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DRONAMICS, the world’s leading middle-mile cargo drone developer and operator, is to take part in the CAELUS project – a consortium of partners set to revolutionise the way in which healthcare services are delivered in Scotland. CAELUS is a consortium led by AGS Airports that will develop and trial the UK’s first national distribution network […]

Warrenton, VA — DroneShield (U.S. subsidiary of DroneShield Ltd – Australia) has received and delivered upon a follow-on order by a U.S. Government agency for the company’s portable and handheld Counter-UAS (C-UAS) solutions. DroneShield, a leading developer of artificial intelligence based multi-mission solutions, known for its industry leading C-UAS (“Counter-drone” or “Anti-drone”) systems such as RfPatrol […]

History was created at PUSA, Dev Prakash Shastri Marg in New Delhi today as the first ever drone loan facilitated by Agri Infra Fund was sanctioned for a Made in India Kisan Drone, manufactured by Garuda Aerospace in the presence of Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmer welfare Mr. Narendra Singh Tomar, Ministers of State […]

Working with TELUS, AIRmarket and INVOLI brings an added level of tactical mitigation to meet safety objectives required for the BVLOS missions in Canada. This partnership enables tracking of manned and unmanned aircraft in this corridor. Surveillance for cooperative manned aircraft is a strategic component for the AIRmarket UTM vision. AIRmarket has a history of […]

STEPHEN DICKSON, ADMINISTRATOR AND FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, RESPONDENTS On Petition for Review of an Order of the Federal Aviation Administration, Jonathan Rupprecht argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Elizabeth Candelario and Kathleen Yodice. Casen B. Ross, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the […]

Pioneering companies in the emerging uncrewed aviation industry have joined forces in a forum established by air traffic control leader NATS, to break through the barriers to the UK industry’s development. The BVLOS Operations Forum, which includes the UK’s leading beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) operators, brings together organisations at the cutting edge of uncrewed flight to learn […]

Husqvarna and GreenSight Inc. have entered into a strategic partnership to combine their unique technologies and create a comprehensive solution that empowers turf managers to heighten the quality of turf care, use less natural resources, and greatly reduce costs in their overall management practices. The solution, TurfCloud combined with Husqvarna AutomowerⓇ, will initially serve large-scale outdoor […]

Boots is assessing the potential for using drones for the delivery of prescription medicines after completing a test flight from Portsmouth to the Isle of Wight Test flight made Boots the first community pharmacy in the UK to transport prescription medicines by drone Boots is working with medical drone startup Apian to facilitate a trial Boots has become the first community pharmacy in the UK to transport prescription-only medicines by uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) – commonly […]

Quantum-Systems GmbH, innovative developer, designer, and producer of advanced eVTOL UAVs today announced that it has incorporated a wholly owned subsidiary in Brisbane, Australia. The formation of Quantum-Systems Pty. Ltd, also known as Quantum-Systems Australia, follows the stand-up of Quantum-Systems Inc. in the United States in January of this year to serve the Defense and Security […]

Individuals in the United States wanting to fly for commercial purposes (non-recreational) are required to have an airmen certificate. Most people fly under Part 107 and obtain the remote pilot certificate. This involves paying some money to take a test. Some people choose to just operate illegally without a remote pilot certificate. While some might […]

An MQ-9B SeaGuardian® Unmanned Aircraft System from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is under contract with the U.S. Navy to support the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 exercise. RIMPAC, the world’s largest international maritime exercise, started in late June and continues until early August in Hawaii and Southern California operations areas. GA-ASI’s SeaGuardian is […]

Package delivery remains massively popular among Americans, and 64% of those surveyed see drones becoming an option for home delivery MOORPARK, Calif. and ZURICH – July 27, 2022 – Auterion, the open source company building the software-defined future for mobile robotics and powering the world’s leading drone manufacturers, today announced new data from its 2022 “Consumer […]

