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Battery energy density is still a problem for designers who want to create electric aerial vehicles that can carry a decent payload for a useful distance, but the team at Tupan Aircraft believes it has come up with what it feels is a reasonable solution. Continue reading
Paris-headquartered MORFO has announced a $4 million fundraise to deliver drones for repopulating forests, following a series of “large-scale” try outs of the drones in Latin America and Africa. Continue reading
Wing has begun launching some of the United States’ first commercial drone delivery Remote Operations Centers. We started at our headquarters in Palo Alto, California, and recently opened a second in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Continue reading
In light of recent events, the Norwegian CAA has just published clarifications on the rules for flying drones in Norway.
Norway, you are generally allowed to fly in the open category if you are registered as an operator. This does not apply to Russian citizens, as there is a ban on all Russian flights.
The German Heron TP remotely piloted aircraft system is a unique German and Israeli Project, contracted to Airbus and IAI for modification, production and operation by the German Air Force. Continue reading
A new Russian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), introduced to meet immediate minor battlefield roles, came under heavy criticism for being a Chinese copy and having limited indigenous components. Continue reading
Vietnamese unmanned systems company RT Robotics has unveiled an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system that is capable of dropping up to nine grenades per sortie. Continue reading
Teams of Ukrainians are hunting Russian drones, including Iranian-made kamikaze types, with the help of rifle-esque systems equipped with military-grade laser pointers, typically used to mark targets and other objects of interest on the ground for friendly pilots, as well as thermal optics. Continue reading