Falcon 9 is a reusable, two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of people and payloads into Earth orbit and beyond. Falcon 9 is the world’s first orbital class reusable rocket. Reusability allows SpaceX to refly the most expensive parts of the rocket, which in turn drives down the cost of space access. Continue reading
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Drones Scour Oyster Bay Waters for Pollution
Robots are flying over the massive Oyster Bay/Cold Spring Harbor watershed. That’s because heat-seeking drones are hovering over the waterways in search of any pollutants lurking in the water. Continue reading
Liteye Systems Inc. Hires Matt Pflieger as Vice President of Finance
Liteye Systems, Inc, is a world leader in Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (CUAS), ruggedized thermal cameras and helmet mounted displays with over $100M in Government contracts. With recent success and growth, Liteye is pleased to announce the addition of Matt Pflieger as VP of Finance. Continue reading
FPV US Ski Trip
Nicolas Gaillard’s latest FPV edit is four minutes of exceptional drone work. Continue reading
Medical Delivery Drones Tested in Munich
Last week Quantum-Systems GmbH and laboratory Becker & Kollegen tested the transport of samples, by drone, from the mobile corona test station on the Theresienwiese to the Munich laboratory. Continue reading
GA-ASI Exploits Additive Manufacturing
MQ-9B SkyGuardian
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) is looking to expand the application of metal and non-metal components created using additive manufacturing (AM) processes across its unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) product lines to seek further production efficiencies. Continue reading
Tracking New Zealand’s Flightless Parrot by Drone
Debbie Saunders and Josh Bobruk from Wildlife Drones on Whenua Hou/Codfish Island, New Zealand
Birdwatching drones are taking to the skies of New Zealand to help scientists track the endangered kākāpō, which teeters on the brink of extinction. Continue reading
Thermoplastic Components Flight Tested on Bell V-280 Valor
Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor is one of the first military aircraft flying with thermoplastic technology on board
GKN Aerospace delivered a pair of thermoplastic composite, induction-welded Ruddervators and two compression-moulded Access Panels manufactured from reused thermoplastic waste material to Bell in June 2019. The newly installed components have now flown more than 12 hours on V-280 test flights, including during the recently completed autonomous flight testing. Continue reading