PUNE, INDIA– Drone Logistics Ecosystem (DLE) is welcoming onboard DroneAcharya Aerial Innovations as its latest member. The Indian government has taken encouraging initiatives in its efforts to transform the country into a Global Drone Hub by 2030 by leveraging all DaaS capabilities, i.e., infrastructure management, smart agriculture, drone delivery and so on. Being a part […]

T.H.R.E.A.T. was developed in order to provide a low-cost, secure, and Bradley-compliant manufactured testing platform for counter sUAS solutions. Today’s battlefield is experiencing an unprecedented amount of off-the-shelf UAS equipment being deployed for offensive and reconnaissance roles. To combat this, the U.S. Department of Defense has issued several calls to action for prime manufacturers to […]

Applied Navigation performed an entire flight from takeoff to landing with no GPS. The flight was performed with the Anaconda test-bed using Vigilant Spirit and Quattro Engineering Tool to display information to the user. The airplane was flown in easy steering mode using a game controller to provide guidance during hover, outbound transition, wing-borne flight, […]

Ondas Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq:ONDS), a leading provider of private wireless data, drone and automated data solutions through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Ondas Networks Inc. and American Robotics, Inc. (“American Robotics” or “AR”), announced today that American Robotics is adding new artificial intelligence anomaly detection capabilities to its autonomous Scout System drone. Loss of containment capabilities […]

Cash receipts from customers for Q2 of AUD$1.3M (€0.89M) up over 600% from previous quarter Net operating cash out flows reduced from -AUD$2.5M (-€1.6M)in Q1 2022 to -AUD$0.9M(-€0.6M) in Q2 2022 AUD$10m secured to accelerate growth, expected to complete mid-August Data collection constellation continues to build with Patrol Mission; Kleos’ third cluster of four satellites successfully deployed into […]

Percepto, pioneering autonomous inspection by industrial robotics, today announced it has signed a new partnership with value-added seller Hellenic Drones to distribute its drone-in-a-box technology in Greece and Cyprus. With the partnership, the companies expect to boost the adoption of autonomous drones within the countries’ Oil & Gas and solar farm industries. Percepto and Hellenic […]

Gatineau, Quebec Tyto Robotics has just revealed its newest, biggest-ever test stand: the Flight Stand 150. It is the world’s largest off-the-shelf test stand of its kind, measuring up to 150 kgf of thrust and 150 Nm of torque, compatible with propellers up to and beyond 2 meters in diameter. The Flight Stand 150 is […]

ZeroEyes A.I. Gun Detection to Be Integrated with Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) Technology to Enhance Automated Threat Detection at Minot Air Force Base ZeroEyes, creators of the only A.I.-based gun detection video analytics platform that holds the US Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act Designation, today announced it has received a Direct-to-Phase II SBIR (Small […]

LACRTC, America’s leading Unmanned Aircraft Systems training innovator and largest certified California public safety trainer, is pleased to announce that they have partnered with Khepra Inc. to present their training courses through the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule under Contract Number 47QTCA1800KZ. LACRTC courses will now be available in Special Item Numbers 611512 […]

In the second quarter of 2022, uAvionix celebrated its 50,000th ADS-B OUT shipment into the global General Aviation (GA) market. This number combines total shipments into certified and uncertified aircraft and includes the industry-changing skyBeacon, tailBeacon, and tailBeaconX products – specifically designed to reduce total cost of ownership by minimizing installation time. Also included is echoUAT, the lowest cost ADS-B IN […]

Fortem’s airspace security and defense solution to integrate with Qatari Ministry of Interior and Safety and Security Operations Committee command and control system to provide the highest level of protection against ever-increasing drone threats. Fortem Technologies, Inc., a leader in airspace security and defense for detecting and defeating dangerous drones, announced today a major step forward in […]

In early June the UVR team, with the assistance of uScovery DMCC and participation of ITOD Aircraft Manufacturing, successfully demonstrated the flights of the helicopter-type drone “ELECTRON 7” in the United Arab Emirates. A sample of the unmanned aerial vehicle was presented to high-ranking officials and businessmen from the UAE in a remote area of […]

