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In a historic milestone, Turkey on Monday April 10th commissioned its long-anticipated largest warship, bolstering its naval capabilities and making the country one of the few nations in the world with a domestically built aircraft carrier. Continue reading
On April 6, 2023, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems conducted live, tactical, air combat maneuvers using Artificial Intelligence pilots to control a company-owned MQ-20 Avenger Unmanned Aircraft System. Continue reading
The UK’s Royal Air Force has begun a technical evaluation of using a drone to support aircraft engineering tasks. Continue reading
Drones will be used to deliver packages on remote Scottish islands as part of 9 new innovative freight projects which have been awarded £1.2 million in government funding. Continue reading
A new company manufacturing kamikaze racing drones for Ukraine has emerged from stealth mode. One Way Aerospace – the name comes from the Pentagon term ‘one way attack drones’ – has founders including an undisclosed British Royal Air Force veteran James Earl, former Australian combat engineer and investor listed on Forbes 30 under 30 Francisco Serra-Martins, and Roman Antonov, former CTO of Dorini and engineer from Ukraine’s Antonov Design Bureau. Continue reading
Autonomous aviation company Xwing has submitted a Project Specific Certification Plan (PSCP) to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), becoming the first Standard Category large unmanned aerial system (UAS) to receive official project designation. Continue reading
EMSA has started the deployment of its remotely piloted aircraft services in support of the Italian Coast Guard to gain increased maritime awareness over the Gulf of Genova until the summer. Continue reading
In a prefectural first, a live demonstration of the delivery of medical supplies via a drone was recently staged at a university in this west Japan city, looking to take advantage of Japan’s updated laws allowing civilians to conduct autonomous flights over urban areas. Continue reading