For just about any tech company, getting your products on physical and online shelves of the Apple store is a huge deal. So imagine the joy on Wang Mengqiu’s face when his Beijing-based start-up, Zero Zero Robotics, was approached by the big Cupertino giant, which wanted to sell Wang’s portable AI-powered drone.
Building Drones in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is no stranger to building drones – just ask the folks at the University of Moratuwa who have built surveillance drones. Now a two-story house at Amarasekera Mawatha in the middle of Havelock Town will be a place to mark, for it belongs to Tilak Dissanayake and his team of three that have a solution of fast-paced delivery drones. Continue reading
US Army Purchases Dronebuster C-UAS System
Radio Hill has just finalized a contract initiated by the Army’s Rapid Equipping Force (REF) to purchase a large lot of block 3 Dronebusters. This hand-held drone detection and jamming systems for use in the battle against ISIL. Continue reading
Future Hydrogen-Powered VTOL 4-Passenger Flying Car
Metro Skyways Ltd., a subsidiary of Urban Aeronautics plans to launch the design and development of a four-passenger, Vertical-Takeoff and Landing (VTOL), flying car based on Urban Aeronautics’ internal rotor, Fancraft technology. Continue reading
Airbus Helicopters Partners with SingPost for Skyways Logistics
Airbus Helicopters and Singapore Post (SingPost) have signed an MoU to pursue a project to deliver parcels using unmanned aerial vehicles.
New Audit of FAA Drone Operation Waivers
The Office of the U.S. DOT Inspector General has initiated another audit into the FAA’s approval and oversight processes for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). This audit focuses on the waivers that permit UAS uses to go beyond some of the basic limitations, such as operating beyond line of sight or at night. Continue reading
Trumbull Uses SimActive for Emergency Response
SimActive Inc. has announced that Trumbull Unmanned is using Correlator3D as part of their emergency response services. This includes rapid mapping of oil spills and pipeline inspections for large surveys. Continue reading
Disposable Drone Could Rush Supplies to Marines
Hanging above the U.S. Marine Corps’ pavilion at the Navy League’s 2017 Sea Air Space exposition was a half-scale model of a boxy drone so innocuous one of the uniformed representatives thanked me just for taking the time to ask about it. Though overshadowed by other technology at the event, the blandly named Supply Glider might be one of the most promising and important developments anyone brought to the show floor.