US Army drones are dropping packages of simulated blood over the Mojave Desert in an effort to find better ways to rush medical supplies to wounded troops as quickly as possible. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman’s C-UAS System Completes Live Fire Tests in Yuma for US Army
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s short range Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) command and control (C2) system successfully completed its most complex system of systems test to date. Continue reading
US Launches Unmanned & AI Systems Integration Event
The U.S. 5th Fleet began a three-week unmanned and artificial intelligence integration event in Bahrain, Nov. 23, that will involve employing new platforms in the region for the first time. Continue reading
Rakuten Announces ‘Rakuten Drone Gateway’
The Rakuten Group, Inc. has announced the full-scale launch of Rakuten Drone Gateway, a new platform that assists businesses and individuals who use drones by supporting drone flight operations and job matching for drone operators. Continue reading
A-7 Corsair II – Short, Ugly and Devastating
As the aviation industry in the 1950s and 1960s embraced supersonic speeds, defined avionics theory, and toyed with eccentric airframe designs, the A-7 Corsair II stood out as a peculiarly fascinating story. Continue reading
EU Drone Days 29-30 November in Brussels
The Directorate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) and SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking are organising the EU Drone Days, taking place 29-30 November in Brussels, Belgium. Continue reading
Zipline Gets US Agency Grant to Expand Healthcare Access in West Africa
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency announced it has awarded a grant to Fly Zipline Ghana Limited (Zipline) for a feasibility study to expand healthcare access in Ghana and Nigeria using unmanned aerial vehicles. Continue reading
Fugro Teams with Carbonix for BVLoS Operations
Fugro is partnering with Australian drone manufacturer Carbonix to establish a new long-range drone capability. It is Fugro’s first partnership working towards long-range Beyond Visual Line of Sight missions, bolstering Fugro’s existing Geographic Information System (GIS) capability. Continue reading