Volocopter, the pioneer of urban air mobility (UAM), announced the signing of their Series D funding round today, raising €200 million in additi...
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) have signed a Memorandum of Understandings (MOU) for collaboration in which ...
DJI, the global leader in civilian drones and creative camera technology, today launched an entirely new type of drone with an intuitive, ...
March 2, 2021
Air Force Awards Black Swift Technologies Contract for Development of Software Capable of Predicting UAS System Failures
According to a study by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the U.S. Air Force “Remotely Piloted Aircraft” (RPA) or “Unmanned Aircraft Systems” (UAS), represent a low cost, high mission-capable asset when compared to ...
March 1, 2021
Microdrones Partners with Lepont Instruments as a New Drone Surveying Equipment Distributor
Lepont Instruments, one of the most efficient distributors of topographic material in France, has added all Microdrones surveying equipment and products to their portfolio. As a distributor and partner of Microdrones, Lepont will be able to supply ...
COMSovereign Holding Corp. , a U.S.-based developer of 4G LTE Advanced and 5G Communication Systems and Solutions, today announced the acquisition of Israel-based Sky Sapience, a top developer of fielded tethered aerial rotorcraft platforms for ...
UAVOS, the unmanned systems manufacturer, announced its next-generation composite main rotor blades to be installed on helicopters with up to 140 kg take-off mass and rotor diameter of 3200 mm (126"). Composite blades are improved by gluing an ...
Red Cat Holdings, Inc., a leading brand in the drone industry, announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Fat Shark Holdings, has received notice that the US Patent Office has approved its patent application covering the optical architecture of ...
February 28, 2021
New Drone Surveillance System to be Deployed on Canadian Coast Guard Vessels in Trials Funded by DRDC
Kongsberg Geospatial announced today that it has been selected by Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) to conduct trials of a new long-endurance UAV surveillance system for the Canadian Coast Guard. The MartinUAV V-BAT aircraft was ...
A new film festival highlighting creative content made by aerial filmmakers is set to debut in in Southern California this March.The inaugural Southern California Drone Film Festival is set for March 6, 2021 and marks the only event ...
For the first time on Feb. 3, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) flew a company-owned MQ-9A Block 5 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) equipped with a newly developed Centerline Avionics Bay (CAB). The CAB provides space to incorpor...
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Schiebel is the first Unmanned Air System (UAS) operator in Europe to receive the organisational approval certificate – Light UAS Operator Certificate (LUC) for its CAMCOPTER® S-100 from Austro Control.Under the new European Union (EU) regulatory framework for civil UAS operators, it is possible to receive a LUC by the National Aviation Authority. ...
The N.C. Department of Transportation has another new tool to help make our roadways safer: Drones.This week, the Marc Basnight Bridge over Oregon Inlet became the first bridge in the state inspected using a drone as part of the regular biennial inspection process.Inspection crews monitored live high-definition video feeds from the drone as it was ...
February 25, 2021 - SPH Engineering announced that the Velos UAV helicopter has passed field tests to become the first single rotor helicopter supported by the UgCS software. UgCS now enables Velos helicopter professionals to use Velos for photogrammetry and LiDAR drone surveying missions.UgCS is now able to support the twin engine telemetry ...
AeroVironment, Inc. , a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), today announced it has acquired Progeny Systems Corporation’s Intelligent Systems Group (ISG), a leader in the development of artificial intelligence-enabled computer vision, machine learning and perceptive autonomy technologies and provider of related services to United States ...
Grand Sky Development Company, LLC (Grand Sky) has entered into lease agreements with four tenants to occupy the entirety of the new Multi-Tenant Building 1 (MT1) at the business and aviation park. The tenants include General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., Northern Plains UAS Test Site, Grand Sky Airfield Operations, LLC and Innovets Aerospace.The ...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and GKN Aerospace have signed a contract for GKN Aerospace to manufacture the advanced composite V-tails for GA-ASI’s new MQ-9B SkyGuardian® Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) from their Cowes facility in the United Kingdom. SkyGuardian is the baseline system of the UK Royal Air Force’s ...
The consortium led by Dronehub – a European leader in a drone-in-a-box solutions – received funding from the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR) from Poland in the amount of USD 1.9 million. Thanks to the grant, an innovative solution will be created - a mobile drone infrastructure for automatic orthophotos.“The world and techno...
Apellix, protecting the world's built and industrial environments through technology, is proud to announce it is launching APELLIX NDT, a non-destructive testing field services company. Apellix NDT will operate using the Apellix Opus X4 NDT systems.Through its field services company, Apellix is now conducting projects focusing on ultrasonic (UT) ...
Liteye Systems, Inc., a US leader in Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems, announces Liteye SHIELD, the next level in Multi-Mission, Multi-Domain systems and a true advancement in Counter UAS Defense.Liteye SHIELD incorporates Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning techniques with a newly designed SPYGLASS™ 3D radar, EO and IR tracking to ...
Survey Technology & Trading Joint Stock Company (Sujcom), a well-known supplier of surveying equipment, measuring devices and services in Hanoi, Vietnam, is adding drone surveying equipment from Microdrones to their portfolio.Sujcom has been in the surveying business since 2000, supplying surveying equipment and services to the entire Vietna...
AeroVironment, Inc. , a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems, today announced it had completed its acquisition ofArcturus UAV, Inc. a leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The approximately $405 million transaction was previously announced in a press release on January 13, 2021.The United ...
Flint Hills Solutions and UAV Navigation are pleased to announce a Strategic Partnership to work together in North America to integrate their joint technologies onto the FH-900 series fully autonomous Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Helicopter.The combined capabilities of the two companies represents a significant step ...
ZALA AERO GROUP unveiled a new hybrid unmanned complex ZALA VTOL at the IDEX 2021 International Defense Industry Exhibition and Conference, which opened on February 21st in Abu Dhabi.The unique complex combines the best qualities of fixed-wing and multirotor types of UAVs and can change the configuration depending on the conditions of the performed ...
Wingcopter joins Flying Labs Network to support locally-led drone delivery projects around the world
Wingcopter, the German developer, manufacturer and operator of unmanned delivery drones for commercial and humanitarian applications, has joined forces with the Flying Labs Network as a Technology Partner. The goal of the partnership is to improve supply chains through locally led cargo drone projects and to equip local talent with the skills to ...
The increasing number of the unmanned aviation industry and the growth of UAVs populating the sky pose new challenges for safety assurance. Moreover, the growing interest and development of the future of urban air mobility (UAM), which some experts have named as the future of mobility, may be produced that the controlled airspace becomes too complex....