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Two years after World War II, billionaire Howard Hughes personally piloted his “Spruce Goose” troop transport aircraft on the first and only flight of the largest seaplane ever built. It lasted barely a minute. Now, more than 70 years later, a U.S. startup is testing a new seaplane concept—one that could evolve into huge cargo drones that fly 109 metric tons of freight across the Pacific, touch down autonomously over water, and unload at ports around the world. Continue reading
Spain’s Quaternium is claiming a new world record for the endurance of a multi-rotor unmanned aircraft system (UAS). Continue reading
The Convair B-58 Hustler was the first operational jet bomber capable of Mach 2 flight. It used a delta wing, which was also employed by Convair fighters such as the F-102, with four General Electric J79 engines in pods under the wing. Continue reading
Students at John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota, remotely pilot a drone
North Dakota is America’s leading state in drone research and testing, the Silicon Valley of drone innovation — testing, developing applications and training operators. Continue reading
Fat Shark, makers of the (FPV) headset for drone racing, has just released an entry-level complete kit for budding drone racers. Continue reading
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The cutting-edge UAV will be able to fly at least twice as fast as its propeller-driven analogues, a source in the defense-industrial complex has told RIA Novosti.
A drone that hovers over Japanese employees and blares music to force them to go home was unveiled by its maker Thursday, as the country tries to reduce its notoriously long work hours. Continue reading