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Blue Bear is part of a Consortium which was recently awarded funding from the UK Space Agency as part of International Partnership Programme funding to develop an advanced targeted malaria control system. This work was showcased on TRT (Turkish Radio and Television Corporation) News Channel on 12th Nov 2020 featuring the Open University’s Dr Andrea […]

Innovative technology is being used by distribution operator Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) to monitor towers on the 64,000 kilometres of overhead power lines across its central southern England patch; helping to maintain a secure network and keep the power flowing for its 3.1 million customers in the south. The £420,000 programme in association […]

Unmanned aviation specialists Flylogix, in partnership with NATS (National Air Traffic Services) and energy major Total, announce the successful completion of their open airspace test flight project. The project is part of the Civil Aviation Authority’s (CAA) innovation sandbox. Working with the regulators and partners, Flylogix have successfully developed and demonstrated a concept of operations […]

A new eVTOL from the EcoCar student team at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and the Fraunhofer IISB A competition-winning eVTOL aircraft We are an interdisciplinary student team at the University of Erlangen and the Fraunhofer IISB. Within our Project Silver we are developing innovative electric vertical take-off and landing aircrafts, “eVTOLs”. With our prototype Night Fury, codename […]

Nextcore is pleased to announce the release of its latest technology for UAV Lidar capture, the RN100. The companies wholly-owned subsidiary, Airsight, originally developed a lightweight LiDAR (Light Direction and Ranging) unit in 2015 for installation on drones. Originally intended for its own use, the unit was offered as a standalone product from 2017, under […]

Fortem Technologies, Inc., the leader in airspace security and defense for detecting and defeating dangerous drones, announced today the formation of a Government Advisory Board composed of former military, intelligence, and federal government executives across civilian, defense, and intelligence sectors. The Government Advisory Board will provide strategic insights to help the company further advance the […]

Today, we are very excited to announce that Thomas Goetschmann, has joined Auterion as the Chief Operating Officer. Thomas will be driving Auterion’s finance, operations, manufacturing and sales ops globally. Thomas Goetschmann has over 14 years experience helping large organisations and high growth tech companies execute successful expansion strategies. In roles at Ernst & Young […]

New operations at Labor Berlin will initiate the first urban BVLOS medical drone delivery network in the largest city of the European Union with the potential to serve millions of patients each year Matternet, developer of the world’s leading urban drone logistics platform, today announced the launch of operations at Labor Berlin Charité Vivantes in Germany. […]

Virginia Beach, VA (November 17, 2020) — DroneUp, LLC and the State of Iowa have signed a Participating Addendum for the NASPO ValuePoint contract for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle services established as the Contract Number #21171. This begins the offering for the purchase of complete drone solutions to all state agencies, commissions, political subdivisions, institutions, and […]

Smart cities are developing around the world. In order to turn them into sustainable and livable spaces, one of the key points is that they must respond to new mobility challenges. As days go by, betting on the introduction of a reliable and safe unmanned vehicle network on its transport routes is not as impossible. […]

So some of us know there was a law enforcement RID Demo with no details. Well, the details are starting to roll in. Fairfax County, Virginia, provided this set of documents. Remember, this is “public” rulemaking that you will have to live with in the future. On a side note, I’m wondering who handled the […]

Architecture and Urban Planning Firm JDavis Joins Advanced Mobility Collective WAKE FOREST, N.C. – JDavis, an architecture and urban planning firm, joined the Advanced Mobility Collective in its mission to help accelerate the innovative use of autonomous air and ground vehicles. The firm, with offices in Raleigh and Philadelphia, will collaborate with the broad range of […]

Jon Hegranes Adding State and County Data Layers for Local Compliance & Situational Awareness Coinciding with the FAA’s Drone Safety Awareness Week, Kittyhawk is releasing a new update to B4UFLY that adds a new layer of localized advisories with the ability for the largest community of drone pilots and airspace stakeholders to impact safe and […]

