The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has awarded Hybrid Air Vehicles Ltd a Design Organisation Approval. This is an important milestone on the path to getting the production Airlander 10 in service with customers. Continue reading
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AeroVironment and General Dynamics Integrate UAS with Armoured Combat Vehicles
AeroVironment, Inc. has announced a new strategic relationship with General Dynamics Land Systems (GD) to produce highly integrated and effective tactical UAS and TMS for armoured ground combat vehicles. Continue reading
UDRI Tests Impact of Drone on Aircraft at High Speed
University of Dayton Research Institute impact tests prove large aircraft won’t always win in collision with small drones.
President Trump Signs FAA Reauthorization Act into Law
On Friday, October 5, 2018, the President signed into law H.R. 302, the “FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018,” which reauthorizes the Federal Aviation Administration and related revenue authorities through September 30, 2023. Continue reading
Flyability Elios UAS Survives High Radiation Dose Rate
Exelon Power Labs recently conducted a test that exposed the Elios drone from Flyability to high levels of radiation while the system was in flight. Continue reading
Russian Gas Turbine for UAVs Passes Bench Tests
Benchmark trials of the small-size turbojet engine for ultra-light unmanned aircraft have been finished in Kazan, at JSC Eniks test bench licensed by the Russian Defense Ministry. Continue reading
Hitachi, Unifly and Terra Drone Co-Develop UTM System
Hitachi has launched a drone platform solution expanding their existing infrastructure inspection services portfolio with an AI assisted, drone-based service. Continue reading
Chinese Armed Drones in Mideast Battlefields
High above Yemen’s rebel-held city of Hodeida, a drone controlled by Emirati forces hovered as an SUV carrying a top Shiite Houthi rebel official turned onto a small street and stopped, waiting for another vehicle in its convoy to catch up. Seconds later, the SUV exploded in flames, killing Saleh al-Samad, a top political figure. Continue reading