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Skyward Verizon has emailed its clients announcing the end of their services for UAS operators. This is what they said the software did Skyward provides a drone software platform, training, consulting, and connectivity. We help companies and public agencies manage the entire drone workflow: training crews, planning missions, accessing controlled airspace, creating maps & models, […]

Real-time Robotics (RtR) has released Hera, the most advanced multi-copter ever made. Before Hera, the following was deemed impossible: A drone smaller than DJI M300 but can carry a 33-lb payload That drone can mount four gimbaled payloads simultaneously That drone can deliver 360-degree FOV for every payload bay That drone can fly for approximately […]

SwissDrones, a global manufacturer of long-range unmanned helicopter systems, has obtained their European drone operator license – the EASA Light UAS Operator Certificate (LUC) in accordance with European Regulation (EU) 947/2019, granted by the Transport Malta Civil Aviation Directorate (Transport Malta), the country’s Civil Aviation Authority. This is the first LUC issued by Transport Malta, […]

Purdue Athletics has collaborated with hospitality partner Levy, Levy’s innovation studio, DBK Studio, Chicago-based Valqari, and USOG to pilot the first drone-delivered food and beverage service at a sports & entertainment venue. The pilot took place from Wednesday, April 27th through Saturday, April 30th at Alexander Field, home of Purdue Baseball, leading up to and during its recent home series. […]

A group of Southern Louisiana individual investors, many of whom invested in Waitr, have closed out a $4 million Series A funding round by investing $2 million into Lafayette-based nationwide drone service provider FlyGuys. The previous $2 million investment provided by Advantage Capital in connection with the Louisiana New Markets Tax Credit program received in 2021 has already allowed FlyGuys to begin the scaling process. […]

FRIBOURG, SWITZERLAND- The regulatory consulting company UASolutions is joining Drone Logistics Ecosystem to collaborate with its members. UASolutions supports companies in the advanced air mobility industry to obtain the authorization to fly from the national civil aviation authority. Company’s founder Nathanel Apter has a long experience as a certification consultant and has been working as […]

Taranis, a leading AgTech, AI-powered crop intelligence company is pleased to announce its extended partnership with Drone Nerds and DJI, bringing together the latest drone technology, large-scale operational efficiencies and disruptive AI technologies to generate precise and actionable insights for ag retailers, co-ops and farmers. Taranis’ nationwide network of Drone Service Providers (DSPs), utilizes the […]

Fargo, ND – This morning at the BankNorth Theater located inside of Cass County High School in Casselton, ND, Grand Farm and Casselton Economic Development jointly announced the future site of Grand Farm’s Innovation Facility. Melissa Beach, Casselton Community and Economic Development Director helped unveil the site,” We are excited that Grand Farm chose our […]

We are consulting on a proposed extension to the Legacy and Transitional category UAS provisions in the Open category and would like your opinion. Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operate within one of three categories: Open, Specific or Certified. This consultation primarily impacts Open category operations. More details have been set out in this short consultation document.

Draganfly Inc. (NASDAQ: DPRO) (CSE: DPRO) (FSE: 3U8) (“Draganfly” or the “Company”), an award-winning, industry-leading drone solutions and systems developer, announced today that the Company, in partnership with Coldchain Delivery Systems, LLC (“Coldchain Delivery Systems”), has successfully completed deployment and training of its first Medical Response Drone to Revived Soldiers Ukraine (“RSU”). Draganfly’s initial Medical Response Drone […]

The number of drones in Austrian airspace is ever increasing. To ensure that drones continue to travel safely in the future, dedicated traffic management systems with automated solutions are needed. Austro Control is relying on the development of a UTM (Unmanned Traffic Management) system with Frequentis. The cooperation is the result of an extensive public tender process in which […]

Hats off to investigative reporter Paul Van Osdol of Pittsburgh Action News. The channel has undercovered the criminal record of one of PennDOT’s advisors on bridge inspection. Justin Melanson is a cofounder of drone company Aeras and claims that PennDOT had full knowledge of his record and that he also advises Police drone operators. In 2018, […]