Alpha Drones Recognized As Launch Customer of the DJI Agras T20 FULTON, New York – Empire Drone, a commercial drone distributor out of Fulton, NY, hasagreed to sell 49 Agras T20 spraying drones to Alpha Drones USA. The release of the Agras T20 was announced earlier this week by DJI Agriculture, but the drones will […]

Expansion will leverage the Bend area’s rich talent pool and aviation technology expertise to help scale drone delivery worldwide SAN FRANCISCO, CA, November 16, 2020– Volansi, Inc., the leader in vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) middle-mile drone delivery services, is pleased to announce the opening of a new facility in Oregon’s Bend area. The location […]

· Thales is working jointly with the State of North Dakota to enable Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) UAS operations. · Thales is integrating surveillance, communications and cloud-hosted traffic management services for a first of its kind safety-oriented, system-of-systems solution. · Key site implementation will validate infrastructure requirements and procedural needs to ensure routine, safe & secure […]

Ascent AeroSystems today announced that Gur Kimchi, former Vice President of Amazon Prime Air, has been elected to the company’s board of directors. He becomes the first outside board member. Gur is a technology veteran and an industry pioneer. After joining Amazon in 2012 he co-founded the Amazon Prime Air delivery-by-drone project and led the organization for […]

Riga, Latvia – November 16, 2020 – SPH Engineering announces the cooperation withDaewoo Engineering and Construction to support the partner’s data management projects with ATLAS, a unique AI platform enabling aerial imagery storage, maps creation, change tracking, object detection and territory segmentation. Photogrammetry data is expected to become one of the key components for storage […]

Leading unmanned aviation company Flylogix has reached a major milestone in a development project pioneering methane emissions monitoring. Partnering with gas-sensor experts SeekOps and energy majors Total, Chrysaor and BP, Flylogix is developing a measurement technique specifically focussed on offshore asset monitoring. Flylogix conducted a first trial during August 2020 and has since flown over […]

The UK Space Agency has today backed a healthcare drone start-up founded by NHS staff, to help in the response to COVID-19 The pandemic has seen the country pulling together, with organisations across the space sector stepping forward to help. Apian, part of the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme, aims to establish a network of secure […]

Available in Affordable Mass Quantities, Velarray H800 is the First in a Family of Solid-State Sensors to Enhance Automakers’ Safety Features Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (Nasdaq: VLDR) today debuted its latest innovation in its broad array of lidar sensors, the Velarray H800. The solid state Velarray H800 is architected for automotive grade performance and built using Velodyne’s […]

Cyberhawk CEO, Chris Fleming, captures his thoughts on the latest developments in drone-based inspection across the energy industry and what he sees as the trends to look out for in the near future. With the transition to net-zero becoming more prominent, how vital is the renewables sector? It is vital to energy companies, and it […]

A national civil engineering company commissioned Networx3 Drones to inspect a 150m long culvert under a dual carriageway. Networx3 founder and managing director Ian Ashworth deployed the £32,000 Elios drone on the job. The Elios 2 drone is encased in a cage, which is the size and shape of a football, and allows users to […]

The SP-55 single-cylinder engine is one of the first engines by the German propulsion manufacturer and comes in different versions. The SP-55 FI TS hybrid is designed to generate electricity in unmanned flight systems. The engine has twin spark plugs and is equipped with a fuel injection. “The SP-55 FI TS hybrid is the first two-stroke engine […]

DJI, the global leader in drone and camera technology, is again transforming farming with its latest agriculture drone, the DJI AGRAS T20. This durable, high-performance and intelligent precision agriculture spraying drone packs impressive features into a modular and portable design, making it accessible and scalable for farmers who are ready to apply digital insights and automated […]

Skydio appoints Industry and Military Veterans Trent Hall as VP of Channel & Alliances, and Federal Sales team additions Sai Williams and Ron Bellavia as Federal Account Managers, and Dylan Hamm as Solution Engineer Redwood City, Calif. — Skydio, the leading US drone company and world leader in autonomous flight, today announced several new strategic hires as […]

