Amazon is preparing to roll out a fleet of drones in the UK that rapidly deliver packages during the pandemic after the Government gave the green light to trials for medicine drops earlier this year. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
Volansi Announces Drone Cargo Deliveries in North Carolina
Volansi, Inc., the California-based cargo drone delivery service provider developing autonomous VTOL UAVs, has announced it has signed a teaming agreement with the N.C. Department of Transportation to begin commercial, middle-mile drone delivery projects in North Carolina. Continue reading
China Completes Typhoon Drone Observation Test
The Chinese official media released a story announcing that China successfully completed its first typhoon observation test using a large high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on Aug 2. Continue reading
Parrot + Dronisos: Imagining the Future of Drone Automation
Parrot and Dronisos, a pioneer in the creation and production of customized drone swarm light shows, are expanding their ongoing partnership to explore new applications for drone flight automation leveraging the Parrot ANAFI drone platform. Continue reading
Camcopter Flies HM Coastguard’s First Unmanned SAR Missions
Unmanned aircraft were flown as safety overwatch in support of search and rescue missions for HM Coastguard for the first time last weekend. Continue reading
German Railways Relies on Quantum-Systems Drones to Inspect its Route Network
German national rail network maintenance company, DB Fahrwegdienste, has again decided to implement Quantum-Systems Trinity F90+ drones to be used for storm damage detection and vegetation inspection near the track. Continue reading
EHang Launches Intelligent Aerial Firefighting Solution
EHang 216F, extinguishing a high-rise fire in Yunfu, China
EHang Holdings Limited has announced the launch of the world’s first large-payload intelligent aerial firefighting solution. Based on its flagship product, this new firefighting version of EHang 216, “EHang 216F” is specially designed for high-rise firefighting. Continue reading
HAPSMobile and Rwanda to Study Mobile Internet Connectivity Using HAPS
The Rwandan Ministry of ICT and Innovation and HAPSMobile Inc., a subsidiary of SoftBank Corp., announced they signed a Memorandum of Understanding on July 29, 2020 under which both parties will conduct a Joint Research Project (“JRP”) that studies the use of High Altitude Platform Stations (HAPS) to provide mobile Internet connectivity in Rwanda. Continue reading