WhiteFox Defense’s STRATUS provides Austin public safety agencies crucial airspace awareness. South by Southwest, the iconic conference and festival that celebrates the convergence of tech, film, music, education, and culture in Austin, Texas, returned to its full level of excitement in March 2022, welcoming hundreds of thousands to the city’s downtown for 10 days. The […]

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 has appointed Gretchen West as Senior Advisor of Business Development. West is an industry veteran with over 18 years of experience […]

What’s new: UPS and The UPS Foundation have teamed with VillageReach and Swoop Aeroin Malawi to further support the equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines worldwide. VillageReach is known for collaborating with governments and organizations to build health solutions that improve equity and access to care. Their mission to transform health care delivery to reach everyone is a natural fit with Swoop Aero’s sustainable […]

DRONEDEK, known for its “mailbox of the future,” that will provide secure deposit of autonomously and traditionally delivered packages, today announced an agreement to work with HUSH Aerospace. “The future is coming at us fast, and we’re ready to meet it with remedies to issues consumers have voiced even as they clamor for drone delivery,” […]

I am excited and delighted to announce my newest startup venture, Snake Oil and GasExploration. I first had the idea for the technology scouting company over a decade ago, but the USA NAS integration effort waylaid me. After spending 20-years on the FAA NAS integration regulatory wheel of suffering, I decided to follow the herd […]

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 have expanded globally, transforming the health supply chain with drone logistics operations in four countries. The […]

Melbourne Artificial Intelligence (AI) specialist Sentient Vision Systems has won a $2.1 million Australian government grant to establish a sovereign in-house manufacturing facility for its world-leading ViDAR search and surveillance pods. The grant was awarded under the Department of Industry Science Energy and Resources’ (DISER) Modern Manufacturing Initiative (MMI) Translation Stream. It will enable volume […]

We are looking for a UAS Remote Pilot who will operate a diverse set of UAS platforms of different sizes and configurations in a range of demonstration, service delivery and test activities. This will include following detailed requirements to meet client expectations and conduct a wide variety of demonstration events both in the UK and […]

NOAA Fisheries and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced that they have teamed up with DrivenData and HeroX, in collaboration with Wild Me and NASA, to launch the crowdsourcing competition, Where’s Whale-do?, to help NOAA Fisheries researchers accurately identify endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales from photographic images. Participants are competing for a prize purse of $35,000. Measuring up to 15 feet and 3,500 […]

UAVIA and Parrot have announced the availability of the UAVIA Inside version of the ANAFI Ai, which will broadly be available to UAVIA Robotics Platform Customers from June 2022.This product integrates UAVIA DroneOS as the first ANAFI Ai flight mission created by external developers with Parrot AirSDK. Parrot ANAFI Ai is the first 4G drone. […]

uAvionix have announced that Beluga, a state-of-the-art family of drones designed by Italian company Eurolink Systems, has completed its integration of various avionics from the uAvionix certifiable low-SWaP ecosystem, including the George G3 autopilot, microLink CNPC radio system, and truFYX EXT GPS. Beluga™ is a new generation of small UAS (sUAS), the result of 3 years […]

Prague – Primoco UAV SE, Czech manufacturer of civilian and military aircraft, appointed Colonel of the General Staff (Retired) Ing. Vladan Ševčík as a member of the Supervisory Board following the resignation of Ing. Josef Rada. The decision to appoint a new member of the Supervisory Board was made during the General Meeting of the company at its registered […]

Sean Hollister over at The Verge has been told by DJI spokesperson Adam Lisberg that contrary to previous reports transmissions from DJI airframes used by their Aeroscope counter UAS system to identify the crafts position, identity and location of the operator are not encrypted. A point of order, I have always found Adam to be […]

Volatus Aerospace Corp. (TSXV:VOL) (OTCQB:VLTTF) (“Volatus” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce that it has signed an exclusive sales and distribution agreement with American UAV manufacturer Full Throttle Aerial (“Full Throttle”). “We are thrilled to have signed this exclusive agreement with Full Throttle. They produce a fleet of heavy lift, high endurance, robust drones […]

