On 22 December, XAG Annual Conference 2021 was held in Guangzhou, China with the theme “Step into Agrifuture”, which launched a series of agricultural innovations to empower farmers with more sophisticated autonomous solutions. Five new products, including the XAG P50 and P100 Agricultural Drone, XAG M500 and M2000 Remote Sensing Drone, and the updated XAG R150 Unmanned Ground Vehicle, are released in China and will be available for global sales in 2022. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
Red Cat Gets CBP Contract Worth up to $90M over Five Years
Red Cat Holdings, Inc., a hardware-enabled software provider to the drone industry, has announced that its subsidiary Teal Drones has been awarded a firm-fixed-price, multiple award blanket purchase agreement (BPA) by the United States Customs and Border Protection as one of five contractors. Continue reading
Airobotics and ShotSpotter Partner to Offer Integrated Gunshot Detection and Real-time Aerial Video
Airobotics, an Israeli manufacturer of autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and aerial data systems, announced that it has signed an exclusive agreement with the American company ShotSpotter to sell and deploy its gunshot detection technology in Israel. Continue reading
Korean Air Inspects Aircraft with Drone Swarms
Korean Air, with its extensive experience in manned and unmanned aerial vehicle development, has developed a technology that can inspect aircraft using drone swarms. Continue reading
Leonardo Cargo Completes ‘Middle Mile’ Drone Logistics Trials Programme
Leonardo has completed the first phase of its “Sumeri Moderni” drone-based-delivery tests in Turin, focusing on “middle mile delivery”. In logistics, “middle mile” refers to a product or parcel’s journey from the distribution centre to the individual retail store, usually involving moving heavy batches of goods. Continue reading
Seven-Eleven Japan Tests Drone Delivery Service
Seven-Eleven Japan and ANA Holdings lead a group that has been holding tests since late November in Hinode a sparsely populated area in western Tokyo. Continue reading
Indian Low-Cost Carrier SpiceJet Launches Drone Delivery Service
SpiceJet plans to introduce SpiceXpress drone delivery service for delivering medical and essential supplies in remote areas. Continue reading
Shanghai Drone Deliveries Follow Shenzhen Trials
After nearly a year of trial operation in Shenzhen, Meituan UAV takeaway will soon be launched in Shanghai, and it is currently in the internal test phase. Continue reading







