NASA has launched the final stage of a four-year effort to develop a national traffic management system for drones, testing them in cities for the first time beyond the operator’s line of sight as businesses look in the future to unleash the unmanned devices in droves above busy streets and buildings. Continue reading
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US Navy Wants MQ-25A Stingray Tanker Before UCAS
The US Navy won’t pursue the development of a lethal carrier-based unmanned aircraft before it fields its unmanned MQ-25A Stingray tanker sometime in the 2020s, the service’s requirements chief said last week. Continue reading
Uber Seeks Approval for San Diego Drone Deliveries
Last-mile drone delivery in the United States is heating up with the addition of a request by Uber to operate a food service in San Diego. Continue reading
Meal Drone Delivery Coming to North Carolina
A 50-year-old Triad aviation company, an Israeli start-up and the North Carolina Department of Transportation are preparing to test a program to deliver meals by drone. Continue reading
First Air Taxi Volo-Port to be Built by End of 2019
Skyports and Volocopter have announced a cooperation to build the first mobile Volo-Port for air taxis. UK-based global vertiport owner and operator Skyports and air taxi pioneer Volocopter unveiled plans for the Volo-Port – the physical landing pads for so-called eVTOL (electric take-off and landing) – through stunning designs produced by internationally renowned agency Brandlab. Continue reading
FAA Announces More Access to Airspace to Fly Drones
With effect from yesterday, more than 100 control towers and airports will be added to the hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic facilities and airports that currently use the Low Altitude Authorization and Capability (LAANC) system. Continue reading
F-35A Lightning II Demo 2019 Melbourne Air Show
Melbourne, Florida. Saturday March 30th, 2019. Continue reading
Drones to Inspect Wind Turbines in Sweden and Finland
Sulzer Schmid, a Swiss company pioneering UAV technology for rotor blade inspections, and WKA, the leading blade inspection and repair service provider, have been enlisted by Vestas to conduct a massive and challenging drone-based blade inspection campaign in Scandinavia, on a staggering 1,250 wind turbines in less than 12 weeks. Continue reading






