Robotic Skies Inc, the global MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul) network for commercial UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems), and SqwaQ, a global SD-WAN network company offering a powerful new redundant comm-link that enables drones to fly unlimited-range BVLOS (Beyond Visual Line of Sight), have signed an agreement that grants the Robotic Skies Service Center network access to distribute, retrofit, and provide field MRO services for SqwaQ communications equipment. Continue reading
AeroVironment Gets $5M US Border Patrol Puma 3 AE Contract
AeroVironment, Inc. has received a $5,254,912 firm fixed-price contract award for Puma 3 AE systems and support equipment on August 8, 2019 for the U.S. Border Patrol, part of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Delivery is anticipated by January, 2020. Continue reading
CEMEX Picks Delair for Digitalization of Construction Operations
Delair, a provider of enterprise visual data management solutions, has signed an agreement in France with CEMEX, one of the global leaders for supplying products to the construction industry. As part of this three-year agreement, CEMEX will deploy delair.ai, a new cloud platform for analyzing and leveraging data collected by drones, satellites and other aerial methods, for their 60 aggregate production sites in France. Continue reading
Raytheon, AirMap Virtually Demo Drone Monitoring Tools on Next-Gen Air Traffic Control Workstation
Raytheon, AirMap virtually demo drone monitoring tools on next-generation air traffic control workstation at 2019 ATCA in Washington, D.C., Oct. 21-23
Raytheon Company and AirMap, a global airspace intelligence platform for drones, have integrated AirMap’s unmanned aerial systems (UAS) monitoring capabilities onto a working prototype of Raytheon’s next-generation air traffic controller workstation called Multi-platform ATC Re-hosting Solution, or MARS. Continue reading
South Dakota Civil Air Patrol Use sUAS in SAR Missions
Capt. John Webber (l) of Civil Air Patrol’s Indiana Wing provides instruction to Cadet Capt. Linus McFarland at CAP’s National Emergency Services Academy
Civil Air Patrol’s first two searches using small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) are in the books after a pair of South Dakota Wing missions. Continue reading
Wing and FedEX Launch America’s First Commercial Drone Delivery Service
On October 18, in a first for drone delivery in the U.S., Wing is delivered packages, over-the-counter medication, snacks and gifts to residents of Christiansburg, Virginia. Continue reading
World’s First Full-Scale Air Taxi VoloPort Unveiled in Singapore
The world’s first full-scale air taxi vertiport has been unveiled on Monday at the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) World Congress in Singapore. The VoloPort is the outcome of an exciting collaboration between Volocopter, the German urban air mobility and air taxi pioneer, and Skyports, the vertiport developer, owner and operator. Continue reading
Cyprus Launches Drones to Monitor Turkish Gas Drilling
Cyprus has acquired four Israeli-made drones, according to its defense ministry, amid tensions with Turkey over gas exploration in the island’s waters. Continue reading