Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience

Near Earth Autonomy Extends Autonomy to Kaman’s unmanned K-Max

With support from Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Near Earth Autonomy and Kaman Aerospace have partnered to develop an intelligent autonomy system for the K-MAX helicopter, a large-scale transport aircraft capable of lifting a payload of 6,000 pounds. Continue reading →

Deuce Drone Demonstrates Retail Package Delivery Service

Deuce Drone announced that it completed a technology demonstration of its retail package delivery service using small, unmanned aerial systems for its key retail partners, investors, and local officials.   Continue reading →

Elbit’s THOR Completes Environmental Qualification Tests

Tests demonstrated the capability of THOR to withstand hard-gusting rain

Elbit Systems’ THOR, a multi-rotor Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) mini Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), successfully completed a series of environmental qualification tests ahead of the delivery of more than a thousand of units to an army in Southeast Asia. Continue reading →

Food Drone Delivery Trials Start in Singapore

Can chickens fly? Last week, five packets of ayam penyet did, when food delivery service Foodpanda used a drone to deliver the popular fried chicken dish from the Marina South Pierin Singapore to a ship located 3 km offshore. Continue reading →

NASA Small Business Partnership Prepares Drone for 30-Day Science Flights

Swift HALE during its first flight test on July 7, 2020

Aircraft play an essential role in how we study and understand Earth’s surface, climate, and atmosphere. Now, a new commercial unmanned aircraft system (UAS) aims to bring about a powerful way to observe our planet for days or weeks on end. Continue reading →