Virginia Natural Gas (VNG) is embracing technology and will be using aerial drones as another means to perform equipment inspections on its pipeline infrastructure. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), most commonly known as drones, will begin flights across Hampton Roads, as well as northern James and New Kent Counties for various operations such as inspections of critical infrastructure, right-of-way […]

ideaForge, India’s largest manufacturer of drones, has closed its Series B funding round of $20 Million led by Florintree, which is helmed by the former Blackstone India private equity Co-Head, Mathew Cyriac. The round also saw participation from its existing investors such as Celesta, which is a prominent deep tech investment fund, Infosys, Qualcomm and Infina, along with […]

From the FAA mission statement – “We are accountable to the American public and our aviation stakeholders.” https://www.faa.gov/about/mission After 20 years of work towards NAS integration, I like to keep with tradition, and this iswhere I suggest the FAA folks and their minions reread the agency mission/visionstatement. Golly, why would we need to suggest they […]

George Freeman MPMinister for Science, Research and Innovation,Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy,1 Victoria Street,London SW1H 0ET Dear Mr Freeman, People working in the British space-based Earth Observation industry are in imminent danger of losing their jobs because of the ongoing uncertainty around the UK’s continued membership of the European Union’s Copernicus programme, the […]

Drones have been demonstrated to successfully integrate into common airspace with manned aircraft at the GOF 2.0 Roadshow in Riga. The demonstration was conducted by LMT, a mobile innovator and the leading telecom operator in Latvia, in collaboration with Latvijas Gaisa Satiksme (LGS), the local air traffic controller, and the GOF2.0 consortium. GOF 2.0 is […]

Osijek, Croatia – A pioneering company in the FPV industry merges with a leadingdrone technology startup to create an EU-Based drone powerhouse, as Orqa acquiresImmersionRC. The deal brings together two of the most exciting companies in the FPV space, whose products and business ethos are a perfect fit. ImmersionRC, based in Switzerland, has been specializing […]

Introducing the newest addition to their growing range, Currawong is releasing the CortexHeavy Fuel Hybrid System. As a series hybrid this engine system will take to the sky with industry leading power density, an innovative new fuel and features Currawong’s well-developed power electronics. The hybrid architecture allows the engine to provide power to onboard electrical […]

Restricted airspace surrounding Australian airports just became a lot easier to access after drone safety app FlyFreely was verified to provide automated airspace authorisations. The Civil Aviation and Safety Authority (CASA) has verified the Australian startup to provide instantaneous controlled airspace authorisations as part of its automated airspace authorisation trial. Users will now be able […]

Auterion, the company building an open and software-defined future for enterprise drone fleets, today introduced new capabilities for high precision mapping missions and automated, end-to-end data workflows to make mapping more efficient, reliable, and powerful across industries. The updates to Auterion OS serve enterprises with diverse use cases that need component and payload flexibility, alongside […]

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 that American Robotics has added seven additional sites of operation approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for its automated BVLOS drone technology, the Scout […]

With its focus on industry-first collaborations for commercial uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs), Inmarsat today expanded the Partner Network for its Velaris UAV connectivity solution with the addition of software company Dimetor, which facilitates Beyond Visual Line Of Sight (BVLOS) operations in cellular networks, and Bellwether Industries, an Urban Air Mobility (UAM) solutions provider for intra-city travel. The Partner Network […]

DJI is internally reassessing compliance requirements in various jurisdictions. Pending the current review, DJI will temporarily suspend all business activities in Russia and Ukraine. We are engaging with customers, partners and other stakeholders regarding the temporary suspension of business operations in the affected territories.

