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The Flyter startup has published a video about the tests of the propeller-motor group for the Flyter JR cargo drone with a take-off weight of up to 30 kg and a payload weight of up to 10 kg: As part of the first stage of the project, implemented with the grant support of the Innovation […]

DRONAMICS, the leading middle-mile cargo drone developer and operator and the global full-service provider Hellmann Worldwide Logistics announced a partnership today to develop and offer a pioneering new transport service for the cross-border transportation of time-critical goods. As part of the cooperation, Hellmann plans to offer the first routes with unmanned cargo drones from DRONAMICS […]

Science fiction is now a reality AirCar, a dual-mode car-aircraft vehicle moved closer to production this week, fulfilling a key development milestone in a 35-minute flight from the international airport in Nitra to the international airport in Bratislava on June 28th, 2021. Klein Vision’s patent-protected AirCar completed its 142nd successful landing in Bratislava at 6:05 AM. […]

The aircraft is capable of routine takeoff and landing in 30 knot (15 m/s) winds as well as conducting operations in extreme temperatures ranging from -20°C to +50°C (-4°F to 122 °F). The Penguin B VTOL is sold as a platform for system integrators and is available with a wide range factory-integrated options. Standard options include a […]

UAVOS Inc. and Stratodynamics Inc. have successfully performed a series ofstratospheric flights with the balloon launched HiDRON, an autonomous aircraft, atSpaceport America, New Mexico. The mission objectives were to advance new systems for forward sensing turbulence detection onboard aircraft at near-space andcommercial flight altitudes. The early June campaign was supported by the NASAFlight Opportunities Program […]

Swoop Aero leverages KORE satellite connectivity and eSIM technology to deliver vaccines and medical supplies in remote and rural parts of the world KORE, a global leader in Internet of Things (“IoT”) solutions and worldwide Connectivity-as-a-Service (“CaaS”), will showcase the innovative enablement of IoT connectivity that is making it possible for Australian drone-powered logistics company Swoop […]

Imagine a category five hurricane has just wreaked havoc throughout southern New Jersey, especially along the coastlines. Before emergency responders can even be dispatched, a fleet of unmanned aircraft is deployed to gather intelligence and provide emergency personnel with real-time mapping and imagery of damaged areas, evacuation routes, utility lines and even people in distress. […]

Skyworks Aeronautics (“Skyworks”) announces the order of 100 eGyro™ electrically powered vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft from a consortium of Mint Air (“Mint”) and Mobius.energy Corp (“Mobius”) with options for an additional 100 aircraft. “A consortium led by Mint Air is committed to bringing safe, efficient, and cost-effective electric aircraft solutions to South Korea […]

Ilan YusimHead of Marketing|SkyWatch.AI Commercial drone usage has expanded exponentially ever since the FAA issued its first drone commercial permit in 2006. 15 years later, drone manufacturing shows no sign of slowing down. So what’s new in the commercial drone industry? At SkyWatch, we conducted research using data spanning dozens of drone companies and thousands […]

Arlington, Va. – The State of Ohio can expect more than $13 billion in economic activity over the next 25 years if it takes targeted steps now to support the growth of an advanced autonomous aircraft (AAM) sector, according to a new report by Crown Consulting Inc. Crown Senior Director of Aerospace Systems Dr. Rubén Del […]

Palanga, Lithuania – With over 270 flight hours of pollution patrolling in Lithuaniaon behalf of the Lithuanian authorities, we have identified more than 10 cases of non-compliant vessels, with one shipping company being fined €10.000 for sulphur pollution. This vessel became the first known violator in the world to be fined under the new IMO […]

This proposal is for a Temporary Danger Area (TDA), for which a scaled airspace change process applies and a change level is not applicable. The detailed process requirements are published in the Temporary Danger Area Policy Statement. In support of the NHS response to COVID-19, we wish to apply under CAP1915 for and on behalf […]

