uAvionix Announces Launch Customer Airbus Zephyr for ping200X and truFYX

Zephyr is a solar-electric, stratospheric UAS that flies above weather and conventional air traffic, filling a capability gap complementary to satellites. With a wingspan of 25m and relying on solar energy, onboard batteries are charged during daylight and have sufficient capacity to power ...

Urban Aeronautics announces first pre-orders of its EMS CityHawk aircraft from Hatzolah Air

Urban Aeronautics Ltd., a leading Israeli aerospace, today announced it has reached an agreement to provide four CityHawk VTOL aircraft to Hatzolah Air for emergency medical service (EMS) applications, company executives announced.  In addition, Hatzolah Air will become Urban Aeronauti...

Malaysian team turns pineapple waste into disposable drone parts

Malaysian researchers have developed a method to transform the fibre found in normally discarded pineapple leaves to make a strong material that can be used to build the frames for unmanned aircraft, or drones.The project, headed by Professor Mohamed Thariq Hameed Sultan at Malaysia's Putra ...

Visionary UAS remote identification patent awarded to long time industry veteran

Ariascend, an Oregon unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) drone research and development company, announced that their CEO, Kenji Sugahara, was recently awarded a patent for broadcast remote identification of drones. The recent FAA announcement of the final rule on Remote Identification of Unmanned ...