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Trident Aerospace Reaches 4,000 ISR Flight Hours with Hydra Technologies S-45 BAALAM UAV

Trident Aerospace, the group’s Phoenix-based ISR Services company with a strong presence in Latin America, has announced that one of its customers has reached 4,000 flight hours in a continuous ISR services contract over a 24-month period. Providing persistent support for critical law enforcement operations and exceeding the contractual requirements of 1,500 flight hours per year. Continue reading →

Robotic Skies to Service Avy – Drones for Good Fleet

Robotic Skies, a global drone maintenance service provider, and Avy, a Dutch drone manufacturer, have announced a partnership to develop a field support program for Avy’s growing fleet of long-range autonomous lifesaving aircraft. The program aims to keep the Avy fleet optimal for critical medical and humanitarian flight operations around the world. Continue reading →

Gray Eagle ER Enables Joint Terminal Attack Controller Operations

On April 23, 2021, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. demonstrated enhanced situational awareness and targeting capability for ground forces during a company-funded technology demonstration at Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona. The demonstration focused on enabling a Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) to control the Electro-optical/Infrared (EO/IR) sensor on a Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) and rapidly call for direct and indirect fire on an array of targets. Continue reading →

NASA to Help Local Governments Plan for Advanced Air Mobility

An idea for a future air taxi hovers over a municipal vertiport in this NASA illustration

Five state and local government entities have signed agreements with NASA’s aeronautical innovators to work together in considering how emerging cargo-carrying drone and passenger-carrying air taxi services can best be included in their civic transportation plans. Continue reading →