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The De Havilland D.H 108 Swallow was an aircraft built as a 1/2 model to test a tailless design for the de Havilland Comet. This project yielded three prototypes, each one would crash fatally, but valuable lessons would be learned, and the Swallow would perform a series of ‘firsts’ for British aviation. Continue reading
The remains of an Iranian-made drone was found in Ukraine’s Kyiv region with “Happy New Year” written on it, according to Ukrainian authorities. Continue reading
DroneShield Ltd advised that its DroneGun Tactical counterdrone/C-UAS system has been utilised in the inauguration ceremony for the president-elect of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, held at the Cathedral of Brasilia. Continue reading
Etc., the incubation team in BT Group’s Digital unit boosting the businesses of the future, today announces that it has entered into a £5 million deal with Altitude Angel, a global UTM (Unified Traffic Management) technology provider, as the two businesses scale the UK drone industry and support the development of the UK’s drone superhighway, set to be the largest and longest network of its kind in the world. Continue reading
Metro services were briefly halted on the Magenta line in Delhi on last Sunday after a drone belonging to a medical supply company in Noida fell on tracks. Continue reading
In a major move to boost manufacturing in India, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and Bharat Forge Limited, India have announced a partnership to manufacture main landing gear components, subassemblies, and assemblies of remotely piloted aircraft. Continue reading
A tribute to the late Queen and a show of support for Ukraine featured in London’s New Year drone and fireworks display, as more than 100,000 people gathered on the banks of the Thames to mark the beginning of 2023. Continue reading
The Japanese Air Self-Defense Force, or JASDF, has officially flown the first of its new RQ-4B Global Hawk surveillance drones that the country started the process of procuring from the United States in 2015. Continue reading