A large fleet of drones will be deployed along the New South Wales coast to protect swimmers and surfers from sharks this summer as the government almost triples its shark management budget. Continue reading
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Pakistan Finds Faults in Chinese-made UAS
Wing Loong
The faults in Chinese-made Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) has been damaging Pakistan’s military capability, said a Bangladesh based think tank. A critical part of Pakistan’s military capability has run into serious trouble with the UAS remaining on the ground due to crippling defects within days of induction. Continue reading
Universal Hydrogen Announces New R&D Centre in Toulouse
Historic Hangar B16 at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport
Universal Hydrogen Co., a company fighting to decarbonize aviation through the adoption of hydrogen as a universal fuel, announced that after an extensive search process that it will locate its second engineering and design center in Toulouse, France, Europe’s leading city for aviation manufacturing and innovation. Continue reading
Boeing to Build New Factory to Produce MQ-25 Stingray
Boeing will build the US Navy’s newest carrier-based aircraft at a new high-tech facility in Illinois, bringing the benefits of digital aircraft design and production to the Navy and up to 300 advanced manufacturing jobs to the greater St. Louis region. Continue reading
Iris Automation and Doosan Partner for Safer, Fuel Cell-Powered Drones
Iris Automation announced that the company has partnered with Doosan Mobility Innovation (DMI) for the integration of its Casia detect and avoid (DAA) system with DMI’s family of hydrogen powered systems and drones. The joint solution will enable DMI’s clients to operate safer advanced missions like beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) and accelerates the Korean manufacturer’s entrance into the US market. Continue reading
Wingcopter Drones Fly Blood Samples in Germany
26 kilometers (16 miles) between Greifswald and Wolgast – that is the distance over which Wingcopter drones recently transported blood samples in the Northeast German federal state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania. The flights were carried out by Greifswald University Medical Center in cooperation with DRF Luftrettung and Wingcopter as part of the MV|LIFE|DRONE Challenge project of the hospital’s Department of Anesthesiology. Continue reading
Nordic Unmanned Acquires Emission Monitoring Firm Ecoxy
Nordic Unmanned has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire 100 percent of the shares of Ecoxy, the leading Norwegian provider of accredited emission measurements for the shipping and oil and gas industry. Ecoxy is also accredited to verify GHG reporting under EU ETS. Continue reading
SeaGuardian Flies First Approved Point-to-Point UAS Flight in UK
The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority for the first time approved a point-to-point domestic flight of an unmanned aircraft that utilized the UK’s airways structure when General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) flew its MQ-9B SeaGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft from Lincolnshire, England to Moray, Scotland on Sept. 12, 2021. Continue reading