As part of its vision and continuous efforts to enhance and guarantee the safety on the roads IVEX and Siemens Digital Industries Software (SISW) have partnered to improve the validation and verification of autonomous vehicles (AV) and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). This strategic alliance benefits AV/ADAS developers in their simulation, validation and verification efforts. […]

The report provides the state-of-play of the technological capabilities and services required for making U-space a reality. The report consolidates the findings from 19 SESAR research and demonstrations projects, including an analysis of the coverage and level of maturity of each U-space service, and identifies areas requiring further research. What’s in the publication? Key milestones […]

Following new customer contracts and strategic partnership agreements, D-Fend Solutions bolsters North American headquarters and ramps up for continued growth D-Fend Solutions – the leader in radio frequency (RF), cyber-based, non-kinetic, non-jamming, counter-drone takeover technology – today announced the expansion of its North American headquarters in McLean, Virginia. This announcement follows D-Fend Solutions’ strategic focus on North America, its continued […]

Direxion announced today the launch of the Direxion Moonshot Innovators ETF (Ticker: MOON). MOON invests in 50 early-stage companies, with the highest allocation of resources to research and development, along with the degree to which firms stress an innovative culture and mission. While President John F. Kennedy first inspired the idea of a moonshot in 1962, many […]

Researchers at Chernobyl used the Elios 2 to determine that no nuclear waste was present in Reactor Five for the first time since the 1986 disaster. November 12, 2020—Flyability partnered with DroneUA to conduct a mission at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant with the goal of determining whether nuclear waste was present in one of […]

ping200X is the premier FAA TSO Certified Mode S ADS-B OUT transponder for UAS. Enabling airspace access, regulator and Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) acceptance worldwide, ping200X enables your aircraft to be detected by Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR), Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems (TCAS), and ADS-B IN receivers. Compact and light, ping200X is a Level 2els, […]

“For long-distance electric aircraft to be feasible, substantial improvements need to be made to electric propulsion system technology,” says the company.” Today, best-in-class motors and inverters have a combined power density of 3-4 kW/kg. ARPA-E has determined that for a Boeing 737 to complete a typical five hour flight, the propulsion system must be >12 […]

By Hannan Parvizian, CEO and Co-Founder of Volansi Today I am excited to introduce Mark Mesler as our new Chief Financial Officer. A start-up veteran, Mark has a long history of commercializing and scaling emerging technologies. As Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations at Bloom Energy, Mark played an integral role in taking the […]

Kongsberg Geospatial and Unifly enable real-time drone monitoring in urban airspaces over LTE wireless broadband networksOttawa, ON – Kongsberg Geospatial announced today that it has partnered with Unifly to enable real-time e-Identification and tracking of drones using Unifly BLIP (Broadcast Location & Identity Platform). Kongsberg Geospatial’s airspace situational awareness system IRIS was developed based on […]

Snowdonia Aerospace is pleased to announce that we have received a grant award from UK Research & Innovation for an 18-month drone development programme in partnership with Swiftflight Avionics as part of the UK Future Flight Challenge, a £33.5m element of the Government’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. The primary objective of our Project “Gold Dragon” […]

Technology company combines big data, proprietary software and purpose-built smart containers to deliver critical pharmaceuticals around the world 11 November 2020, Zurich – SkyCell, the leading manufacturer of data-driven temperature controlled smart containers for the pharmaceutical industry, has now partnered with Unitrans International Corporation (an AIT Worldwide Logistics Company) to provide increased access to SkyCell’s […]

First US Vertiport to be located at Orlando’s Aerotropolis in Lake Nona Lake Nona/Munich, 11 November 2020: The first hub location for a high-speed electric air mobility network in America will be launched by 2025 in Lake Nona, Orlando, Florida. Lilium, the Munich-based aviation company developing an all-electric, vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) jet aircraft, Tavistock Development Company, and […]

