The Indian government’s policy regulatory framework for drone usage is yet to be frozen, but that hasn’t stopped startups from looking at using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in our day-to-day lives. Enter Redwing Aerospace, a Bengaluru-based drone delivery startup, that isn’t looking at drones for delivery of food or ecommerce. It aims for a deeper use-case perspective. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
Chula Vista Police Releases Drone Video of Incident
Chula Vista Police released video recently showing its drone program in action during an alleged domestic violence encounter.
Zipline Launches UAV Medical Program in Ghana
Not a single Ghanaian, irrespective of his or her remoteness, deserves to die due to lack of medical care, Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said while launching the Zipline medical drones service in the Eastern Region on Wednesday, 24 April 2019. Continue reading
Black Swift S2 to Study East Greenland Ice-Core
Black Swift Technologies(BST), a specialized engineering firm based in Boulder, CO, announced that its advanced aerial research platform, the Black Swift S2 UAS, will be deployed in the coming months by the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR),part of the University of Colorado Boulder, to conduct high-altitude high-latitude atmospheric research studies in Greenland. This work is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and is part of the larger international East Greenland Ice-Core Project (EastGRIP) Continue reading
University of Maryland Used UAV to Deliver Kidney for Transplant
In a first-ever advancement in human medicine and aviation technology, a University of Maryland unmanned aircraft has delivered a donor kidney to surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) in Baltimore for successful transplantation into a patient with kidney failure. Continue reading
Alphabet’s Loon and SoftBank’s HAPSMobile Join Forces
SoftBank Corp.’s HAPSMobile and Alphabet’s Loon have formed a long-term strategic relationship to advance the use of high altitude vehicles, such as balloons and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), to bring connectivity to more people, places, and things worldwide. As part of the new relationship and HAPSMobile’s financial and investment strategy, HAPSMobile has made a decision to invest $125 million USD in Loon. Continue reading
AeroVironment Rolls Out HAWK30 Solar HAPS
AeroVironment, Inc. announced the achievement of a significant solar HAPS project milestone, the assembly of the first HAWK30 solar HAPS for its HAPSMobile joint venture with SoftBank Corp. HAPS stands for High-Altitude Pseudo-Satellite or High-Altitude Platform Station. Continue reading
NUAIR Adds Five UAS Service Suppliers to Corridor
Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research (NUAIR) and the New York UAS Test Site at Griffiss International Airport, have successfully deployed and integrated five unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) service suppliers into the New York UAS Corridor: AirMap, ANRA, AGI/OneSky, Thales and Unifly. Continue reading






