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LiquidPiston, Inc., a developer of advanced rotary internal combustion engines, has announced the adaptation of its X-Engine technology for the United States Air Force to use in unmanned aerial systems (UAS) as well as “orbs” – urban air mobility (UAM) vehicles designed to carry people and cargo around. Continue reading
Knut Roar Wiig alongside the CAMCOPTER S-100
Nordic Unmanned, a Norway-based provider of unmanned systems and services, announced that it has carried out a private placement of NOK 100 million to pursue acquisitions. Continue reading
At the Digital Defence Talks session organised online by the Düsseldorf-based group, Fabian Ochsner, CEO of Rheinmetall Air Defence, introduced a new product, currently at concept demonstrator stage, that will be refined in the near future, taking into consideration potential customers requirements, before making it a real product. Continue reading
Florida photographer Paul Dabill captured drone footage large school of blacktip sharks near the beaches of Singer Island, Florida, on March 3. Continue reading
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. announced that its company-owned Avenger ER achieved a company milestone as it received an FAA-issued Experimental Certificate (EC) enabling the “Extended Range” Avenger to perform expanded operations in the U.S. National Airspace System. Continue reading
After being the first flying car to get road permission for Europe, PAL-V is now also the first to complete the full certification basis with EASA. Based on PAL-V’s 10 years of test results, EASA specialist teams finalized the requirements for the PAL-V Liberty. Continue reading
Raytheon Co., Tucson, Arizona, has been awarded a $32,853,210 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Autonomous Swarm/Strike – Loitering Munitions. This contract provides for work on the Coyote Block 3 (CB3) Autonomous Strike—a rapid capability effort to achieve operational launch capability from unmanned surface vessels (USVs) and an unmanned underwater vessel (UUV). Continue reading
Geophysics faculty and graduate students from the University of Nevada, Reno, announce new exploration for blind geothermal systems with Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) magnetometry. Continue reading