Four days before the new year, after 53,000 public comments on the draft rule and almost one year after the…
Converted Alpin UAV Completes First Successful Flight in Turkey
The Alpin UAV, a converted system modeled after the manned Heli-Sport Italian CH7 helicopter, recently completed its first test flight…
HAPS/HALE: Seeking Solar’s Sweet Spot
A “signal” event recently energized high altitude pseudo-satellites. Technology and business issues remain.
Skydio Announces Software Upgrade, New Training Program
Skydio Autonomy Enterprise Foundation (AEF) software is now available for the Skydio 2, optimizing the UAS for a variety of…
A Holiday Gift? Unwrapping Unmanned Impacts in the Omnibus Spending Act
On the cusp of Christmas, Congress offered up the best gift of all: a bipartisan appropriations act. Much coverage has…
HAPSMobile and APB Raise Battery Energy Density
This past September, HAPSMobile®, a SoftBank subsidiary established in 2017, flew AeroVironment’s huge yet elegant Sunglider® solar vehicle into the…
Northstar Successfully Completes Sea Trials
Northstar, an autonomous navigation system from tpgroup, recently demonstrated it can safely navigate unmanned vessels in real-time in real-world environments…
DJI Is Blacklisted: Whopper or Nothing Burger?
On December 18, 2020, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce published a rule…
Heavy Lifting: ZM Interactive’s Dragon Series
In December, ZM Interactive announced the latest in what might be thought of as its Swiss Army knife drone. The…
Volz Servos: Meeting Stringent Requirements for HALE and HAPS
Robust, reliable servos are contributing to BAE’s HALE/HAPS program.
Scottish Utility, Cyberhawk Fly Tower Inspection Software
Aerial drone firm Cyberhawk and Scottish and Southern Electricity (SSE) have launched software to improve transmission tower inspections. Their product,…
Turkish Firm to Roll Out Al Support for Herd UAVs
Turkish defense industry company MilSOFT, which offers software-based solutions to security forces, has developed software for use with unmanned aerial…
Mimicking Biology for Better Drones
Imitating hawks, bees, pufferfish and box turtles could improve UAS performance.
BOREAL, Flying Far for Science
A fixed-wing UAV capable of extreme long-distance flights supplies essential research data to climate scientists and weather forecasters. The modular,…
Test & Evaluation Programs Making Big Ideas Soar!
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) just officially turned the page on its Integrated Pilot Program (IPP). On October 26, during…
Volocopter Commits to Launching Air Taxi Services in Singapore
Volocopter plans to launch air taxi services in Singapore in the next three years. The company will work closely with…
Red Cat Selected for U.S. Army Short Range Reconnaissance Program
Red Cat’s next generation Teal system will be the Army’s Program of Record SRR sUAS, concluding the rigorous, multi-tranche competitive ...
AeroVironment to Acquire BlueHalo for $4.1 Billion
AeroVironment, Inc. and BlueHalo LLC today announced the execution of a definitive agreement under which AV will acquire BlueHalo in ...
Anduril Wins $200 Million Contract to Develop CUAS for the Marine Air Defense Integrated System (MADIS)
Anduril has been awarded a $200 million, five-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the U.S. Marine Corps to develop ...
WingXpand and Raytheon Collaborate on AI Solutions, Launches VTOL
WingXpand, a U.S. provider of autonomous smart planes using AI threat detection, is collaborating with RTX’s Raytheon, a provider of defense ...
Matternet Partners with ANRA to Enhance UTM Services for Urban Drone Networks
Matternet, an urban drone delivery company, has announced a strategic partnership with ANRA Technologies, a provider of Unmanned Aircraft Systems ...
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