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Vital medical supplies are to be flown by drone between Oban and Mull in a week-long trial due to start on May 25, it has been revealed. Skyports, a drone delivery service based in London, has linked up with the council-run Oban Airport to get NHS kit from the hospital in Oban to the one at Craignure. Continue reading
Matthias Schwab, a Professional Golfer from Austria, made a ‘drone-in-one.’ As the European Tour pro tees off at a golf course in Schladming, Austria, a drone to his right shoots past while recording a video posted to Schwab’s Instagram account on Friday. Continue reading
Primoco UAV recently demonstrated the successful completion of a 15 hour and three-minute continuous unmanned flight. Utilizing Sagetech Avionics‘ transponders integrated with UAV Navigation‘s Vector autopilot, The Primoco Model One 150 beat the previous company record of 12 hours, eight minutes. Continue reading
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced the eight companies that will assist the Federal government in establishing requirements for future suppliers of Remote Identification (Remote ID). Continue reading
Altus Unmanned Aerial Solutions business development manager Simon Morris in 2015
Altus, a New Zealand-based drone company that established a foothold in the United States has gone into liquidation. Continue reading
Defence relations between the State of Israel and Greece have been strengthened: Defence Ministry Director General, Maj. Gen. (Res.) Udi Adam and General Director for Defence Investments and Armament – Lieutenant General (Ret.) Theodoros Lagios (HAF), have signed the first agreement between their respective ministries to lease the Israeli Heron system developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). Continue reading
The organizing committee of the Lake Kivu Challenge on May 5 announced the Flying Competition’s winners and named Wingcopter the winner of the Emergency Delivery category. Wingcopter also received a special award for its safety procedures. As a winner, the company receives a prize money of GBP 65,000. Continue reading
Researchers at the TU Dortmund University have just published a 22-page paper which addresses the challenges of UAS usage in maritime SAR scenarios which lie in the remote control as well as the real-time exchange of acquired information like sensor data, videos, and images. Continue reading