Altitude Angel, a global leading UTM (Unified Traffic Management) technology provider, has been selected by Dutch drone enterprise solutions innovator AirHub to power its operations management software platform. Continue reading
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Schiebel Camcopter S-100 Performs Maritime Surveillance in Romania
The Romanian Border Police operates the Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 for maritime surveillance purposes. The Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) service is delivered by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) and is also extended to Bulgaria. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Firebird OPA Shows Operational Flexibility
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Firebird multi-sensor aircraft showcased the versatility of the optionally-manned autonomous system as it flew to various locations across the United States last month. Continue reading
UK Consortium to Deliver Green Passenger Airline Using Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology
Cranfield Aerospace Solutions (CAeS) – the UK SME leading the Project Fresson consortium – announces it will exploit recent advances in hydrogen fuel cell technology to develop a commercially viable, retrofit powertrain solution for the nine-passenger Britten-Norman Islander aircraft. Continue reading
Drone Video Shows Reindeer Cyclones are Real
Vikings hunting reindeer in Norway were once confounded by “reindeer cyclones”; a threatened herd would literally run circles around the fierce hunters, making it nearly impossible to target a single animal. Continue reading
China Tests Airborne Unmanned Swarm Carrier
A Chinese company recently conducted a test flight for its newly developed airborne swarm carrier, which is an unmanned aerial mother ship that can carry multiple smaller drones and release them in the air for missions like reconnaissance and attack. Continue reading
Baade 152 – East Germany’s Attempt at a Boeing 737
Converting a military bomber aircraft to a passenger jet plane was not a new idea, and it was the start of what would become the Baade 152. Its design could seat up to 57 passengers, or 72 in a high configuration and It would be used throughout the soviet union, and even be marketed to the west using American-made avionics. Continue reading
Germany Opens National Experimental UAS Test Centre
On 31 March 2021, the official launch of the German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) National Experimental Test Centre for Unmanned Aircraft Systems and a Europe-wide network for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) research and testing took place. Continue reading