The U.S. drone delivery company Zipline is getting ready to begin commercial operations in Israel next year. The company has begun the regulatory process and is in talks with potential customers. Continue reading
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Sky-Futures Partners with Flock on Drone Insurance
Sky-Futures, a worldwide drone inspection and survey service provider, has appointed connected insurance provider, Flock, as its drone insurance partner. Continue reading
EU-Funded Air Taxi Demos in Spain by 2022
Northrop Grumman Gets $57M Supersonic Target Drone Order from US Navy
Aerial target experts at the Northrop Grumman Space Systems segment (formerly Orbital ATK) in Chandler, Arizona, are building supersonic target drones for the U.S. Navy and Army to help hone missile-defense skills — particularly against hypersonic weapons. Continue reading
Taiwan’s Teng Yun Drones Spotted at Taitung Airbase
Two domestically produced Teng Yun unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) were spotted on Thursday (Nov. 5) at Chihhang (志航) Air Force Base in Taitung. Continue reading
Canada Starts Construction of RPAS Test Site
Following the announcement of the project earlier in 2019, the construction of Qualia, Canada’s first-ever Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) test centre, is well underway. Continue reading
UK Police Streamline Drone Operations
In the UK, West Midlands Police has turned to Centrik to manage its complex drone programme, using the powerful operational management system to improve efficiency and help its officers “spend less time on administration and more time policing”. Continue reading
Survey on European UAS Operations – Results Published
“UAS OPS’’ & ‘’OPS RISK” jointly constitute a survey on drone operations [current and near-future (1 to 2 years)] and operations safety risk assessment methods, that targeted drone operators in the European Union, and that was conducted in English, French, German & Spanish. Continue reading