Aerial inspections of gas and petroleum pipelines were simulated during NASA’s final Systems Integration and Operationalization (SIO) demonstration flight with partner American Aerospace Technologies Inc. (AATI) on Feb. 25, 2021. Continue reading
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AeroViroment Gets $45M Switchblade Contract for UK
AeroViroment Inc., Simi Valley, California, was awarded a $44,961,750 modification (P00007) to contract W31P4Q-20-C-0024 for the Switchblade Weapon System. Continue reading
Estonian Startup Raises €2M for Drone-Based Power Line Inspections
Hepta Airborne , a Talinn, Estonia-based provider of end-to-end inspection and analysis tools for energy asset managers, announced completing a funding round of €2 million ($2.4M). Continue reading
LEMUR Drone Designed for SWAT Teams
Drone Nerds, a North American drone distributor, has partnered with American drone company, BRINC Drones, to help bring to market one of the most revolutionary tactical tools ever built. Continue reading
Drone Propellers to Get Quieter
The anechoic, or ‘echo-free’, test chamber at CSIRO
Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Australia have published a study revealing their successful approach to designing much quieter propellers.
Royal Malaysian Navy Launches ScanEagle Squadron
The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) established the 601st Unmanned Aerial System Squadron on March 4, 2021, operating the Boeing Insitu ScanEagle UAS from its base at Kota Kinabalu in Sabah. It is the RMN’s first unit dedicated to unmanned aerial systems. Continue reading
Korea Aerospace Industries and Elbit Systems to Cooperate on Next-Gen UAS Solution for ISTAR Missions
The Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) and Elbit Systems Ltd. signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to expand cooperation in the field of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). Continue reading
Turkey’s Akıncı Completes System Identification Test
The second prototype of Turkey’s state-of-the-art unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) Akıncı has successfully passed another test, the manufacturer announced. Continue reading