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Replacing older HD50 model, HD55 houses sharper EO and IR cameras for better target ID HOOD RIVER, Ore.—May 12, 2020—Trillium Engineering, an industry leader in gimbaled camera systems for small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), announced today that it has begun airborne testing of its lightweight, high-definition HD55 system. Designed for use on Group 2 and […]

Flylogix, a full-service over horizon unmanned aircraft company, has announced its selection to participate in the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Innovation Sandbox. The CAA Innovation Sandbox, launched in May 2019, offers innovative companies the chance to collaborate over emerging concepts, helping keep the UK’s aviation sector the forefront of technology. The project will enable […]

A ground-breaking new project announced today (12th May) will allow the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) to regularly and routinely use drones, to carry out its time critical, reactive search and rescue, and international counter pollution obligations. The MCA Drone Demonstration and Development Pathfinder aims to explore and develop the safe use of drones Beyond Visual […]

UAV Propulsion Tech has signed a representative agreement with Suter Industries AG (Turbenthal, Switzerland) and Compass Aircraft Europe GmbH (Vienna, Austria) to market their advanced UAV engine solutions. UAV Propulsion Tech currently represents several global organizations and has been providing advanced technology and hardware solutions to defense and commercial UAV customers since 2007. Bob Schmidt, […]

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £30 million to develop integrated aviation systems and vehicle technologies that enable new classes of electric or autonomous air vehicles. This funding is from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund Competition opens: Monday 11 May 2020 Competition closes: Wednesday 1 July 2020 12:00pm Innovate UK will invest […]

The Drone Racing League (DRL), the world’s premier, professional circuit for drone racing, today announced that the first-ever fantasy virtual drone racing series, the 2020 FanDuel DRL SIM Racing Cup, will premiere on Saturday, May 16 at 2:30pm ET on NBCSN. The series will run for eight weekends on NBCSN and Twitter. The schedule is as follows: Saturday, May 16th at 2:30pm […]

My first impressions are that the Agility Prime effort is both infectious and inspiring, and if you haven’t already guessed it, what you are reading now is my version of a feel-good story. This effort has some real top-notch advocates as well as a star-studded cavalcade of participants and presenters a veritable who’s who in […]

MakeItAccurate, the global GNSS data correction and processing service from Klau Geomatics, now supports more drones and more hardware in the latest release. In addition to the popular DJI RTK units, “PPK” drones (such as Delair, Wingtra, Quantum, Intel and more) logging raw GNSS data, are now supported, making drone operations even simpler. Operations flying […]

New York, NY USAIG and the Unmanned Safety Institute (USI) have teamed up to enhance the utility of safety benefits made available to all Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) policyholders. The insurer’s Performance Vector Unmanned initiative began in 2016 by affording each UAS policyholder the opportunity to obtain a package of safety-focused services during each policy […]

Camarillo, CA —Sabrewing Aircraft Company, Inc., maker of the world’s first heavy-lift, long-range, unmanned cargo aircraft, will hold an on-line, public roll-out of its full-sized flying aircraft, the Rhaegal-A as part of the US Air Force’s “Agility Prime” program kick-off scheduled for the week of April 27 through May 1, 2020. Sabrewing is the first company […]

In an effort to get people familiar with the concept of drone-based deliveries, Dive Delivery has secured confirmation of permission from the FAA to perform drone deliveries under existing Part 107 rules and regulations. Dive Delivery will use off-the-shelf drones equipped with drop mechanisms to conduct visual line of sight (VLOS) deliveries of face masks […]

Vigo, Spain & Singapore, May 8, 2020 www.centum-rt.com announced today its appointment of Drone Solutions as its Business Partner in Asia. “Having gained significant traction and early successes in rolling out our innovative airborne geolocation system known as Lifeseeker; we are most pleased to partner with Drone Solutions, which brings us into direct contact with […]

SPH Engineering announces the launch of a new product to make bathymetric surveys of inland and coastal water. An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) drone integrated with an Echo Sounder is time- & cost-efficient and suitable for mapping, measuring and inspecting tasks as well as environmental monitoring. A UAV drone equipped with an Echo Sounder allows […]

