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US Marine Corps to Double UAS Squadrons by 2030

An RQ-21A Blackjack attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163

The U.S. Marine Corps is planning to change its aviation community significantly as part of a long-range effort to align its force structure more with the National Defense Strategy, including doubling the number of unmanned aerial system (UAS) squadrons and deactivating three rotary-wing squadrons. Continue reading

Yates Launches AVIUS Air Delivery for Humanitarian Relief

Yates Electrospace Corporation  has announced the launch of a civilian subsidiary, AVIUS Air Delivery, to provide immediate air response for humanitarian relief efforts, natural disasters and pandemics such as the current COVID-19 crisis, based on the technology of their successful 1-ton, military resupply glider Silent Arrow. Continue reading

SUGUS – European Union Project to Speed Up EGNSS Use

Spain’s GMV has been awarded the SUGUS project (Solution for E-GNSS U Space Service), which aims to speed up the take-up of GNSS and Galileo in the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) segment. SUGUS, an 18-month, 485,000-euro, European Union R&D project, is to be carried out by a GMV-led consortium involving also Everis Aerospace, Defense and Security, VVA Brussels, ESSP, FADA-CATEC and Unifly. Continue reading