The application scenarios for drones have been constantly expanding from initial short-time and non-continuous to daily and continuous. Nevertheless, drones still rely on flight pilots (for flight control, maintenance and recharging), all of which runs counter to the idea that these flights are totally “unmanned”. The increasingly prominent limitations in technology training, personnel cost and management have […]

New 10-year contract combines existing rotary and fixed-wing services into a fully integrated, innovative solution led by Bristow Bristow-led consortium to begin transitioning to new contract beginning September 30, 2024, through December 31, 2026, to ensure a continuation of critical lifesaving search and rescue aviation services across the whole of the U.K. Bristow Helicopters Ltd […]

Eve Holding, Inc. (“Eve”) (NYSE: EVEX; EVEXW) announced today at the Farnborough Airshow a non-binding Letter of Intent (“LOI”) with Embraer and BAE Systems to explore the potential order of up to 150 electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles with the aim of examining the aircraft application for the defence and security market. In […]

Airbus has launched a connectivity services business through the creation of a dedicated HAPS Services Business based around Zephyr, Airbus’ leading HAPS technology platform. This will help enable it to industrialise rapidly and begin serving a substantial total addressable market, providing low-latency connectivity services from the stratosphere for telecommunications and Earth observation applications. The new […]

ANRA Technologies, in collaboration with ideaForge and Asteria, conducted the first ever flight trials incorporating new technology that permitted live tracking of drones via the internet, helping to address Indian government safety and security concerns. ANRA Technologies, a leader in integrated airspace, mission management and delivery systems for uncrewed aircraft, along with ideaForge and Asteria […]

Adam Woodworth Here at Wing we spend a lot of time thinking about how to move packages through the sky. Solving the problem of on-demand delivery will always require a variety of vehicles. Just as the ideal vehicle for carrying a ton of gravel would be a dump truck rather than a sedan, the ideal […]

By Madeline Winkler, APNTSpace CFT, Army Futures Command Huntsville, Ala. – The Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing/Space (APNT/Space) Cross-Functional Team (CFT) is conducting stratospheric experimentation that utilizes the Zephyr ultra-long endurance stratospheric unmanned air system (UAS). The first flight of 2022, which launched on June 15, has demonstrated Zephyr’s energy storage capacity, battery longevity, solar […]

Driving innovation in future Royal Navy capability, the project will support up to 100 highly skilled engineering jobs at Leonardo’s Yeovil site. Testing the viability of larger uncrewed aircraft for the Navy, the three-tonne demonstrator – less than a fifth of the weight of a Merlin helicopter – could provide an innovative alternative to existing […]

Farnborough International Airshow, in the presence of An Táiniste Leo Varadakar, the Irish Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Spright and Avtrain signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate for EASA pilot and operator training and certification. This collaborative project will take place at the Future Mobility Campus, located in Shannon, Ireland. The regulatory oversight […]

This AFWERX STTR Phase II award is a follow-on to the Phase I STTR LTA Hybrid Electric Orb forUrban Air Mobility study awarded in 2021. https://www.suasnews.com/2022/05/lta-hybrid-electric-orb-for-urban-air-mobility/ We see a myriad of eVTOL configurations offered as Advanced Air Mobility solutions. Most eVTOL designs are power-hungry during the take-off, landing and transition phases of flight, benefiting from […]

Melbourne, Australia: Swoop Aero, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) are undertaking a joint Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPAS) certification project to catalyse the advancement and strengthening of the global aviation industry. Over the coming months, the project will enable the seamless integration of drone technologyacross urban and rural environments […]

QinetiQ has delivered the world’s first successful demonstration of an airborne un-crewed platform being controlled via a laser communication system; strengthening military capability for covert, low detection probability operations in the future. The innovative demonstration saw a ground-based operator control an airborne Un-crewed Air System (UAS), transmitting control commands and receiving sensor and platform information […]