COO Jeff Causey Joins AMC Advisory BoardWAKE FOREST, N.C.. (May 7, 2020) – Causey Aviation Service, Inc. has joined the Advanced Mobility Collective as a sponsor and Chief Operating Officer Jeff Causey has also joined The Collective as a member of the Board of Advisors. The Advanced Mobility Collective is a community for collaboration to bring […]

Award Augments Army’s $40 Million Initial Order for Black Hornets in Early 2019 ARLINGTON, Va., May 7, 2020 ― FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced it has won an additional $20.6 million contract from the U.S. Army to deliver its FLIR Black Hornet® 3 Personal Reconnaissance Systems (PRS). The advanced nano-unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) will […]

New Matrice 300 RTK and Zenmuse H20 Series Extend Airborne Intelligence to a New Generation of Work Ready to Embrace Digitalisation and AI DJI, the world leader in civilian drones and aerial imaging technology, today unveiled its most advanced commercial drone platform, the Matrice 300 RTK (M300 RTK), and the Zenmuse H20 Series – a […]

Phoenix-Wings, a young German company focusing on cargo drones, scores at the international Lake Kivu Challenge (LKC) held in Rwanda, Africa. The competition took place in February and published results Tuesday May 5th. Using its vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) drone “Manta Ray”, the company won the sample pickup competition and also closely competed in […]

On 2 May 2020, a small 25kg experimental UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) owned by the company lost communication with its controllers on the ground. This experimental Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft design was undertaking a phased test flight to attempt a 90-hour world endurance record. As with any experimental flight testing, knowledge is […]

RMUS, or Rocky Mountain Unmanned Systems, has partnered with Sarcos Robotics to distribute Sarcos’ award winning Guardian® S robotic crawler system. The Guardian® S robot is a compact, multi-purpose remote visual inspection tool ideal for industrial and public safety applications. Its rugged design allows for deployment in challenging terrain and confined spaces while maintaining real-time situational awareness via wireless transmission […]

CAL Analytics to Lead Development and Testing of UTM Contingency Management Platform at Griffiss International Airport Syracuse, NY – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently awarded a $1.6M contract that will advance unmanned traffic management (UTM) at the New York (NY) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Test Site. CAL Analytics will lead a team of five […]

ZALA AERO DRONE DELIVERY (ZDD) service that allows you to solve the problem of delivering cargo to any location, regardless of its whereabouts. You no longer need to construct complex logistics routes and think about traffic, the new solution is delivery by the shortest route, in the shortest time possible. The terrain map obtained using […]

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced the eight companies that will assist the Federal government in establishing requirements for future suppliers of Remote Identification (Remote ID). Remote ID will enable Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), commonly called drones, to provide identification and location information while operating in the nation’s airspace. The […]

German drone manufacturer wins two prizes at renowned Lake Kivu Challenge in Rwanda Darmstadt/Kigali, May 6, 2020 Yesterday, the organizing committee of the Lake Kivu Challenge announced the Flying Competition’s winners and named Wingcopter the winner of the Emergency Delivery category. Wingcopter also received a special award for its safety procedures. As a winner, the company […]

Auterion, today announced the release of Skynode, a first-of-its-kind reference design of a fully integrated and connected family of drone avionics modules. Offering benefits for manufacturers, Skynode streamlines the process of bringing enterprise-ready drones to market or retrofit existing products by helping to lower costs, save time, and reduce overall risk. Skynode breaks through the […]

SkyTraq announced today a 12mm x 16mm size PX1122R multi-band RTK receiver for centimeter-level accuracy positioning applications. It works with GPS/QZSS L1/L2C, Galileo E1/E5b, GLONASS L1/L2, and Beidou B1I/B2I signals concurrently. The PX1122R has RTK initialization time under 10 seconds and maximum update rate of 10Hz. It can be configured as RTK base or RTK […]

Septentrio, a world leader in high-precision GNSS positioning solutions, has announced today a new GNSS*/INS receiver, AsteRx-i D UAS. This multi-frequency receiver combines reliable centimeter-level positioning with 3D orientation, enabling automated navigation of aerial drones and robots. With a high-performance IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) from Analog Devices integrated directly into the receiver board, AsteRx-i D UAS is compact and lightweight. Aboard the drone, its small form-factor combined with exceptionally low power consumption results in extended battery life and longer flight times. “With this product we introduce into our inertial-GNSS portfolio an IMU which allows us to reduce the weight and power consumption of our UAS boards while making them easier to integrate. These are all […]

