Category Archives: Business News

AirData and Skydio Announce Technology Partnership

AirData UAV, a supplier of  flight data management solutions, has announced a new technology partnership with Skydio, the U.S. drone manufacturer. The new partnership will allow Skydio Cloud to integrate into AirData’s robust fleet management platform—providing customers with a seamless and comprehensive fleet management solution. Continue reading →

Kratos Gets $14M Contract Awards for Drone System Logistics Support

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a National Security Solutions provider and industry-leading provider of high-performance, jet-powered unmanned aerial systems, announced that it has recently received approximately $14 million in contract awards for logistics support, spares, consumables, and support needed to address the growing demand for Kratos’ customer drone system operations. Continue reading →

French Renewable Hydrogen Production Company Raises an Extra $19M

Lhyfe, a world pioneer and pure player in renewable hydrogen production, has announced that it has raised funds for a third time, for a sum of €17 million. Most of the funds came from Andera Partners via its new green infrastructure investment fund Andera Infra. Ovive (part of Les Saules group) and the risk capital company SFLD (Société Financière Lorient Développement) also backed Lhyfe in this fundraising. Continue reading →

Shield AI and VSK Tactical to Provide V-BAT 128 Unmanned Aircraft to Brazil

Shield AI, the defense-technology company using self-driving software to enable collaborative teams of unmanned aircraft to operate in GPS- and RF-denied environments, announced it has signed a contract with VSK Tactical, through reseller and facilitator Contingent Global, to provide Brazil with V-BAT 128 unmanned aircraft systems.

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FlyNex and Drone Harmony Combine Technology to Digitize Infrastructure with Drones

Swiss software company Drone Harmony specializes in automation software for data acquisition with drones. Together with FlyNex, a Germany-based drone management platform, both companies now joined forces to provide a fully integrated drone workflow solution to conduct data retrieval processes with drones. Continue reading →

FAA and AURA to Support UAS-to-FAA ATC Voice Communications

 AURA Network Systems and the Federal Aviation Administration have entered into a four-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to help determine performance standards for Air Traffic Control (ATC) voice communications supporting unmanned aircraft systems within the national airspace system (NAS). Continue reading →