Alpha Unmanned Systems (AUS), the Madrid-based manufacturer of helicopter UAVs, ispleased to announce the incorporation of Joseph Menaker, co-founder and CEO of UAVFactory (now known as EDGE Autonomy https://edgeautonomy.io/), to Alpha´s Advisory Board. With over 30 years of high-tech industry experience, Joseph provides Alpha with deep managerial and industry knowledge. UAV Factory (EDGE Autonomy), the […]

Based on the company’s patented coaxial rotor technology, the new NX30 platform offers a better material delivery platform than conventional multirotor and fixed-wing UAVs. Massachusetts-based Ascent AeroSystems, the world’s leading manufacturer of compact, all-weather, high-performance coaxial unmanned aerial systems, today introduced a new vehicle platform designed specifically for material transport in real-world operating environments. “The […]

Animal Dynamics has a rich history of building innovative, bio-inspired autonomous systems. It first began with Skeeter, a flapping-wing micro-drone, which was designed to perform in complex high-wind environments. More recently it developed Raydrive, an underwater autonomy system inspired by the gliding motion of a manta ray. Raydrive is a fully autonomous, underwater vehicle that […]

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has integrated the Leonardo Seaspray 7500E V2 multi-mode radar onto an MQ-9A Block 5 Remotely Piloted Aircraft and performed its first test flight on Apr. 14, 2021. The maritime-focused radar is also being fitted for the MQ-9B SeaGuardian® RPA. “The benefits of this Maritime Patrol Radar (MPR) in the complex littoral and maritime […]

Near Space Corporation (Tillamook UAS) and UAS Denmark Test Center enter cooperative agreement to allow their customers to easily transition their validation testing and demonstration flights between the EU and United States Meeting a growing demand for unmanned systems developers and OEMs to facilitate validation testing, certification, and demonstration flights between the EUand United States. […]

Over the last decade, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS or “drones”) have become a regular feature of American life. We use them for recreation, for research, and for commerce. But the proliferation of this new technology has also introduced new risks to public safety, privacy, and homeland security. Malicious actors have increasingly used UAS domestically to […]

Galaxy Unmanned System LLC Awarded AFWERX D2P2 SBIR to help usher in Advanced AirMobility (AAM). Galaxy Unmanned Systems and subcontractors Waterlines AeroDesign LLC,COMSovereign, Unmanned Experts, and the University of North Texas will be working together to understand existing AAM environments. Jason White, Managing Partner at Galaxy Unmanned Systems sums this project up by saying – […]

PETRONAS’ technology commercialisation arm, PETRONAS Technology Ventures Sdn Bhd (PTVSB) has entered into a strategic collaboration with Aerodyne Oil and Gas Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Aerodyne Group, to explore opportunities for deployment and commercialisation of drone-based solutions. The collaboration marks another significant step forward in PETRONAS’ sustainability journey. It is set to elevate the […]

SkyGrid, a Boeing, SparkCognition company, received a 2022 Edison Award in the Aerospace and Robotics: Flight Technologies category for its SkyGrid Flight Control™ application – an end-to-end airspace management system built on AI and blockchain. This is the second year in a row SkyGrid’s solutions have been recognized on the Edison Awards list. “As a […]

At NAB Show 2022, April 24-27 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Sony Electronics is proudly unveiling and showcasing a broad range of products and services, to empower broadcast, to cinematic and live event content creation. These innovations align with leading industry trends in the Imaging, Internet Protocol (IP), Cloud and Visualization realm. Sony will be exhibiting in booth […]

AVSS has successfully completed the $1.1M contract that was rewarded in January 2022with delivery and final demonstration completed in Ear Falls, Ontario with TransportCanada, Indigenous Services Canada, and 3 Points in Space Media in March 2022. (New Brunswick, Canada) – AVSS, a Canadian aerospace manufacturer that developsParachute Recovery Systems (PRS), Flight Termination Systems (FTS), and PrecisionPayload […]

In January, Elroy Air welcomed new customers and partners to our family, we unveiled our updated Chaparral C1 vehicle, and I gave an invited talk about our company trajectory at the 2022 Transformative Vertical Flight Conference in San Jose. Then in February, Chaparral was featured as the cover story of Aviation Week. This is like an athlete making the cover of […]