During the closing months of WWII the B-29 bombers relentlessly bombed Japan. These planes were based in the Mariana Islands but the P-51s that flew cover were based in Iwo Jima. Continue reading
Boeing and US Navy Link Piloted, Unmanned Growlers
Boeing and the U.S. Navy successfully flew two autonomously controlled EA-18G Growlers at Naval Air Station Patuxent River as unmanned air systems using a third Growler as a mission controller for the other two. Continue reading
Yates to Launch Wide-Body Silent Arrow at Farnborough
Yates Electrospace Corporation (YEC) has announced the design completion and specifications of a wide-body version of its successful GD-2000 cargo delivery drone, with unveiling set for July 20-24, 2020 at the Farnborough International Airshow, UK. Continue reading
UK Coastguard to Trial UAS Maritime Flights
Elbit Systems UK has been selected by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) to conduct maritime demonstration flights in the UK using a number of its unmanned aerial systems (UAS) including the Hermes 900. Continue reading
Flock Insures African Drone Forum 2020
Flock has announced that it is the exclusive risk partner of African Drone Forum 2020 which launches this week. The UK insurtech will be using its world-leading understanding of air mobility risk to provide a custom insurance policy for the flight competitions during the event. Continue reading
Chinese Military Officials Visited Cambodia Just Before Mysterious Drone Crash
Chinese-made drone that crashed into a field in southern Cambodia
A high-level delegation of Chinese military mapping experts visited a Cambodian naval base in December, three weeks before a huge Chinese surveillance drone crashed in the adjoining province, according to a leaked document obtained by the ABC. Continue reading
NUAIR Partners with AiRXOS on UTM
NUAIR and The New York UAS Test Site join AiRXOS helping to scale and accelerate the adoption of safe and compliant unmanned aircraft system traffic management (UTM) solutions. AiRXOS recently announced the expansion of their Air Mobility Platform Ecosystem with the addition of 11 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) technology, service, and business partners, including NUAIR. Continue reading
Terra Drone and Unilever Trial Ice Cream Delivery in New York
Terra Drone Europe team member (second from right) with members of Unilever’s ice cream delivery program, ‘Ice Cream Now’, including Unilever CEO Alan Jope (third from right)
Terra Drone Europe and the British-Dutch transnational consumer goods giant Unilever have joined forces to explore drone-delivery of ice creams in New York. In a program undertaken at Unilever’s recent annual investor event, Ben & Jerry’s ice cream cups were delivered to a pre-decided destination by drone. Continue reading