PORTLAND, OREGON – Skyward, A Verizon company, has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to test cellular-connected drones. This announcement reaffirms that drone technology like the software developed by Skyward is one of the innovations needed to empower cellular-connected drones to unlock complex operations like beyond visual line of sight […]

Wing is reshaping the future of delivery. We are an on-demand drone delivery service that can deliver food, medicine or other items within minutes. We’ve also developed an unmanned traffic management platform to safely route drones through the sky. Our service is faster, safer and produces far less pollution than traditional delivery. Originally created in […]

Amsterdam, Netherlands; Air Traffic Control The Netherlands (LVNL), in cooperation with Dutch Drone Delta, has conducted a successful trial during which air traffic control instructions were issued to a drone pilot via the Altitude Angel developed GoDrone app. The test took place in the controlled airspace around Rotterdam – The Hague Airport, and were supervised by the control tower. The aim of the test was for LVNL to […]

Hofmannstraße 61, 81379 München, Germany Full-time Job Location: Munich Company Description We at Volocopter are pioneers in the development of electrical air taxis that take off and land vertically (eVTOLs). We bring Urban Air Mobility to life, by establishing air taxis in addition to current transportation options in megacities globally. Our aim is to offer […]

Imagine a category five hurricane wreaked havoc in NJ. Before emergency responders are dispatched, a fleet of unmanned aircraft is deployed to gather intelligence, providing real-time mapping and imagery of damaged areas, evacuation routes, utility lines and even people in distress. This scenario was simulated today at the Thunder Room, a state-of-the-art conference facility at […]

Jenn Player Today we celebrate an extraordinary regulatory breakthrough that enables BNSF Railway to remotely operate dock-based Skydio drones across a large portion of its network. It is the first national approval of remote, dock-based operations in the United States. Almost a year in the making, today’s FAA approval solidifies BNSF Railway’s status as the nation’s most advanced enterprise drone […]

The experimentation and demonstration campaign of the ECARO (Egnos Civil Aviation Roadmap) project, performed at Grottaglie Airport, has just concluded. Its results were discussed at the online conference GNSS-BASED AUTONOMOUS UAS FLIGHT – DEMO DAY, in which representatives of EUSPA (Eruopean Union Agency for the Space Programmes), ENAC, Aeroporti di Puglia, DTA (Distretto Tecnologico Aerospaziale), […]

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has issued the first certificate in a new scheme under which drone manufacturers or operators can request the Agency’s design verification for a drone to be used for a particular purpose. The first such certificate was awarded to Volocopter for its VC200-2. A design verification report approves a drone for […]

DRONE VOLT, expert in on-board artificial intelligence and manufacturer of professional civilian drones, announces the sale of 50% of its subsidiary AERIALTRONICS to its American partner AQUILINE DRONES generating a net capital gain of 6 million euros . Following the discussions announced on January 20, 2021, DRONE VOLT announces today that it has sold 50% of […]

Unique Configuration Strengthens Commercial Advanced Air Mobility Markets The U.S. Air Force (USAF) has signed a contract with The U.S. Air Force (USAF) has signed a contract with Electra.aero to strengthen advanced air mobility markets through the development of hybrid-electric propulsion systems for electric ultra-short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft. Leveraging distributed hybrid-electric propulsion and blown lift, Electra’s […]

Novadem continues to develop its range of drones for defense and security professionals, with the arrival of the NX160. This drone has extended capacities for a greater diversity of missions thanks in particular to its “mission pods” and its payload of 2kg. It is during SOFINS 2021, which will be held on June 29, that […]

Aviation is for everyone, and the Drone Advisory Committee (DAC) is working to ensure that everyone feels included. During the DAC’s last meeting the FAA requested that they explore a potential language change. For example, the technical term for drones is unmanned aircraft systems, or UAS. Unmanned. Now the committee is looking at ways to […]

