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Wingcopter, the German delivery drone manufacturer and service provider, announced that it has raised $42 million from renowned financial and strategic investors. The new funding is part of a Series A extension round, tripling the company’s total equity raise to more than $60 million to date. Continue reading
Suter/CAE have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Pinnacle Aircraft Engines (PAE) to provide USA overhaul services on Suter’s TOA288 UAV engine. Suter’s TOA288 engine is flying on the Shield.AI V-Bat 128 and Volansi’s Voly 20 and Voly 50 VTOL solutions. Continue reading
Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) has announced an aircraft reservation agreement with one of the largest regional airlines in Europe, Air Nostrum Group, for HAV’s pioneering hybrid aircraft – Airlander 10. Continue reading
Romania’s Defense Ministry has canceled its only tender for the acquisition of military drones, despite rising security risks in the region. Continue reading
Skydweller Aero Inc. has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Luxembourg’s Minister of Defence (MoD) and Leonardo to explore opportunities for future cooperation involving the Skydweller Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). Continue reading
Northrop Grumman has received a $40.6 million order to conduct a full-scale fatigue test and an effect-of-defect evaluation on the U.S. Navy’s Triton MQ-4C unmanned aircraft system. Continue reading
Hoverfly Technologies Inc. has announced another order for 43 LiveSky systems for the US Army, now surpassing over 300 LiveSky tethered drones sold to the U.S. government. LiveSky is a turnkey tethered UAS platform with infinite flight time, offering on-demand persistent ISR capabilities and communications relay solutions. Continue reading
Thales has been selected by Airservices Australia, an Australian Government-owned organisation responsible for the safe and efficient management of 11 per cent of the world’s airspace, as the prime systems integrator to launch an Integrated Drone Surveillance Trial utilising the company’s advanced drone surveillance solution. Continue reading