Some of Africa’s first commercial drone startups are beginning to generate clients and income. South Africa’s Rocketmine and Ghana’s Aeroshutter are completing services such as 3D volumetric image processing, aerial advertising, and music video production for multinational mining companies, global telecoms firms, and African pop stars.
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FAA Approves 1,120 Drones for Gowdy Brothers Aerospace
FAA Airman and Airspace Rules Division (Federal Aviation Administration) announced that the 20 of Gowdy Brothers Aerospace’s customers were the first ever to receive 1,120 Drones/sUAV (small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) on their Section 333 Exemption petition grants. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Navigation System in nEUROn Test Flights
Northrop Grumman Corporation in cooperation with Saab Aerosystems, has provided the Attitude and Heading Reference System (AHRS) for the nEUROn unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) demonstrator, which recently conducted more than 100 test flights in France, Italy and Sweden.
Airbus in Near Miss at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
An Air France Airbus A320 jet narrowly avoided colliding with a drone while descending for an approach to Paris Charles de Gaulle airport last month, the French aviation investigation agency BEA said.
Skyward Helps Commercial Services Take Flight
Dronos, Hover Solutions, and TriCity Electricare are recent Section 333 exemption grantees who each worked with the Skyward professional services team to build safe and professional drone programs and to obtain regulatory approval from the FAA.
UAE Built Drones at UMEX-2016
Abu Dhabi-based ADCOM Systems, which is a pioneer in the manufacturing of drones in the country, has displayed four of the five drones manufactured in Abu Dhabi.
DARPA Selects Aurora’s LightningStrike 24-prop Hybrid VTOL X-Plane
Aurora Flight Sciences announced that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded the company the prime contract for Phase 2 of the Agency’s Vertical Takeoff and Landing Experimental Plane (VTOL X-Plane) program.
SkyWall – A Man Portable Counter Drone System
Northumberland-based startup OpenWorks Engineering has invented an air-powered net launcher that fires small anti-drone projectiles. The SkyWall is a new shoulder-mounted compressed-air launcher that fires shells containing a net and parachute to capture and bring a drone back to the ground without damaging it. Continue reading