An Air Force target drone strayed far from home this week, washing up on the beach at Ocean Ridge Hammock Park in Boynton Beach, Fla., after a test run over the Atlantic Ocean. Continue reading
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Textron Gets $607M US Army Shadow Upgrade Contract
Textron Systems Corporation, a Textron Inc. company, announced that it received a contract for up to $607 million from the U.S. Army to provide contract logistics support, field services, and engineering support along with the retrofit of the existing Shadow Block II Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (TUAS) to the upgraded Block III configuration. Continue reading
Sabrewing Plans Long Range Cargo VTOL First Flight
Rhaegal RG-1
Sabrewing Aircraft plans to perform the first flight of its Rhaegal unmanned heavy-lift, long-range half-scale prototype aircraft by the end of March, says Ed De Reyes, Sabrewing chairman and CEO, according to a recent publication by Janes. Continue reading
Market for eVTOL Air Taxis to Grow to $14.7 Bn by 2041
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
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
SwissDrones has successfully delivered the requested results (highest-resolution images of defects captured in a continuous fly-by) in a recent challenge of the French power-line operator RTE.
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