The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) airspace restrictions over additional national security sensitive locations, effective December 30. Continue reading
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Boeing Gets $198M MQ-25 Tanker Upgrade Contract
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, has been awarded a $198,000,000 not-to-exceed undefinitized fixed-price-incentive-firm-target, cost-plus-incentive-fee modification (P00028) to a previously awarded contract (N00019-18-C-1012). Continue reading
Alpine 4 Technologies Acquires Vayu US
Alpine 4 Technologies, Ltd., owner of several small market businesses, announced that it has entered into a binding LOI with Vayu (U.S.), Inc.. Vayu builds high-performance vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) hybrid propulsion-based, autonomous aircraft. Continue reading
UK Royal Navy Issues RFI for Heavy-Lift UAS
The UK Ministry Of Defence is currently seeking information in order to qualify requirements and develop our understanding of the potential for the market to provide an autonomous maritime airborne heavy lift capability for the Royal Navy. Continue reading
‘Drone License Finder’ Simplifies New EU Drone Laws
Many EU countries will be experiencing a step change in drone regulations from 1st January 2021 as they adopt the ‘EU UAS Regulation Package’ and with this development brings a steep learning curve of finding which category applies to any given drone operation. Continue reading
Russia’s Orion Launches First Missiles
The Orion unmanned aerial vehicle launched small-sized guided missiles, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti. It became the first Russian drone to use this type of weapon Continue reading
New FAA Rules Require RID and Allow Night Flights
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced final rules for Unmanned Aircraft (UA), commonly known as drones. Continue reading
Pierce Aerospace and Notre Dame Get USAF Contract for Remote ID
Pierce Aerospace and the University of Notre Dame’s Center for Research Computing announced that the US Air Force awarded them an Agility Prime contract for “Decentralized Remote ID for Air Vehicles: Optimization of Low Latency, Scalable Data Networks Via Emulation, Modelling, and Simulation. Continue reading