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Amazon is taking steps to get its long-delayed drone delivery project off the ground. The company announced that it would launch its inaugural drone delivery service in the town of Lockeford, California, later this year after it receives the green light from the Federal Aviation Administration. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman has received a $40.6 million order to conduct a full-scale fatigue test and an effect-of-defect evaluation on the U.S. Navy’s Triton MQ-4C unmanned aircraft system. Continue reading
Mobile phones hold the key to speedy and pinpoint location of people who are lost and offer a key opportunity to augment search and rescue (SAR) services in Australia, according to Kim Blacker MD and founder of Stratelo, based north of Sydney, who will make a presentation on SAR technology innovation at AAUS ROTORTECH 2022 Conference, in Brisbane, on 22 June, the first day of the conference. Continue reading
Selcuk Bayraktar, the chief technology officer of the Turkish company Bayrak, posted a photo on his Twitter account of the supersonic Kizilelma UCAV. Continue reading
Hoverfly Technologies Inc. has announced another order for 43 LiveSky systems for the US Army, now surpassing over 300 LiveSky tethered drones sold to the U.S. government. LiveSky is a turnkey tethered UAS platform with infinite flight time, offering on-demand persistent ISR capabilities and communications relay solutions. Continue reading
A runway at East Midlands airport was closed and flights diverted at the weekend (June 10) due to a fan filming Download Festival with a drone. The festival was taking place at Donington Park last weekend (June 10-12) just one mile from the airport. Continue reading
The joint Boeing – NATO PROJECT X innovation challenge has generated new ideas for autonomous systems to reach inaccessible locations and improve situation awareness. This three-month-long intense rapid-prototyping competition allowed innovators from Dutch universities, including the Technical University of Delft, the opportunity to propose new approaches to supporting the Alliance’s most pressing needs. Continue reading
This innovative solar-powered drone, manufactured by French company XSun, was on display at the ITS European Congress in Toulouse last week. In this exclusive interview Nathan Terrien, drone company XSun’s aviation documentation and regulations coordinator explains exactly how their aircraft works, the thinking behind its unusual two-wing design, as well as detailing current and future use-cases for this eco-friendly craft. Continue reading