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Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, announced the Autonomous Pod Transport’s (APT) successful demonstration of a ground-based Detect-and-Avoid (DAA) flight, fulfilling an extension for its NASA Systems Integration and Operationalization (SIO) project. Continue reading
SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., is a “No Drone Zone” for Super Bowl LVI. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will prohibit drones within a 30-nautical-mile radius of the stadium up to 18,000 feet in altitude. Continue reading
The FW 200 Condor was never originally intended for military use, it started its career as a long-range commercial airliner, one that showed great promise. However, the outbreak of the second world war saw it used by the German Luftwaffe as a long-range reconnaissance and maritime patrol aircraft. Continue reading
Swiss software company Drone Harmony specializes in automation software for data acquisition with drones. Together with FlyNex, a Germany-based drone management platform, both companies now joined forces to provide a fully integrated drone workflow solution to conduct data retrieval processes with drones. Continue reading
Silent Arrow has announced that the Air Force of a U.S. allied government in the Middle East has conducted the first overseas deployments of the Silent Arrow GD-2000 cargo delivery drone under a $1.5M operational evaluation contract. Continue reading
AURA Network Systems and the Federal Aviation Administration have entered into a four-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to help determine performance standards for Air Traffic Control (ATC) voice communications supporting unmanned aircraft systems within the national airspace system (NAS). Continue reading
Commaris, a brand of Terrafugia, Inc. delivering unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for commercial operations, has announced its first dealer partnership with American drone provider, Homeland Surveillance & Electronics, LLC (HSE-UAV). Continue reading
Tevel Aerobotics is combining airborne patented robotics platform, with sophisticated algorithms, to create the world’s leading autonomous concept for orchard harvest and management. The company develops a fleet of drones for performing picking, thinning and pruning tasks in orchards. Continue reading