NASA has partnered with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, to successfully demonstrate the safe integration of unmanned aircraft systems on a use case to support emergency response and disaster recovery activities. Continue reading
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What Happened to Drone Delivery and What Can We Learn From It?
Despite all of the excitement and all of the big investment in drone programs, we still don’t have drone delivery in most places. Food’s still being dropped off by gig drivers, and nobody’s getting a new iPhone 18XXL dropped onto their lawns. If anything, packages and deliveries happen slower than they did before. Continue reading
Anduril Gets $31M US Air Force SkyFence Contract
Anduril Industries Inc., Costa Mesa, California, was awarded a $31,115,802 firm-fixed-price delivery order for Wide-Area Infrared System for Persistence Surveillance SkyFence. Continue reading
PhD Student Jailed for Life for Building IS Kamikaze Drone
A PhD engineering student who built a ‘kamikaze’ drone in the hopes it would deliver chemical weapons for Isis was jailed for life on DEcember 22nd. Mohamed Al Bared, 27, used a 3D printer in his bedroom to put together a prototype of the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Continue reading
UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía and Qascom Successfully Complete DEGREE Project Flight Tests
In a significant milestone for the DEGREE project, UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía, a Spanish company specializing in guidance, navigation, and control systems for RPAS/UAS, has successfully conducted flight tests to validate the performance of the EGNSS receiver developed under the project, funded by EUSPA and led by Qascom in collaboration with UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía, Acorde and EuroUSC. Continue reading
Turkey’s Anka 3 Stealth Drone Performs Maiden Flight
Turkey’s first flying-wing, deep-strike unmanned aerial vehicle has successfully performed its maiden flight, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on Thursday, the latest addition to the country’s famed homegrown drone fleet. Continue reading
Banksy ‘Stop Drones’ Street Sign Stolen – Two Arrested
A brand new Banksy was apparently stolen from a south London street on December 22nd less than an hour after it was revealed to be genuine. Continue reading
1,000 Drone Christmas Show above America’s Tallest Christmas Tree
Sky Elements performed a Christmas drone show using 1,000 drones above the tallest Christmas tree in America. Continue reading