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On Tuesday, June 27, the French Navy Naval Action Force training division conducted its first-ever at-sea anti-drone exercise (‘LADA day’) off the coast of Brest naval base in the Atlantic. During the drill, sailors practiced neutralizing aggressive unmanned aerial vehicles while aboard a FREMM-class frigate and an offshore patrol vessel. Continue reading
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for cooperation in Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Innovative Air Mobility. This MoU will focus on collaboration on unmanned aircraft and innovative air mobility between the two civil aviation authorities. Continue reading
RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems GmbH and SCHIEBEL have successfully completed the integration of a high-end laser scanning system, the RIEGL VQ-840-G topo-bathymetric LiDAR sensor, on the Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS). Continue reading
Developing and mass-producing a warplane is a particularly complex and winding endeavour in itself, but during the Cold War, politics, bureaucracy, and budgetary restraints further muddled the process. Still, with aircraft design, the potential for failure lurks behind every corner. Continue reading
In collaboration with the California Air National Guard (CA ANG), National Guard Bureau (NGB), AT&T FirstNet, California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (OES), and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. successfully completed a flight demonstration of the Rosetta Echo Advanced Payloads (REAP) Pod on an MQ-9A Remotely Piloted Aircraft. Continue reading
RigiTech and its partners, Danish autonomous systems operator Holo and global transport and logistics company DSV, have achieved yet another remarkable feat in the realm of drone delivery, while collaborating on a transport test aimed at supporting the maintenance of offshore wind farms for energy company Ørsted. Continue reading
Doroni Aerospace has successfully completed over 50 test flights of its electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft, the Doroni Aerospace H1, at its state-of-the-art facility. Continue reading
Researchers at Cornell University have just published a paper which examined the performance of 5G-connected low-altitude drone communication. They found that the already deployed mid-band 5G is a promising candidate for aerial communication, even without any change in the network setting. They now plan to investigate the mmWave 5G performance for drone communication as a future direction. Continue reading