Diehl Aviation expands cooperation with Volocopter for the all-electric air taxi Volocity

Volocopter, the pioneer of urban air mobility, and Diehl Aerospace, a leading supplier of avionics systems and a joint venture between Diehl Aviation and Thales, are further expanding their cooperation. The contract extension provides for the development and production of an optical splitter to complement the flight control system as well as other components for the battery management system for the first all-electric VoloCity air taxi. Diehl ...

SPH Engineering and GreenValley International synchronize drone technologies for LiDAR data collection and processing

SPH Engineering and GreenValley International partner combining their expertise to deliver drone software technologies for LiDAR data collection and processing. The companies align UgCS mission planning software and LiDAR360 data processing software to optimize the workflow with LiDAR data collected with a UAV.The partnership is ready to provide a full end-to-end software toolchain for airborne LiDARapplications. It includes flight planning ...

MissionGO Provides Michigan’s First Real-World Cargo Delivery Operations via UAS

MissionGO Unmanned Systems, a global leader in uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) production and operations, and Airspace Link, a leading UAS technology and infrastructure company, teamed up for Michigan’s first real-world cargo delivery operations via UAS. Working in collaboration with Beaumont Health Spectrum Health (BHSH), Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), NextEnergy, and metropolitan Detroit community leaders, MissionGO ...

New FAA Grant To Help Embry-Riddle Researchers Improve Drone Safety

Researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University recently received a $371,000 grant from the Federal Aviation Administration to study the detection systems of uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), or drones, to improve the safety of their operation.“The research will inform the development of standards and requirements for the accuracy of detect-and-avoid (DAA) systems, which will improve safety, especially in scenarios where there are ...

Dedrone Partners with South Carolina Law Enforcement Division to Secure Popular Cooper River Bridge Run

Dedrone, the market leader in smart airspace security, today announced it partnered with Threat Management Group (TMG) to provide airspace security for South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) during the popular Cooper River Bridge Run. Due to the pandemic, the annual race was held twice within a six-month period, in September 2021 and again in April 2022. SLED utilized Dedrone technology to secure the airspace for runners and ...

DDC announces care by air project with Halton Healthcare & DSV Canada

Drone Delivery Canada Corp. is pleased to announce that, with the assistance of its sales agent Air Canada, it has entered into agreements dated June 17, 2022, (the “Agreements”) with each of DSV Air & Sea Inc. Canada (“DSV”) and Halton Healthcare Services Corporation (“Halton Healthcare”)(collectively, the “Parties”) to deploy DDC’s patented drone delivery solution to establish an additional transportation link for ...

ANRA Technologies Powers Trials for Deliveries with Drones in India

ANRA Technologies Private Limited, a leader in integrated airspace, mission management and delivery systems for uncrewed aircraft, has been selected by Swiggy, India’s largest online food delivery service, to evaluate the feasibility of middle mile drone delivery for the company’s Instamart grocery delivery service.ANRA is providing its UTM, MissionManager and Delivery software platforms for this project, integrated with TechEagle ...

Septentrio announces Peter Fairhurst as new VP of sales

 Septentrio, a leader in high-precision GNSS* positioning solutions, today announced the appointment of Peter Fairhurst as new Vice-President of Sales. In this role Peter will lead the sales and application support teams at Septentrio globally. Peter succeeds Neil Vancans, who is retiring at the end of June, and who has led Septentrio sales for the last 5 years.Peter joins Septentrio with 15 years of experience in the GNSS industry. He ...

Volatus Aerospace Introduces AERIEPORT, an Autonomous Remote Drone Nesting Station

Volatus Aerospace Corp. proudly introduces its autonomous remote drone nesting solution AERIEPORT at the Annual Energy Drone & Robotics Summit in Houston, Texas. The AERIEPORT is an all-weather solution designed to operate remotely in extreme temperatures ranging from -67°F to +131°F. It features an onboard weather station, a 4 SIM, 5G, highspeed LTE connection with Satcom option, an integrated ground-based detect and avoid system, a ...

Wingcopter scores $42M in latest funding round, leveraging strong product-market fit with multi-million-dollar delivery drone orders

 Wingcopter, the German delivery drone manufacturer and service provider, today announced that it has raised $42 million from renowned financial and strategic investors. The new funding is part of a Series A extension round, tripling the company’s total equity raise to more than $60 million to date. Leading German retailer REWE Group as well as German investors Salvia and XAI technologies came on board as new shareholders. They were ...