The unmanned traffic management market size was valued at 0.79 billion in 2020. The market is expected to rise from $0.92 billion in 2021 to $3.59 billion by 2028 at a CAGR of 21.4 % during the forecast period 2021-2028. Continue reading
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4D Composite Printing Can Improve the Wings of Drones
In a new paper published in the journal Composite Structures, Suong Hoa and his student co-authors present a method to make UAV wings cheaper to manufacture and more efficient in flight. Continue reading
UK Royal Mail to Add 50 New Postal Drone Routes
UK Royal Mail has set out its ambition to scale up its use of drone technology and create more than 50 new postal drone routes over the next three years, subject to Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) approval, as part of a new partnership with Windracers, the logistics drone company. Continue reading
IAI’s Maritime Heron Demonstrated to UK Government
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and 2Excel Aviation successfully completed a demonstration of IAI’s Maritime Heron UAS in a series of live, Beyond Visual Line of Sight maritime search and ISR scenarios. The demonstration was based out of West Wales Airport in Aberporth, Wales. Continue reading
Orbital UAV Signs MoU with Anduril Industries Asia Pacific
Orbital Corporation Ltd announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Anduril Industries Asia Pacific Pty Ltd, a US-based defence products company transforming U.S., Australian, and allied military capabilities with its advanced technologies. Continue reading
Zenith AeroTech Exhibits Tethered Aerial Vehicle at SOFIC
Zenith AeroTech, a developer of heavy-lift tethered aerial vehicles (TAVs), announced that it will be exhibiting for the first time its Quad 8 TAV and Ground Power Unit at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC), held May 17-19, in Tampa, Florida. Continue reading
GA-ASI Grows Mojave Line with New MQ-9B STOL Package
To further extend the versatility of its MQ-9B line of Remotely Piloted Aircraft, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announced that it will begin developing a short takeoff and landing (STOL)-capable MQ-9B aircraft, which includes the SkyGuardian and SeaGuardian models. Continue reading
First Recorded Use of Switchblade 300 in Ukraine
Officially, the Ukrainian armed forces use kamikaze drones or known as loitering munition Switchblade 300, which were delivered from the United States earlier. Photos on social media show a completely destroyed drone. It is unclear whether the drone was shot down by Russian forces or fulfilled its mission. Continue reading