Distributed models for flight approval are much harder (than you think) U-space is Europe’s name for their UAV Traffic Management Systems (UTM), extending the established Air Traffic Management (ATM) duties towards unmanned or unpiloted aircraft, ranging from small drones to large passenger vehicles for Urban Air Mobility (UAM) applications. In today’s ATM, humans make most decisions. […]

Overview: The Department of Defense (DoD) seeks commercial small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) solutions to support the U.S. Army’s Short Range Reconnaissance (SRR) Tranche 2 effort and other potential DoD and U.S. Government partners. The desired solution is an inexpensive, small, rucksack portable, vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) UAS that provides a platoon (20-50 soldiers) with […]

Partnership builds on previous deployments of TEOCO’s AirborneRF solution to optimize Swisscom’s network to support UAV traffic TEOCO, the leading provider of analytics, assurance and optimization solutions to over 300 communication service providers (CSPs) and OEMs worldwide, together with partner STRAPAG, has today announced a partnership on TEOCO’s AirborneRF to enable the operational deployment of drones over Swisscom’s cellular network. […]

Today, DroneUp, announced that they had been selected to sit on The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Aviation Rule Making Committee (ARC) to participate in the development of beyond line of sight drone flights. John Vernon, DroneUp’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), will represent DroneUp on the ARC. Announcing a Walmart investment last week, DroneUp […]

Swoop Aero was founded to transform how the world moves essential supplies by making access to the skies seamless. We were the first company globally to deliver a vaccine using a drone under a commercial contract. Since then, we’ve expanded globally, transforming the health supply chain with drone logistics operations in four countries. The work […]

Today, GoPro (NASDAQ: GPRO) announced ‘Open GoPro,’ an open API initiative that makes it easy for third-party developers to integrate HERO9 Black into their own development efforts. With Open GoPro, developers have API access to the following HERO9 Black features: Wireless Connectivity Camera Command and Control Camera Status Camera Preview SD Card Media Review and Transfer Demos and sample code are available on GoPro.com/OpenGoPro. No application or approval process is […]

The Mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabin has given 12 months formal notice to cease the role that West Yorkshire plays as the lead local policing body for the National Police Air Service (NPAS). It follows a personal meeting last week with the Minister of State for Policing and Crime, Kit Malthouse MP, where the […]

Today, Parrot and AirData UAV are announcing a new partnership to benefit drone pilots and fleet operators. Parrot welcomes AirData to FreeFlight 6 through an integration with the AirData platform. The Parrot and AirData teams have collaborated to provide comprehensive crash prevention intelligence and live streaming to ANAFI pilots. Parrot and AirData have augmented the drone telemetry via a firmware update and made it seamless […]

Pioneer of urban air mobility (UAM), Volocopter, flew their Volocopter 2X electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft at Le Bourget Airfield during the Paris Air Forum. With both, the flight demonstration of their Volocopter 2X and the VoloCity model onsite, the German UAM developer demonstrated the progress they are making to introduce eVTOL aircraft as […]

Buffeted by wind gusting in moments from 20 kt to nearly calm and back again, an Aerovel Flexrotor, nose to the sky, opens its rear fuselage into a petal of landing legs. It remains doggedly on-station as it prepares for touchdown, and lands gently on a target barely bigger than its leg span. Its robust handling […]

Airspace security technology leader Dedrone has been awarded certification from the U.K. Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) for its counter-drone technology platform DedroneTracker™ for the second time, following Dedrone’s successful certification in 2019. DedroneTracker detects, identifies, and locates drones by using multi-sensor capability combining radio frequency, radar, and optical sensors. The CPNI counter-drone standard enables […]

Connected Places Catapult is delighted to announce six new research and innovation projects through the 2021 Drones Transport Research and Innovation Grants (TRIG: Drones) programme. The Transport Research and Innovation Grants (TRIG) Programme has been running for a number of years, but this is the first year that the Department for Transport (DfT) has invested […]