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An Israeli military drone crashed in the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Friday, the Israel Defense Forces said. An armed Palestinian group calling itself “Lion’s Den” said it had captured the quadcopter that crashed in the Old City of Nablus, publishing images of it taken apart. Continue reading
Sky Power International has gained an exclusive distribution partner for the Indian market, Zerosum Technologies Pvt Ltd. The new distributor offers products and systems for the development and operation of UAVs and works with numerous drone manufacturers in the national market. Continue reading
Over 80,000 drone IDs were exposed in a data leak after a database containing information from dozens of airspace monitoring devices manufactured by the Chinese-owned DJI was left accessible to the public. Continue reading
Ten years ago, on 14 October 2012, more than eight million people tuned in online to watch the Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner jump from the edge of space and set three FAI world records. Continue reading
As it unveiled a new modular drone concept design last month, General Atomics also hinted at a new propulsion technology concept that a pair of top company executives believe has “game changing” potential. Continue reading
Conflict, climate issues, forced displacement, and acute food insecurities are creating a growing need for new aerial autonomy solutions that can protect human life and assure the delivery of essential supplies in dangerous environments. Continue reading
XPENG AEROHT, the largest flying car company in Asia and an affiliate of XPENG, on October 11th. conducted the first public flight of its electric flying car, the XPENG X2, at Skydive Dubai. Continue reading
Blainjett‘s fascinating hemispheric rotor concept is a totally unique and left-field approach to VTOL flight. The company came up with the bones of the idea while working on the Horizon eVTOL hoverbike, and trying to solve the problem of how to generate lots of efficient vertical thrust without taking up large amounts of space or exposing bystanders to fast-spinning propellers. Continue reading