The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun testing state-of-the-art technology designed to detect, track and identify (DTI) drones entering restricted airspace around Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Continue reading
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X-47B UCAV Demonstrators are Headed to Museums
When it comes to aircraft that earned their place in the aviation history books, Northrop Grumman’s X-47B demonstrators — two of which were built and flown — are absolutely some of them. Now, well over a decade after first taking to the skies and displaying so much promise, Northrop Grumman tells The War Zone that they are being prepared to be delivered to two aviation museums for display.
eBee X Series Drones Receive EASA’s C2 Certificate
senseFly, an AgEagle company has announced that eBee X, eBee Geo and eBee Ag are the first commercial drones to be designated with the C2 class identification label in accordance with the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) regulations. Continue reading
Pentagon Reveals Details of VAMPIRE C-UAS Systems Supplied to Ukraine
The Pentagon has announced a new military assistance package for Ukraine, the largest to date with a whopping value of nearly $3 billion, as the country marks six months since the start of Russia’s all-out invasion and the 31st anniversary of its independence from the Soviet Union. Continue reading
Taiwan Soldiers Attack Chinese Drone with Rocks
Taiwan will begin deploying drone defence systems on its offshore islands after footage emerged of Taiwanese soldiers throwing stones at a Chinese drone that buzzed a guard post. Continue reading
Iran Army Stages 150 Drone Exercise
The Islamic Republic of Iran Army has started a large-scale drone drill, which features scores of cutting-edge reconnaissance and combat drones, and covers strategic waters of the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, all four corners of the country and its central part. Continue reading
French Lab Gets BVLOS Waiver for Flights Between Sites
Swiss-based RigiTech and France’s largest laboratory group Biogroup, have obtained flight authorisations to begin regular Beyond-Visual-Line-of-Sight (BVLOS) flights between Biogroup’s laboratories in Bourgoin-Jallieu and Tignieu-Jameyzieu. Continue reading
800 Taiwanese ‘Flying Mortar’ Drones Reportedly Shipped to Ukraine
Revolver 860 developed by DronesVision is probably one of the most interesting drones used by Ukrainians . A large quadcopter is in practice a flying mortar – the drone is equipped with a revolver cartridge that can hold 8 60 mm mortar shells.