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Global Hawk Completes First Flight with New Ground Station
Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully completed the first flight for the Global Hawk Ground Station Modernization Program (GSMP) at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. earlier this month. Continue reading
Black Bee Drone ‘Just Because it Looks Cool’
Latvia-based company Dartz Motorz designed the Prombdrone Black Bee with the simple intention of just looking cool. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Gets $53.7M RQ-4B Global Hawk USAF Service Contract
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, San Diego, California, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $53,700,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost reimbursable-no-fee, indefinite-delivery requirements contract for the RQ-4B Global Hawk. Continue reading
Bell’s Autonomous Pod Transport Carries 110 lbs Payload
In December, the Bell Autonomous Pod Transport flew with 110 lbs. of payload over an 8-mile route at Bell’s testing site near Fort Worth, Texas. To date, the APT flight test program has completed over 300 flights. Continue reading
Russian Armed Forces Received 900+ UAVs Since 2012
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The Russian armed forces have received more than 900 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) since 2012, the Russian Defense Ministry said in its bulletin, headlined ‘Main results of the Russian Armed Forces’ activities in 2012-2020,’ obtained by TASS. Continue reading
Altitude Angel Raises a Further £4M Investment
Altitude Angel, a global UTM (Unified Traffic Management) technology provider, announced that it raised a further £4m ($5.3m US) from one of Europe’s largest VC investors, Octopus Ventures. Continue reading
Flylogix UAS BVLOS Flight Over North Sea with uAvionix ping200X
The aerial economy supporting industries like agricultural and gas/oil line inspections relies heavily on large aircraft, which demand enormous amounts of fuel to safely transport people to and from jobs. Flylogix sees a cleaner and more efficient future with UAS performing some of these tasks. Continue reading