Hexagon | NovAtel launches GNSS Resilience and Integrity Technology (GRIT) to help users protect position, navigation and timing from advanced threats (Calgary, Canada, November 10, 2020) – Hexagon | NovAtel introduces GNSS Resilience and Integrity Technology (GRIT), a suite of firmware features enabling trusted situational awareness and interference mitigation tools across applications and environments. As threats to […]

Powered by the 3DEXPERIENCE® platform on the cloud | Register for our live webinar on November 17th at 4pm CEST Register for our live webinar Have you ever heard of professional drones? As the market expands continuously, services associated to drones grow up and the autonomy of the machines is optimized. From design offices to operating departments, what are the […]

Dayton, Ohio – The need for professional cybersecurity training and workforce certification programs continues to expand, with new challenges in all sectors of the interconnected world emerging daily including the Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) industry. Recognizing these critical needs, Mission Critical Institute for Cybersecurity (MCI), headquartered in Washington, D.C., and Sinclair College’s National UAS Training and […]

New features simplify data capture and reporting for UAS operators AlarisPro, the leader in Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) fleet management, has released a series of advanced features that enable more customized and granular reporting for UAS operators seeking approval for expanded UAS operations. The AlarisPro platform differentiates itself from other software providers by going beyond […]

Illegal drones were detected approximate to the Incheon International Airport by a C-UAS system featuring Black Sage technology and layered sensors installed at Incheon International Airport. Air traffic quickly and safely returned to normal due to the efficiency and effectiveness of the airport authority’s security system and protocols. Drones pose an increasing threat to airline […]

Liftoff: Drone Racing, the fast-paced drone racing simulation from astragon Entertainment and developer LuGus Studios, is now available for PlayStation®4 and Xbox One. Liftoff: Drone Racing lets you enter the fascinating world of drone racing. The heart of the console version is the exclusive career mode, which introduces you to the fascinating world of drone […]

We are excited to share that Vantage was selected for four different Department of Defense (DoD) contracts in the last five months. These new wins allow Vantage to expand our investments in the core technology pushing limits on sensor performance, flight performance, autonomy, communications and ruggedization for our customers in both the DoD as well […]

Kawasaki Heavy Industries has succeeded in a flight test of the unmanned compound helicopter ” K-RACER ” at the Taiki-cho Multipurpose Air Park in Hokkaido . We demonstrated the technology of a conventional helicopter with an unmanned tester aiming at high speed, which is technically limited, and in this test, we were able to confirm stable flight by autonomous control. This […]

A drone that can fly sustainably for long distances over land and water, and can land almost anywhere, will be able to serve a wide range of applications. There are already drones that fly using ‘green’ hydrogen, but they either fly very slowly or cannot land vertically. That’s why researchers at TU Delft together with […]

DroneSense software platform adds support for all Autel EVO Series drones Austin, TX. & Bothell, WA., November 10, 2020 – Unmanned Aircraft Systems manufacturer, Autel Robotics, and DroneSense, the leading drone software platform for public safety, today announced a partnership that will allow UAS teams to utilize the full suite of DroneSense capabilities tailor-made for […]

Lausanne, Switzerland, [November 10, 2020]: Pix4D, the photogrammetry industry leader, announces today the release of a new appproduct for ground images acquisition: Pix4Dcatch. Pix4Dcatch empowers users to easily create ground-based 3D models using an iOS mobile device. No need to be an expert, the user simply scans the area of interest with Pix4Dcatch. The app […]

London, UK – October 2020 — Sky-Futures, one of the world’s leading drone inspection and survey service providers, has appointed connected insurance provider, Flock, as its drone insurance partner. The partnership will enable Sky-Futures to seamlessly scale its drone insurance in line with its global expansion plans. The company has now conducted hundreds of large […]