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Axon a global supplier of connected public safety technologies and DroneSense, a software platform for drones in public safety, have announced a strategic partnership to provide public safety agencies with an end-to-end drone software solution, including piloting, administration, evidence management and live streaming. Continue reading
Wander B VTOL
BlueBird Aero Systems, partially owned (50% of shares) by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), completed the delivery of 100 WanderB-VTOL UAVs to a European customer. Continue reading
Drone Express, a commercial drone delivery service and a division of TELEGRID Technologies, Inc., has partnered with FarEye, an Intelligent Delivery Management Platform, to power autonomous drone deliveries for leading retailers in the United States. Continue reading
Kitty-Hawk Heaviside
Kitty Hawk, the air taxi company backed by Google co-founder Larry Page, is buying what’s left of one-time DJI competitor 3D Robotics. As part of the acquisition, 3D Robotics co-founder Chris Anderson will become Kitty Hawk’s chief operating officer. Continue reading
Undefined Technologies Corp, a Florida-based tech startup working on the first silent eVTOL drone powered by ion propulsion, announced that it has completed its Seed Series funding with a valuation just shy of $2MM. Continue reading
Trillium Engineering, a developer of gimbaled cameras for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), announced that it will be supplying Martin UAV with Orion HD80 camera systems in support of a next-generation UAS program. Continue reading
Navy RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle conducts tests over Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, California, is awarded a $53,773,633 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide continuing operator, maintenance, logistics and sustainment engineering support, to include training, supply chain and spares management for peculiar items, peculiar support equipment, and technical publications in support of the RQ-4A Global Hawk Broad Area Maritime Surveillance – Demonstrator (BAMS-D) aircraft being mission-capable for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions for the Navy. Continue reading
Latvian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Artis Pabriks (L) and Baykar Makina’s General Manager Haluk Bayraktar at Baykar Makina’s R&D and production facilities, Ankara, Turkey, June 7, 2021
Latvia has signaled it could be the second European Union and NATO member state to acquire Turkish armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that have scored high-profile successes in the field, following last month’s purchase by Poland. Continue reading