On 2 May 2020, a small 25kg experimental UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) owned by the company lost communication with its controllers on the ground. This experimental Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft design was undertaking a phased test flight to attempt a 90-hour world endurance record. As with any experimental flight testing, knowledge is […]

FlytBase, Inc. today launched the FlytWare Solution Partner program, designed for win-win partnerships in the supply chain industry, with a focus on inventory automation in large warehouses & DCs. By harnessing the power of fully autonomous drones, FlytWare Solution Partners can now create sustainable business value for their customers – by saving time, effort and […]

BUFFALO, NY – EagleHawk, a market leader in professional drone services and solutions, has engineered a safe, effective, and efficient process for disinfecting large areas against COVID-19, both outdoors and indoors. EagleHawk is using disinfectant chemicals approved by the EPA and New York DEC for effectiveness against the SARS-CoV-2 virus with a process that places the highest […]

51 Beyond Visual Line Of Sight Waivers (BVLOS and mostly EVLOS Part 107.31, 107.33) and 126 entries for over people waivers (Part 107.39) hardly constitute an industry ready to scale. I know, I’ve been listening to folks espouse the notion that they were all bringing down the big drone bucks before the COVID19 bring down. […]

Parrot, the leading European drone group, announced today its support for Human Rights Watch’s mission of investigating human rights abuses around the world. To assist the organization’s work, Parrot is providing its powerful ANAFI drones, along with advanced software and technical support. Most recently, as part of a Human Rights Watch investigation into ISIS atrocities in northern […]

Join the African Drone Forum team as they announce awards for this years Lake Kivu Challenge in Rwanda on May 5th, 2020. The capstone of the African Drone Forum, the Lake Kivu Challenge is the first event of its kind – challenging drone teams from across the world to navigate the real challenges faced by […]

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 4 May 2020 – Exactly one month after Aerodyne started assisting the Malaysian authorities in enforcement of the Movement Control Order (MCO), the team achieved a milestone of completing over 1,000 hours of drone flights time. At an average speed of 40km/hr, the teams have covered over 40,000 kilometres, equivalent to flying […]

Today Volansi, Inc., the leader in autonomous VTOL UAV design, manufacturing and service, announced the launch of their newest unmanned aerial vehicle, the VOLY M20 at the United States Air Force’s Agility Prime Virtual Trade Show. The VOLY M20 is a new generation of dual role aircraft offering customers the ability to simultaneously carry 20 […]

AirBox Technologies successfully demonstrates drone delivery into the AirBox Home smart, secure delivery receptacle. The purpose of the demonstration was to highlight secure delivery into a receptacle simulating critical healthcare delivery such as may occur with samples for COVID-19 testing or medication delivery to a patient. “Medical delivery and healthcare applications for drone delivery are […]

London, UK: Altitude Angel, the world’s leading UTM (Unmanned Traffic Management) technology provider, is making available a surveillance API which will allow integrators to both share and receive flight data from a variety of sensors and devices in near real-time, providing a truly comprehensive real-time picture of the airspace. The surveillance API provides a mechanism […]

High Value Targets Found in Minutes Versus Days During Wake-Cho Feasibility Study San Clemente, CA & Wake-Cho, Japan – Teams from Swift Tactical Systems, in partnership with its Japanese counterpart, Swift-Xi, both subsidiaries of Swift Engineering, completed personnel search and rescue and animal identification missions as part of a contract with Okayama Prefecture in Japan. […]

Airspace User Portal suspended from 30 April New guidance for users issued Details can be found at www.nats.co.uk/nsf NATS has issued further guidance for those using the Airspace User Portal (AUP), following news of the portal’s suspension as of 30 April 2020. The suspension was announced earlier this month in response to the impact felt by […]

In order to further evolve product quality, the German engine manufacturer Sky Power GmbH has expanded its technical equipment. One additional engine test cell and a picture-guided 3D coordinate-measuring device from Keyence was installed. The new investments will benefit both product development and ongoing series production. “Especially in product development, we want to achieve a […]

PowerVision Robot Corporation, a global leader in smart drones, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and augmented reality, has the ultimate drone to keep customers entertained rain or shine, the PowerEgg X. A first of its kind in the industry, the device features a revolutionary design that can easily be equipped with weatherproof accessories (waterproof case and landing float), allowing it […]