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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has ended its experiment to create a heavy cargo seaplane. The nearly three-year-old Liberty Lifter program was intended to design and build — and possibly float and fly — a long-range, low-cost seaplane that could take off and land in rough seas. Continue reading
– EuroUSC Italia, a long-established operator in drone regulation and risk assessment, rebrands as Unifly Consulting, marking the successful integration into the Unifly group. This move reflects more than a name change, it is a bold step toward realising Unifly’s vision of enabling safe, scalable, and fully integrated autonomous aviation. Continue reading
German autonomous strike drones startup Stark has acquired a Berlin-based company building autonomous navigation software for drones to boost its swarming capabilities. Continue reading
– UAV Navigation–Grupo Oesía is supplying its flight control system for the DRIADE fixed-wing UAV developed by SE Aviation. The French manufacturer platform, with 820 kg of Maximum Take-Off Weight (MTOW) is designed for reconnaissance and wildfire response missions. Continue reading
– Firestorm Labs, Inc., a supplier of advanced additive manufacturing and drone production solutions, has secured exclusive distribution rights from HP Inc. for its mobile Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) 3D printing technologies. Continue reading
– Shield AI, the deep-tech company building state-of-the-art autonomy software products and defense aircraft, has announced that the Netherlands Ministry of Defence has procured eight V-BAT unmanned aircraft systems to enhance maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) operations for the Royal Netherlands Navy and Marine Corps. Continue reading
– Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, has been down-selected for Phase 2 of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) X-Plane program with the objective to complete design, construction, ground testing and certification of an X-plane demonstrator. Continue reading
– TEKEVER, a European provider of AI-driven autonomous systems, has chosen Cahors as the location for its new Centre of Excellence for dual-use autonomous systems in France. This choice is the result of close collaboration with the Occitanie region, which played a major role in supporting the company at every stage of the process. Continue reading