The P-47 certainly made its mark, but it isn’t so well remembered that one example was the fastest piston engine fighter ever built – the XP-47J. Continue reading
Animal Dynamics’ Stork Parafoil UAV Selected for Royal Navy’s UAS Heavy Lift Challenge -Phase 2
Animal Dynamics – a UK technology company specialising in autonomous heavy-lift uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) – has been selected to participate in the next phase of the Royal Navy’s Uncrewed Aerial Systems Heavy Lift Challenge (UASHLC) with its Stork STM parafoil UAV. Continue reading
Red Cat Holdings Invests in Firestorm Modular UAS Company
Red Cat Holdings, Inc. a military technology company integrating robotic hardware and software to protect and support the warfighter, has made a materially significant financial investment in Firestorm, an American company developing the first completely Modular Unmanned Aerial System (MUAS) that is 3D printed and payload agnostic. Continue reading
Propeller Advance Paves Way for Quiet, Efficient Electric Aviation
Electrification is seen as having an important role to play in the fossil-free aviation of tomorrow. But electric aviation is battling a dilemma: the more energy-efficient an electric aircraft is, the noisier it gets. Now, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a propeller design optimisation method that paves the way for quiet, efficient electric aviation. Continue reading
Inmarsat & Heron AirBridge Partner for UAV Integration in Singapore
Inmarsat has welcomed Singapore-based Heron AirBridge, a specialist in Uncrewed Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) in the Asia Pacific region, as the latest company to join its Velaris Partner Network, following a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed at Drones Asia. Continue reading
Airspeeder | The Electric Flying Car Racing Series | Premiering on Fox Sports
Airspeeder has announced the premiere of its highlights show, “Airspeeder: Above The Asphalt,” on Fox Sports Australia and Kayo Sports this week. This is a significant milestone for everyone at Airspeeder and Alauda Aeronautics, and offers the possibility of experiencing the excitement of the first-ever eVTOL circuit race that took place in 2022 in South Australia. Continue reading
Russian Su-27 Jets Down MQ-9 Over Black Sea
A U.S military MQ-9 surveillance drone crashed into the Black Sea on Tuesday after being intercepted by Russian fighter jets, in the first such incident since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine over a year ago. Continue reading
Taiwan Shows Off Homegrown Drones for ‘Asymmetric Warfare’
Taiwan showcased new models of its domestically produced military drones on Tuesday, saying they are key to its “asymmetric warfare” capacity to make its forces more agile if they have to face a far larger Chinese military. Continue reading