling, powered by Pix4D, adds another level of utility to Skyward’s enterprise drone fleet management solution. You can already track, plan, […]

Over the weekend my mind turned to the five Defense Department approved Blue sUAS, selected in August 2020 to be the choosen ones! At the moment of the five it looks like a two-horse race, last week Skydio released their automated inspection package. Software that leverages the multiple sensors and SLAM ability of their platforms. […]

Kadet Defence Systems, is an aerospace and defence focused organization basedin India. The company specializes in the design of unmanned aerial vehicles usedas aerial targets. Kadet Defence Systems decided to partner with Embention,leading supplier in target drone autopilots and critical systems for UAVs, in orderto face the rapid increase in the UAV industry. Embention has […]

Flyability leadership has been invited to speak at the prestigious 2021 SelectUSA Investment Summit, which focuses on helping foreign-based startups enter the U.S. market. June 7, 2021—This week Flyability leadership will present at the 2021 SelectUSA Investment Summit, sharing best practices on how to enter the U.S. market as a foreign-based startup and how to […]

Skydio, the unicorn startup building autonomous drones, has just released their newest product, Skydio 3D ScanTM, which brings greater autonomy to the drone market. 3D Scan simplifies drone operation, promising AI-powered flight planning that automatically creates an optimized path for data capture, as well as on-board computer vision so the drone can avoid obstacles and pick […]

Red Cat Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: RCAT) (“Red Cat” or the “Company”), a hardware-enabled software provider to the drone industry, announced that Dr. Allan Evans, Chief Executive Officer of Fat Shark Holdings, Ltd. (“Fat Shark”), a wholly-owned subsidiary, will transition to the role of Chief Operating Officer of Red Cat, where he will oversee operations for all four […]

Think Vertically – Act Differently – ThunderB-VTOL has completed its 300 Flights milestone ! One year after the development was kicked off, Bluebird’s ThunderB-VTOL has successfully completed this 300 flights milestone. The first batch has already been boxed, ready to be shipped early next week to the Customer. It’s the Bluebird’s team, the Bluebird’s spirit […]

On May 6, 2021, about 1100 eastern daylight time, a Dà-Jiang Innovations (DJI) Matrice 300 RTK small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS, commonly known as a drone), registration FA3HW43WTF, was involved in an accident near Young Harris, Georgia. The remote pilot in command (RPIC) sustained serious injuries. The flight was operated as a Title 14 Code […]

In this episode of ‘The Air Up There’ podcast, we’re talking about drone entrepreneurship. Drones can be used for a variety of business purposes, from photography, to surveying agriculture, to conducting building inspections. You’ll hear directly from drone entrepreneur, Eno Umoh, co-founder of the Global Air Drone Academy, an organization working hard to help young […]

Global smart technologies company, Hanwha Systems (CEO Kim Youn Chul Kim), and Skyports, the UK based advanced air mobility (AAM) infrastructure provider, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to foster air mobility projects that will include collaboration in areas such as infrastructure, flight services and a mobility platform. By applying Skyports’ best-in-class technological expertise, Hanwha […]

Astro expands its offerings in the fast-growing eVTOL Market expected to hit $1 Trillion by 2040 Astro Aerospace Ltd. (OTCQB: ASDN) (“Astro” or the “Company”), a developer of eVTOL aerial vehicles and drones, announced today that the acquisition agreement (the “Acquisition”) with Horizon Aircraft Inc. (“Horizon”), a privately held developer of advanced eVTOLs, has closed. […]

Kittyhawk, the market leader in drone airspace systems & UTM technologies has been renamed to Aloft Technologies, Inc. Aloft represents the core company mission of powering and enabling safe and compliant drone flights through a powerful combination of enterprise UTM applications, security and compliance solutions and AI. Today, Aloft is the largest UTM network of […]