– Pre-commercialization pilot operation…Travel distance of approximately 1 km, or 3 minutes, from takeoff to landing – PABLO AIR sets standard for domestic drone logistics delivery INCHEON, South Korea, July 2022 – PABLO AIR (CEO Kim Young-Joon), a member of the Born2Global Centre, announced on July 13 that PABLO AIR, in cooperation with South Korea’s 7-Eleven branch, has opened the first convenience store drone delivery […]

Ambition statement and vision for commercial drones, created jointly by government and the sector, outlining the 2030 potential, current use cases and support and enablers for the future. This ambition statement outlines how government and the drone sector will work together to achieve a vision for commercial drones will be commonplace in the UK by […]

Vertical Aerospace, Virgin Atlantic, Atkins, Skyports and NATS, along with Connected Places Catapult and leading academic institutions Cranfield University and WMG, University of Warwick, today announced the creation of the Advanced Mobility Ecosystem Consortium. Together, the organisations will develop key technology and infrastructure in a project that will significantly accelerate the introduction of AAM in […]

Honeywell (NASDAQ: HON) and Hanwha Systems announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on unmanned aerial systems and urban air mobility (UAS/UAM) technology development in South Korea. Based in South Korea, Hanwha Systems provides differentiated smart technologies in defense electronics and information infrastructure. Honeywell is a leader in UAS/UAM technology, offering […]

Liteye Systems, Inc. welcomes Dr. Melissa Flagg to Liteye’s Board of Advisors. Dr. Flagg’s expertise in acquisitions and technology development within the DOD, will provide strategic guidance and direction to the company’s executive team through its continued growth and development as an industry leader in counter small unmanned systems (C-UAS), and multi-mission/multi-domain defense capabilities. “Liteye […]

Today, uAvionix announces it received Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) UK.STC.00174 by the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority for its tailBeaconX 1090 MHz ADS-B transponder. As with the EASA STC for tailBeaconX, the Approved Model List (AML) equals the original FAA STC-AML SA04568CH and is applicable to all of the 550 make and models with a UK type certificate […]

On Monday, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng revealed plans for the world’s largest automated drone superhighway in the UK as part of a £273 million funding package for the aerospace sector. This is an exciting development for the industry. Still, for it to be a real success, the industry and government need to focus on creating new […]

Supernal (the Company) today revealed its initial eVTOL vehicle cabin concept at Farnborough International Airshow, providing the first look at how Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) is integrating automotive capabilities to develop the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) market. Supernal partnered with the Group’s design studios to create the cabin concept as the Company works to certify […]

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has integrated the Optix platform into its System for Tasking And Real-Time Exploitation (STARE) system. Optix delivers cloud-based, big data processing and analytics to STARE, providing operators with a common operating picture by integrating and displaying wide area surveillance information gathered by GA-ASI Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) and commercial space-based and terrestrial data […]

Quickstep becomes the first strategic manufacturing partner of DRONAMICS The partnership will accelerate the scale up of the Dronamics fleet to meet growing demand for capacity on their routes The turnkey solution with Australia’s largest independent aerospace composites business will see the first units land in 2023 LONDON – July 2022 – DRONAMICS, the leading […]

Revolutionary technology will enable automated ‘pilotless’ drones to be flown beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS). London, UK: The UK government has today announced it has given the go-ahead to for the world’s largest and longest network of drone superhighways to be built in the UK. The drone superhighway will link cities and towns throughout the midlands to the southeast of […]

Who is Going to Standup for American Aerospace? Uncrewed, unimaginative, untenable, and unsustainable. It used to only be the Flag and the Liberty Bell, but we’re BEYOND that now. Unfortunately, the current geopolitical reality indicates that the USA is on a steep decline arc in political hegemony, technological capabilities, and economic strength. Maybe folks have […]

Farnborough International Airshow (FIA) is proud to announce that its official charity partner for 2022 is Orbis UK, the international sight loss charity. The Farnborough International Airshow (FIA2022) runs from the 18-22 July and brings together leading innovators across industries including aerospace and aviation. Globally 1.1 billion people live with sight loss and blindness, and […]