UAV Navigation releases its new Visual Navigation System (VNS) aimed at manufacturers and end users of NATO Category I and II UAS. Continue reading
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5,000 Drone Patents Granted Last Year – a 39% Increase
Patents granted for drones worldwide have increased by 39% to 4,876 in the past year*, shows new research by leading intellectual property law firm Mathys & Squire. The figure is up from 3,511 in the previous year and up three-fold from just 446 patents five years ago.
Zelenskyy Decorates CEO of Baykar with First Class Order of Merit
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting with Haluk Bayraktar, CEO of Turkey’s Baykar Makina, an acclaimed strike UAV manufacturer. Continue reading
British Army Carries Out successful Swarming Drone Capability
A breakthrough in technology and innovation for the British Army took place on Salisbury Plain recently, where a demonstration of multiple Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) took place.
UK Drone Delivery Network Project Launches
A consortium led by AGS Airports in partnership with NHS Scotland to deliver what will be the UK’s first medical distribution network using drones has launched its next phase. Continue reading
Demining Researchers Use Drone-Based, Machine-Learning Detection System
Oklahoma State University, and researchers led by Jasper Baur and Gabriel Steinberg, co-founders of the Demining Research Community, a nonprofit organization bridging academic research and humanitarian demining efforts have been in Oklahoma for two weeks, setting up grids of mines and munitions to train a drone-based, machine-learning-powered detection system. Continue reading
University of Alabama Gets FAA Grant to Improve Drone Responses to Disasters
Efforts to better coordinate drone responses to natural and human-made disasters have landed The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) a three-year, $828,070 grant, the second-largest in a group recently awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Continue reading
Norway Issues RFI in Advance of VTOL UAS Procurement
The Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA) has issued an RFI entiteld ‘Market Survey – Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) Role 2 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)’. The Agency intends to procure VTOL UAVs for the Norwegian armed Forces. Continue reading