The US believes Russian officials have begun training on drones in Iran over the last several weeks, the latest sign that Russia intends to purchase the systems as the war in Ukraine continues. Continue reading
VerdeGo Aero Announces $12M Series A round led by Raytheon
VerdeGo Aero has announced a $12M Series A round led by RTX Ventures (Raytheon Technologies) to accelerate development of its hybrid-electric technologies for aerospace propulsion. Continue reading
Drone Delivery Canada Launches Dangerous Goods Transportation for University of British Columbia
Drone Delivery Canada Corp. has announced the successful approval and implementation of dangerous goods transportation for the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine’s ‘Remote Communities Drone Transport Initiative’ . Continue reading
QinetiQ Demonstrates Flight Model Interaction with an Airflow Disturbance Field
Simulating the response of aircraft to complex wind flows when operating in urban environments is an area of increasing interest for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and Urban and Regional Air Mobility (UAM/RAM) vehicles. Continue reading
Baykar Will Build Plant in Ukraine
The Turkish manufacturer of Bayraktar TB2 drones, Baykar Makina, will build a plant in Ukraine. This was stated by the Ambassador of Ukraine to Turkey, Vasily Bodnar in an interview with RBC-Ukraine. Continue reading
Manned/Unmanned Teaming Safer with Naval Aviation’s New Avoidance Tech
A first-of-its-kind detect and avoidance system called Guardian successfully proved it will make defense aviation’s manned/unmanned teaming safer during its first flight test at Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) headquarters, July 28. Continue reading
Kratos Gets $20M UAS Production Contract
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that it has received an approximate $20 million production contract for high performance, jet powered, unmanned aerial target drone systems. Continue reading
UK Awards Contracts for UAS Swarm Project
Malloy Aeronautics and Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) group have been awarded a contract as part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) Multi-Domain Integrated Swarm (MDIS) project, Brigadier Mark Totten, Deputy Director of Acquisition Commando Forces and MDIS told Janes . Continue reading