Drone Evolution launches its new patented rotary UAV protection technology at DSEI 2019. Named SafeFlight, the system protects delivery drones from being jammed and its titanium shell protects it from a variety of external forces. Continue reading
EHang Completes First Autonomous Aerial Vehicle Passenger-carrying Demo Flight
EHang, an autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) technology platform company, announced today that it had performed the first passenger-carrying AAV demonstration flight at the 2019 Northeast Asia Expo, held from August 23-27 in the capital city of China’s Jilin province, Changchun. Continue reading
Mustang v Komet – Germany 1944
The Messerschmitt Me. 163B was the only rocket powered intercepter in history. Find out how piston-engined US P-51 Mustangs managed to down two of these super fast aircraft in dogfights high above Germany in late 1944. Continue reading
APSMobile Receives Test Flight Approval from NASA
HAPSMobile Inc., a subsidiary of SoftBank Corp. and minority-owned by AeroVironment, Inc., has received a limited flight release from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC), Airworthiness and Flight Safety Review Board to conduct a test flight of the HAWK30 aircraft in restricted airspace. Continue reading
Flirtey Unveils Eagle Drone and Launch Portal
Flirtey CEO and cofounder Matt Sweeny
Drone delivery pioneer Flirtey announced a new cargo-carrying drone and a launch platform that it says will help it begin commercial drone deliveries next year. Continue reading
MSU Student Uses Drone Technology for Soybean Research
Farming is practically part of Ashley Kuhlman’s DNA.
“I’ve always wanted to be in some sort of farming,” Kuhlman said. “I was always out in the field with my dad. Just to be able to watch things grow day by day is remarkable.” Continue reading
Moroccan Armed Forces Acquire Anti-Drone System
Morocco’s Royal Armed Forces have acquired from a Ukrainian firm, the Proximus Bukovel AD system. This new system will allow the FAR to annihilate any threat of drones, noted the Website FAR-Maroc, which disclosed the news. Continue reading
Water-Landing Drones Routinely Fly BVLOS Missions Over Marine Reserve – Case Study
Two units of amphibian Aeromapper Talons were utilized successfully during a set of trials during an expedition to beautiful Turneffe Atoll in Belize, in a work lead by the Zoological Society of London and the Turneffe Atoll Sustainability Association. Continue reading