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The Shell Pipeline Company has chosen hydrogen fuel cell technology for its pipeline inspection operations in the North-eastern United States. Using Intelligent Energy’s IE-SOAR 2.4kW on a Harris Aerial H6 airframe, the company was able to compare fuel cells with ICE hybrid technology. Continue reading
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) just issued guidance on how to become an FAA-recognized community-based organization for recreational drone flying. Continue reading
The Port of Rotterdam Authority believes that monitoring the lower airspace and offering UAS traffic services will in future greatly support drone services and allow them to thrive. More and more drone operators offer these services to the vast Rotterdam port community that counts over 3.000 companies. Continue reading
On October 19, 2022, the Japan Coast Guard commenced flight operations using an MQ-9B SeaGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.. JCG is operating the SeaGuardian from the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force Air Station Hachinohe. Continue reading
Six teams from six universities comprising PhD students, researchers and undergraduates, supported by their professors and experts from Leonardo and the Leonardo Labs, six drones flying in total autonomy, three heats of increasing complexity on a competition field equipped with buildings, landing and take-off pads, and the placing of known and unknown objects. Continue reading
Around one hundred speed cameras around Sweden have been stolen over the last few months, according to the Swedish Transport Administration. The same type of cameras have been seen in Russian homemade drones used in the war in Ukraine, which Swedish security service say they are aware of but cannot comment on. Continue reading
Madrid City Council is in the process of establishing an urban air mobility commission that will oversee the development of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) technology in the Spanish capital. Continue reading