SpaceX has taken steps to prevent Ukraine’s military from using the company’s Starlink satellite internet service for controlling drones in the region during the country’s war with Russia, SpaceX’s president said Wednesday. Continue reading
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UK HAPS Startup Takes Legal Action Against Airbus
Avealto Ltd has issued a cease and desist letter against Airbus HAPS Connectivity Solutions Ltd — recently renamed Aalto HAPS Ltd — in relation to its infringement of Avealto’s trademarked name. Continue reading
Airobotics Gets $3.5m Order and Joint Venture with SkyGo to Deploy Autonomous Drones in Abu Dhabi
Ondas Holdings Inc., a provider of private industrial wireless networks and commercial drone and automated data solutions, announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Airobotics, Ltd., and Sky Go Transport of Goods L.L.C , a UAE-based company with commercial license to provide unmanned aerial transport of goods and services across the city of Abu Dhabi, have signed a Term Sheet for Joint Venture (the “SkyGo JV”) to provide aerial drone services to the city of Abu Dhabi. Continue reading
UK Health Service to Test Drone Flights for Medical Supplies between Northumberland Hospitals
Drones carrying key medical supplies will be taking to the skies of Northumberland from next week as the trial phase of an innovative NHS project gets underway. Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is partnering with Apian, a company which has come through the NHS Clinical Entrepreneurs Programme, to explore the use of Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to carry chemotherapy drugs, blood samples and other items between sites. Continue reading
Mississippi State University Gets $19M Department of Homeland Security UAS Research Funding
Mississippi State University (MSU) has once again been tapped to lead a major uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) research, testing and evaluation project on behalf of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Continue reading
Schiebel and Thales Awarded £20M Royal Navy Contract by UK Ministry of Defence
Schiebel and Thales have been awarded the Uncrewed Air Systems (UAS) contract “Peregrine” by the UK Ministry of Defence. This prestigious £20M contract award will deliver the unrivalled CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS, fitted with a powerful naval surveillance sensor suite, to provide a comprehensive maritime capability protecting Royal Navy ships on operational tasks. Continue reading
Teledyne FLIR Defense Gets $13M Pentagon Contract for Remote CBRN Drone Detection
Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, announced that it has been awarded a $13.3 million contract by the U.S. Department of Defense to further expand the capabilities of its R80D SkyRaider unmanned aerial system to autonomously perform chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) reconnaissance missions. Continue reading
F-22s Down Three Further ‘Unidentified Objects’
On Sunday February 12th. the US shot down yet another unidentified flying object, this time over Lake Huron near the Canadian border, in what is the fourth such incident this month. It was downed by Air Force and National Guard pilots on Sunday, Michigan Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin said on Twitter. Continue reading