IDTechEx’s new report “Air Taxis: Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing Aircraft 2021-2041” is independent research into electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for passenger transport reflects the reality of the eVTOL market at this early stage of its development. Continue reading
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Skyfront Drone Sets Endurance Record of 13 hours, 4 minutes and Distance Record of 205 miles
Skyfront, a manufacturer of long endurance gasoline-electric hybrid drones, broke the multirotor drone flight time record by staying airborne for 13 hours and 4 minutes and traveling a distance of 205 miles. Continue reading
Swiss Drones Succeeds Power Line Inspection Challenge in France
500 Drone Light Show for St. Patrick’s Day in Dublin
To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day 2021, St. Patrick’s Festival presented Orchestra of Light, a beautiful film featuring a fleet of 500 drones dancing across Dublin’s night sky. The film presents a heartfelt, uplifting celebration of our national day, and spreads a message of hope to audiences around the globe. Continue reading
Northrop XP-79 – The Flying Chainsaw
During World War 2, the race for being the most technologically innovative country was more important than ever, particularly in aviation. As entirely new air forces were built from the ground up, almost a million aircraft were produced worldwide for warfare. Continue reading
Singapore’s First UTM Trials
Nova Systems, a multinational engineering services and technology solutions firm, and OneSky, a global UTM company developing airspace assessment, operations, and traffic management solutions, have announced the successful completion of Singapore’s first Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) trials. Continue reading
Kenyan Parliament Approves Drone Registration Fee
The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) has received the go-ahead to operationalise the Civil Aviation (Regulatory Fees and Charges for Unmanned Aircraft Systems) Regulations, 2020 after they were acceded to by the National Assembly on 6 March 2021. Continue reading
AeroViroment Gets $45M Switchblade Contract for UK
AeroViroment Inc., Simi Valley, California, was awarded a $44,961,750 modification (P00007) to contract W31P4Q-20-C-0024 for the Switchblade Weapon System. Continue reading





