Amazon has announced a partnership with the UK Government to explore the steps needed to make the delivery of parcels by small drones a reality, allowing Amazon to trial new methods of testing its delivery systems.
7-Eleven Performs First Drone Home Delivery
Embry-Riddle Hosts Unmanned Challenge at Oshkosh
Experienced pilots are once again invited to take on an aerial obstacle course in the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-sponsored Small Unmanned Aerospace System (sUAS) Challenge during this year’s fly-in at the 64th annual Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) convention held July 25-31 in Oshkosh, Wis. Continue reading
Airbus Demonstrates Aircraft Inspection by UAV
Airbus demonstrated aircraft visual inspection using a drone at the Farnborough Airshow. The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), equipped with a high definition camera, performed visual inspection for the upper part of the aircraft.
Netherlands Plans First Autonomous Drone Network
Co-founder Lucas van Oostrum formally announced Delft Aerial Robotics’s plans to execute an autonomous drone network in the Netherlands within the next year. DAR has strategically invested in start-ups that solve problems related to full autonomy for drones. Now, DAR has revealed its true objective: to deploy autonomous drone networks that are truly self-sufficient without human interaction.
US Army Orders CyPhy Works Tethered Drone
CyPhy Works announced that it has received an order for its Persistent Aerial Reconnaissance and Communications (PARC) System, from the U.S. Army’s Rapid Equipping Force (REF). PARC, a tethered drone, addresses the need for a persistent eye-in-the-sky by flying for days at a time.
ONR Plans Unmanned Vehicle Swarm Demonstrations
The U.S. Navy will conduct two technology demonstrations of swarming unmanned vehicles over the next nine weeks, the chief of naval research said. The demonstrations in July and September will feature unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned surface vehicles (USVs), respectively.
UK Navy Receives COTS mini UAS for Evaluation
The UK Royal Navy’s (RN’s) unmanned aviation trials and development unit, 700X Naval Air Squadron (NAS), has started to take delivery of a series of sub-20 kg commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) mini unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) to evaluate their performance and inform possible future acquisitions. Continue reading