Archer, an Urban Air Mobility company and developer of all-electric vertical take-off and landing (“eVTOL”) aircraft, and Atlas Crest Investment Corp. , a special purpose acquisition company, have announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for a business combination that would result in Archer becoming a publicly listed company. It is anticipated that the post-closing company, Archer, will be listed on the NYSE with ticker symbol “ACHR.” Continue reading
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2021 Super Bowl LV Flyover + Behind The Scenes
The 2021 flyover of Super Bowl LV in Tampa, Florida saw three US Air Force bombers – a B-2 Spirit, B-1B Lancer, and B-52 Stratofortress – join together for a rare formation over Raymond James Stadium. Continue reading
DARPA Initiates Design of LongShot UAV
DARPA’s LongShot program, which is developing an air-launched unmanned air vehicle (UAV) with the ability to employ multiple air-to-air weapons, has awarded contracts to General Atomics, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman for preliminary Phase I design work. Continue reading
Google Requests FAA Approval to Test Fire-Fighting Drones
Google last week applied to the FAA for permission to test out the use of drones for monitoring and fighting fires. Continue reading
India’s ‘Infinity’ Can Fly 90 Days Continuously
Design and development of an ultra high altitude Indian-made drone, has progressed significantly and could be available to the Indian armed forces within three to five years. Continue reading
DroneShield Partners with M2K Technologies to Bring Anti-Drone Systems to India
DroneShield Ltd, a supplier of drone detection and mitigation systems, and M2K Technologies, part of M2K Group with business interests in Defence & Aviation, Biologicals, Real Estate and Entertainment, have entered into an Agreement to collaborate and distribute DroneShield solutions in the Indian market. Continue reading
Iris Automation Joins World Economic Forum’s Global Innovators Community
Iris Automation has been invited to join the World Economic Forum’s Global Innovators community, an invitation-only group of the world’s most promising start-ups and scale-ups that are at the forefront of ethical technological and business model innovation. Continue reading
DroneShield Rolls Out Artificial Intelligence Software
DroneShield Ltd has announced the rollout of its first fully Machine Learning/AI based detection and classification software to all of its existing customer systems. Continue reading






