Flying a drone in Austria will become even safer and simpler. Austro Control, together with Frequentis, has developed a traffic management system for the safe integration of drones into the Austrian airspace. Continue reading
Weed-Killing AI Drones May Be the Future of Farming
In a groundbreaking development for the agricultural sector, startups are harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to combat the escalating weed problem exacerbated by global warming. Continue reading
Skyports Drone Services Demonstrates Heavy Lift for UK Royal Navy
Skyports Drone Services has announced its successful participation in phase two of the Royal Navy Uncrewed Aerial Systems Heavy Lift Challenge (UASHLC) with Pelican Cargo, a fully autonomous and 100% electric, heavy-payload aircraft made by Pyka, the California-based industrial autonomous electric aircraft technology company. Continue reading
Volz Servos Selected as Supply Chain Partner for BETA Technologies ALIA project
Volz Servos has been contracted by BETA Technologies as actuator partner for the ALIA supply chain. The partnership is part of BETA’s strategic approach to its supply chain, including partnering with aerospace leaders on various systems and components for its aircraft production. Continue reading
Russia Uses Chinese Plywood in Kamikaze Drones over Ukraine
Russian volunteers now use Chinese plywood to assemble drones and transport them to Russian soldiers to attack Ukrainian cities. The plywood-framed drones can reduce the cost of drone manufacturing by 10-15% and have the potential, if approved by the Russian government, to scale up the production to meet repaid deployment. Continue reading
Rantizo Raises $6M Series A Expansion for Spray Drone Services
Spray drone services provider Rantizo has raised a $6 million expansion of its series A round (adding to the $7.5 million announced in 2020) led by Leaps by Bayer, and supported by Fulcrum Global Capital and Innova Memphis.
The capital injection will help the Iowa-based company expand its nationwide operator network, which now works across 30 states with more than 20% of the nation’s top 50 ag retailers.
UK PhD Student Charged with Terror for Designing Drone for ISIS
On Sept. 28, 2023, a student studying for his engineering PhD at Birmingham university was charged guilty for acts of terrorism after building a drone to supply to ISIS. Mohamad al Bared, a 26-year-old Coventry resident, was arrested on Jan. 31, 2023 when his house was raided by the police. Continue reading
General Atomics Gets $18M US Army Services Contract
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, was awarded a $17,999,819 cost-plus-fixed-price contract for modeling, simulation and analysis services. Continue reading