Operational management system supplier Centrik and specialist drone and eVTOL insurance provider Flock have formed a strategic alliance to raise safety standards and reduce risk in commercial drone operations. Continue reading
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US Air Force Kicks Off Search for a Flying Car
Will Roper, the Air Force’s assistant secretary for acquisition, technology, and logistics speaks with Col. Nathan Diller, the team lead for Agility Prime, on April 27, 2020, during the kick off of the week-long Agility Prime virtual conference
The US Air Force on April 27 kicked off Agility Prime, a new effort to help industry create a “flying car” for both commercial and military. Continue reading
UPS and CVS to Deliver Prescriptions by Drone in Florida
UPS Flight Forward And CVS Drone Delivery
UPS and CVS Health Corporation said that UPS subsidiary UPS Flight Forward (UPSFF) will use drones to deliver prescription medicines from a CVS pharmacy to The Villages, Florida for the largest U.S. retirement community, home to more than 135,000 residents. The service will use Matternet’s M2 drone system. Continue reading
US Dept of Transport Report on Blockchain for UAS
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Volpe Center has just published a report discussing the use of blockchain for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Continue reading
MIT Develops Drone Control by Muscle Gesture
A team from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) came up with a method that dials us closer to more seamless human-robot collaboration. The system, called “Conduct-A-Bot,” uses human muscle signals from wearable sensors to pilot a robot’s movement. Continue reading
Airbus Simulation Tool for UTM Systems of the Future
At Airbus UTM, we use our unique simulation tool to explore and evaluate concepts, services, and architectures that will serve as critical foundation pieces of a robust and future proof UTM framework. Continue reading
US Navy Officially Releases UFO Videos
The US Department of Defense has authorized the release of three unclassified Navy videos, one taken in November 2004 and the other two in January 2015, which have been circulating in the public domain after unauthorized releases in 2007 and 2017. Continue reading
Rise in Illegal Drone Flying Near RAF Bases in Scotland
Drones have increasingly been flown illegally near two military bases in Moray, the RAF has said. Fight restriction zones are in place at RAF Lossiemouth and nearby Kinloss Barracks. Continue reading