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Engineers at The University of Manchester have built and flown the world’s largest quadcopter drone. The drone, made from a cardboard-like material called foamboard, measures 6.4m (21 ft) corner to corner and weighs 24.5kg – 0.5kg less than the weight limit set by the Civil Aviation Authority. Continue reading
Iranian military specialists have successfully modified a domestically-produced surface-to-air missile for compatibility with the ‘Karrar’ jet-powered drone. Continue reading
Commercial drone provider, Coptrz, has announced a partnership with Xer Technologies, a Swiss manufacturer of heavy-duty Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). Under this partnership, Coptrz will become the exclusive distributor of the Xer X8 UAS in the UK, with a focus on marketing the drone for infrastructure inspection, surveillance, and search and rescue applications. Continue reading
Korean Air’s Aerospace Division (KAL-ASD) is researching a range of advanced unmanned air vehicle concepts, as it also explores a new tiltrotor. Continue reading
The global wind turbine inspection drones market size is slated to expand at 8% CAGR between 2023 and 2035. The market is poised to garner a revenue of USD 60 billion by the end of 2035, up from a revenue of USD 32 billion in the year 2022. The rising investment in wind energy technologies is the major factor that is driving the market growth. Continue reading
The Association for Scientific and Production known as NPO Kaysant, has reportedly developed an anti-drone gun that can neutralize up to 90% of the unmanned aircraft used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine [AFU] in the North-Western Military District. This piece of information was revealed by NPO Kaysant to TASS. Continue reading
DroneShield has launched SensorFusionAI (SFAI), a sensor-agnostic, 3D data fusion engine for complex environments. Continue reading
NASA’s Quesst mission has adjusted the scheduled first flight of its X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft to 2024 as it works through ‘several technical challenges identified over the course of 2023’. Continue reading