Shanghai rejected traditional fireworks displays to celebrate the New Year, filling the skies with thousands of synchronised drones. Nearly 2,000 drones took to the night sky and illuminated the Huangpu River in Shanghai to welcome in the new year. Continue reading
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FAA Should Improve Drone-Related Cost Information
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has undertaken actions to integrate unmanned aircraft systems (UAS or “drones”) into the national airspace and has developed plans to allow for increasingly complex operations, including operations over people and beyond visual-line-of-sight and—eventually—passenger operations (see figure). Continue reading
Pierce Aerospace and DRONEDEK Team for Global Drone Deliveries
Indiana drone startups Pierce Aerospace a Remote ID UAS Service Supplier (RID-USS), and DRONEDEK LLC, a smart mailbox company, have teamed to advance commercial drone delivery. The collaboration unites Pierce Aerospace’s Remote Identification expertise and technologies and DRONEDEK’s patent portfolio in last-mile logistics, including a drone mailbox system. Continue reading
FAA Probes Clusters of Mysterious Drones Flying Over Colorado
The Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation into nighttime sightings of unidentified drones flying in formation over rural northeastern Colorado and southwest Nebraska over the last two weeks, the agency said. Continue reading
Japan Aerospace Exploratory Agency and Yamato Team on Cargo Pod for eVTOL Aerial System
Concept art of the PUPA 8801 in use
Japan Aerospace Exploratory Agency (JAXA), and Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. announced their collaboration on cargo pod for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aerial system. The two organizations have worked together in designing and evaluating the aerodynamic shape of the PUPA 8801 heavy-size eVTOL cargo pod concept.
FAA Issues Proposed Rule on Remote ID for Drones
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced a proposed rule that would continue the safe integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), commonly called drones, into the nation’s airspace by requiring them to be identifiable remotely. Continue reading
US Army Brings Back Avengers in Face of Russian Aggression
The U.S. Army brings back its Avenger surface-to-air missile systems mounted on a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle, commonly known as the Humvee. Continue reading
Saudi Arabian VTOL at the Dubai Air Show
A Saudi Arabian company unveiled a new vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aerial vehicle at the Dubai Air Show. Continue reading