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In the coming years and decades, NASA wants to bring new and innovative aviation services to areas across the country, which will likely mean more helicopter-style aircraft in the skies. NASA researchers recently completed a series of tests to help make that vision into a reality: simulating a facility where large volumes of vertical take-off and landing aircraft can operate. Continue reading
Bangladesh is set to purchase a Turkish combat drone — Bayraktar TB2 – that Ukraine has been using to combat Russian forces in the ongoing war. The government has signed an agreement with Turkey to purchase the medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle. Continue reading
Indian unmanned aerial systems (UAS) developer EndureAir Systems has secured funding worth INR 135 million (USD1.7 million) from private investors. Continue reading
Harju County Court in Tallinn sentenced 43-year-old resident of the Pskov region, trucker and singer Vladimir Shilov to 4 months in prison for buying drones for the Russian army fighting in Ukraine and trying to smuggle them across the border. Continue reading
CNN’s Nic Robertson shows how Western technology used in drones is helping Russia to track and kill Ukrainian forces. Continue reading
QinetiQ has delivered the world’s first successful demonstration of an airborne un-crewed platform being controlled via a laser communication system; strengthening military capability for covert, low detection probability operations in the future. Continue reading
The UK Royal Navy is moving a step closer to operating crewless helicopters. The UK MoD has awarded a £60 million contract to Leonardo to design and develop a cutting-edge uncrewed helicopter. Continue reading
Shield AI, a defense technology company building AI pilots for aircraft, announced its inclusion in the first set of projects selected to receive funding for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering’s (OUSD(R&E)) pilot program to Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies, also known as APFIT. Continue reading