Madrid City Council is in the process of establishing an urban air mobility commission that will oversee the development of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) technology in the Spanish capital. Continue reading
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Schiebel Promotes Naval Version of CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS at Euronaval 2022
At Euronaval 2022, International Naval Defense Exhibition in Paris, France, the Austrian-based company Schiebel promotes the naval version of its CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) which is now in service with several naval forces from all over the world. Continue reading
Norwegian Police Detains Son of Close Putin Ally for Illegal Drone Flights
Police in Finnmark on Monday arrested 47-year-old Andrey Yakunin in Hammerfest, accused of flying a drone at Svalbard and possibly at other locations in Norway. This is the fourth time in a week that police makes an arrest on suspicion of illegally flying drones or photographing classified objects north in Norway, bringing the total to seven. Continue reading
Streamlined Bridge Inspection Framework Using UAVs
A Report on a Bridge Inspection Study Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Automated Image Processing Investigated Inspection Productivity in Colorado, prepared by Colorado State University for Mountain-Plains Consortium* has just been released. Continue reading
Wing to Demo Drone Delivery in Ireland
In the coming weeks, Wing will launch a small-scale demonstration of a drone delivery operation in Lusk, an Irish community in Fingal, County Dublin, 20 kms north of the city of Dublin. These operations will build off of our successful partnerships and approvals that were granted in Finland. Continue reading
22 Countries Want Iran’s Military Drones
Some 22 countries have submitted official requests to purchase Iranian-made military drones, former Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and top military aide to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Major General Yahia Rahim Safavi, said. Continue reading
Stipa-Caproni – Italy’s Bizarre Flying Barrel
The early 1930s saw the most extravagant aircraft with unique shapes and sizes as part of a widely experimental phase in the aviation industry. And still, the Stipa-Caproni stood apart. Continue reading
Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 Impresses at Major NATO Exercise with Anti-Submarine Warfare Capability
Schiebel, together with Thales and sponsored by the UK Royal Navy participated in REPMUS (Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping using Maritime Uncrewed Systems) and Dynamic Messenger 2022 in Portugal. Together, they successfully demonstrated the CAMCOPTER S-100 and its Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW), Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) and cargo delivery capabilities, which all received wide acclaim. Continue reading