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
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Brussels Airport and skeyes Test Drones for Bird Control
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 Air Force May Be Getting a Hypersonic Drone
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
RAF Waddington Gets £94m Drone Fleet Upgrade
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.
Thales and Scheibel Complete S-100 UAS Flight Trials
Thales UK and Schiebel have delivered the most comprehensive maritime sensor suite to be fitted to the CAMCOPTER S-100 during UK flight trials in August 2021. Operating off the North Wales coastline, the trials demonstrated how a navy warship can benefit from the intelligence gathered over an extended operating range, to prevail in a maritime or littoral operation. Continue reading
ZALA’s First Hybrid UAV Performs 12-Hour Flight
The hybrid UAV ZALA 421-16E5G performed recently a flight which lasted more than 12 hours and covered a distance of more than 1,130 kilometers. Continue reading
Airspace Link Partners with the City of Las Vegas to Enable Safer Drone Operations
Airspace Link, Inc., a provider of drone mapping and solution software, announced it will be partnering with the City of Las Vegas to launch its new FLYSAFE program, powered by the AirHub platform. This program will enable drones operating in the city to fly safer today while paving the way for advanced commercial operations at scale. Continue reading
US Marine Corps Procures First MQ-9A Reaper
U.S. Marine Corps Captain Joshua Brooks, an unmanned aircraft system representative, and Master Sergeant Willie Cheeseboro Jr., an enlisted aircrew coordinator with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1, prepare to launch and operate the first Marine Corps owned MQ-9A Reaper on Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. Aug. 30, 2021
The US Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, procured the Marine Corps’ first MQ-9A “Reaper” remotely piloted aircraft after transitioning from contractor owned, contractor operated to government owned, contractor operated at Marine Corps Aircraft Station Yuma, Arizona, August 30, 2021. Continue reading