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Maverick Aviation CTO Matt Denton and CEO Antony Quinn
The world’s first hands-free jetpack created by two British entrepreneurs has been revealed. These are the first images ever released of Maverick Aviation’s prototype, which promises to transform the way challenging maintenance, inspections and rescues are carried out worldwide. Continue reading
BlueHalo’s small unmanned aerial systems team successfully completed a capabilities demonstration of BlueHalo’s, American-made Group 1 sUAS for Defense Innovation Unit at a DoD facility in California. BlueHalo was recently awarded a contract to participate in DIU’s Blue 2.0 Prototype OTA effort, designed to streamline government acquisition of approved NDAA compliant UAS platforms. Continue reading
Altitude Angel, a global UTM technology provider, announced that it is to provide pre-flight situational awareness data across Europe, Africa, and Asia to drone operations management platform DroneLogbook. Continue reading
Iris Automation operates a CubCrafters XCub as a target during its Casia flight tests, fitted with tundra tires so it can land on the Nevada desert
Iris Automation’s Casia detect and avoid computer vision system is a leading candidate for equipping drones to avoid other aircraft. The system, which uses off-the-shelf cameras, has been extensively flight tested during the last three years. Continue reading
Firemaps, a San Francisco-based start-up company is using drones and 3-D technology to harden homes against wildfires. The Tubbs Fire in 2017 changed Calistoga resident Bill Dyers’ mind about living in a house in the middle of the woods. Continue reading
Brussels Airport and skeyes continue to explore the possible uses of drones at the airport with a second series of testing days.These test days specifically focus on the use of drones for bird control at the airport, to monitor the presence of birds and to direct them away from aircraft when necessary. Continue reading
Chinese researchers say that they have made major strides toward designing a hypersonic drone. In a peer-reviewed paper in the journal Tactical Missile Technology, Beihang University’s Dai Fei and his team posited that they have made significant progress on a classified hypersonic drone model. Continue reading
A £94m scheme to upgrade an RAF station in Lincolnshire so it can house a new fleet of drones when they enter service in 2024 has been announced.