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Terra Drone Europe, a group company of Japan-based Terra Drone Corporation, has successfully completed a high-resolution photogrammetric pavement assessment using a multirotor drone at Djibouti’s key port of Doraleh. The 5-day aerial survey was accompanied by detailed inspections of the quay walls and the sea defense revetments at the Doraleh harbor. Continue reading
The XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrator, a low-cost unmanned air vehicle, successfully completed all test objectives during a 71-minute flight on June 11, 2019, at Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona.
The X-56A remotely piloted research aircraft is suppressing flutter, which is a potentially destructive oscillation, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California. The video of the aircraft takes the viewer on a journey through preparation, takeoff, mission flight, the control room and landing. Continue reading
Taiwan Air Force’s Air Defense and Missile Command has confirmed plans to spend NT$80 billion (about US$2.54 billion) over five years to develop an anti-radiation, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) fleet, which has been approved by the country’s legislature, United Daily News (UDN). Continue reading
Also known as Rafale Solo Display, to discover or rediscover in the sky of Le Bourget. Continue reading
A US military drone has been shot down by an Iranian missile near to the country’s airspace. Unnamed US officials quoted by Reuters and AP news agencies said the intelligence drone was downed in international airspace over the Strait of Hormuz, south of Iran. Continue reading
Deloitte announced that it has earned a contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop a Concept of Operations (ConOps) for urban air mobility (UAM). The project is part of the NASA broader effort, which focuses on the development and introduction of new air vehicles into the air transportation system in the United States. Continue reading
AirMap, a global airspace intelligence platform for drones, and Raytheon Company, announced that they have signed a strategic agreement to collaborate on future projects to safely integrate unmanned aerial systems (UAS), commonly referred to as drones, into the national airspace system and unlock the positive economic and social benefits of expanded commercial drone operations. Continue reading