Korean Air and Airbus Helicopters signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on October 5 to develop vertical unmanned aerial systems (VUAS) for the Republic of Korea Armed Forces. Continue reading
Dufour Aerospace and RUAG to Cooperate on UAVs
Dufour Aerospace AG and RUAG AG have announced that they will begin cooperation on the development of Aero2. The Aero2 is Dufour’s unmanned aerial vehicle that can take-off and land vertically like a helicopter, but flies as fast and as energy efficient as a fixed wing aircraft. Continue reading
UK’s Protector Completes Acceptance Test Procedures
Acceptance Test Procedures (ATP) for the first Protector RG Mk1 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) system has been completed. Completion of ATP allowed for the official hand-over of the aircraft to the UK Royal Air Force (RAF), the launch customer of the MQ-9B RPA system developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI). Continue reading
DroneShield Launches Testing Facility in Australia
This is DroneShield’s first dedicated testing facility in both New South Wales and Australia. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman to Unveil the B-21 Raider
Northrop Grumman Corporation, in partnership with the U.S. Air Force, will unveil the B-21 Raider during the first week of December at the company’s Palmdale, California facility. Continue reading
EU-Funded Project Surveys 1,000 citizens on Drones and Urban Air Mobility
The AiRMOUR project has undertaken the most extensive public and stakeholder engagement survey on Urban Air Mobility (UAM) and drones in Europe since EASA’s study in May 2021. Over 1100 citizens participated in the survey from the six countries involved in the AiRMOUR project: Finland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Continue reading
Northwest UAV Completes Initial Testing on the NW-230 Multi-Fuel Engine
After beginning the program early this year and producing a concept prototype just this last May, Northwest UAV (NWUAV) has announced the completion of the first test runs on its newest engine, the NW-230 multi-fuel twin-cylinder UAV engine. Continue reading
uAvionix Demonstrates SkyLine C2 Management Platform at Choctaw Nation UAS Test Site
uAvionix recently completed a complex demonstration of its SkyLine Command and Control (C2) management service in which multiple Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) were being controlled from the cloud-based C2 platform, while each of the aircraft was connected to SkyLine by multiple simultaneous links to multiple terrestrial radios. Continue reading