Leonardo’s Falco Xplorer Drone Completes First Flight
Leonardo has announced the maiden flight of its new Falco Xplorer drone aircraft. Falco Xplorer S/N0001 took off from Trapani Air Force base on January 15, cruised over the Gulf of Trapani in a dedicated fly zone, for around 60 minutes and then returned to base, landing safely. The maiden flight ...
Dronebase Aerial Data Is Integrated Into Esri Geospatial Cloud
DroneBase, the leading global drone services company and a partner of Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, have integrated DroneBase data and capabilities into Esri’s cloud mapping and analytics platform, ArcGIS Online. This will allow Esri users to request drone flights from ...
EHang Releases White Paper On Urban Air Mobility
The Chinese autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) developer EHang has laid out a vision for urban air mobility (UAM) based on autonomously piloted vehicles supervised by centralized command-and-control stations.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d66MoI4GdFs&feature=emb_logoEHang ...
Wake Engineering platform FULMAR chooses UAV Navigation autopilots
Fulmar is a marinized UAV developed by the Spanish manufacturer Wake Engineering (formerly known as Aerovision). This unique UAV can be launched from a vessel and is currently used by the Spanish Army, among others. Fulmar makes use of a powerful flight control system that was developed by UAV ...
French Navy Firefighter Battalion Acquires Novadem NX70 Micro-UAVs
In 2020, Novadem NX70 micro-UAVs will be used to support operations of the prestigious Marseille’s Navy Firefighters Battalion (BMPM). These UAVs will bring an aerial intelligence capacity, immediately available, and an operational added-value in a broad range of missions.The ...
Indra, Sixtema, And Adantia Test The First Environmental Drone
Indra, one of the leading global technology and consulting companies, in a temporary joint venture with the Galician companies Sixtema and Adantia, has successfully tested the first environmental drone that automates the collection of samples in rivers and coastal areas and offers real-time ...
Sierra Technical Services Completes Major Milestone on 5GAT Drone
Sierra Technical Services, Inc. (STS) achieved a major milestone on the 10th of January with the completion of Engine Run Testing on the 5th Generation Aerial Target (5GAT). The 5GAT contract is administered by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Contracting Office (USACE) located in Sacramento, ...
Hybrid Air Vehicles Reveals Airlander 10
The production Airlander 10 is revealed as Hybrid Air Vehicles approaches the start of production, with negotiations continuing with commercial customers.The updated aircraft has a fuel-saving, lower-drag shape; enhanced landing gear; wider, longer cabin for passengers, cargo, and equipment; ...
