The China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp. has unveiled a new WJ-series UAV. Continue reading
UAS Pilot Trainer Strat Aero Aims at £6M Flotation
UAS pilot trainer Strat Aero is spying out the lie of the land for a flotation on Aim. The firm has raised £650,000 in a placing at 8p a share, giving it a value of £6.2million. Trading in the stock was due to start yesterday. Continue reading
Texas Students Collaborate on Vertical-Capability Rotary UAS
Don’t Fly Drones Here – UK Edition
UK drone enthusiast James Harvey has created a free site, not for profit, called NoFlyDrones that just highlights the areas in the UK that RPAS operators should not operate in. He made it after he saw numerous complaints and difficulties that non aviation related people were having when reading aviation maps. So this puts the same information pertinent to RPAS operators on a simple interface. Continue reading
Restricted Airspace for UAS Training in Canada
The Canadian Centre for Unmanned Vehicle Systems (CCUVS) has announced that NAV CANADA has published a permanent area of restricted airspace that covers 700 square nautical miles (2400 km2) up to 18,000 feet above sea level in Southeast Alberta for the purpose of flying Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). Continue reading
Russia to Open Arctic Military Drone Base 420 Miles from Alaska
Russia has announced plans to build a drone base for military reconnaissance in a town just 420 miles off mainland Alaska and just over 300 miles off the US state’s St Lawrence Island, Russia’s state news agency reported. Continue reading
Amazon Recruiting Pilots to Test Drones in Cambridge
Amazon is bringing its drone delivery operation to England with a new plan to test the aircraft in Cambridge.
Bio Drone Decomposes on Crash Landing
The first “biological drone”, an autonomous vehicle stitched together largely with materials from living things, made its inaugural flight earlier this month. Continue reading





