India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has demonstrated the Rustom II medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle’s (UAV’s) ability to take off and land autonomously. Continue reading
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Skyports to Develop Air Taxi Vertiports in Los Angeles
Skyports, a global vertiport designer, builder and operator, and LAZ Parking, one of the largest parking companies in the United States, announced a partnership agreement to develop and deploy vertiports for electric air taxis in Los Angeles. Continue reading
AeroVironment’s New Multi-Sensor Nighttime Imaging Payload
AeroVironment, Inc. has introduced the Mantis i45 N, a multi-sensor nighttime imaging payload compatible with Puma 2 AE, Puma 3 AE and Puma LE small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Continue reading
Armed Orion-E MALE UCAV Debuts in Dubai
Orion-E MALE UCAV on display at Moscow’s MAKS’2021 air show
Russia’s Kronshtadt has come to Dubai to demonstrate an exportable armed version of the Orion-E medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned combat air vehicle (MALE UCAV) outfitted with a satellite communications system (satcom) for control and data exchange. Continue reading
Elbit Systems Demonstrated Heterogeneous Swarm Capability to Netherlands Army
THOR mini-VTOL operates with PROBOT UGV
Elbit Systems has demonstrated to the RAS Concept Development & Experimentation Program of the Royal Netherlands Army the Company’s Robotic Autonomous Systems (RAS) capabilities for Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions utilizing heterogeneous autonomous swarms. Continue reading
Mind-Controlled Drone Prototype
British defence company Ultra Electronics unveiled a working prototype of a mind-controlled drone at the Three Counties Defence and Security Expo (3CDSE) in Malvern, England, on 4 November. Continue reading
Emirati Brothers Drone Pollinates Date Palm in Under a Minute
An Emirati-led AgriTech start-up has developed a drone that can pollinate date palm trees in less than a minute. Continue reading
Ukraine’s Ivchenko-Progress Selected as Engine Supplier for Turkish MIUS Drone Project
Turkey’s Baykar signed a contract with Ukrainian firm Ivchenko-Progress for the delivery of AI-322F Turbofan engines its Combat Unmanned Aircraft System (MIUS) project. Continue reading