Suter Industries announced that their Suter TOA288 24hp UAV engine was selected by Volansi to provide propulsion for their VOLY M20 and VOLY 50 Series Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) drones. Continue reading
FN Herstal Demonstrates New C-UAS Solution
FN Herstal has announced that its deFNder Family of Remote Weapon Stations was recently tested for countering Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) during the NATO Non-Lethal Technology Exercise (NNTEX-C) at the PISQ in Sardinia, Italy. Continue reading
Savoia-Marchetti S.55 & S.66 | Italy’s Weird & Wonderful Flying Boats
The twin-hulled flying boats built by Savoia-Marchetti in the 1920s/1930s helped Italy achieve prestige on the world stage of aviation. Continue reading
Teledyne FLIR Defense Launches New Lightweight Vehicle Surveillance System with Advanced Counter-Drone Capabilities
Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, has announced the launch of a new Lightweight Vehicle Surveillance System (LVSS) with revolutionary air domain awareness (ADA) and advanced counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) capabilities. Continue reading
FedEx to Test Autonomous Drone Cargo Delivery with Elroy Air
FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. and the world’s largest express transportation company, is teaming up with California Bay Area-based Elroy Air, the company building the first end-to-end autonomous vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aerial cargo system. Continue reading
Round Six of GENIUS NY Accelerator Opens
Empire State Development (ESD) announced that GENIUS NY – the world’s largest business accelerator focused on uncrewed systems – is now accepting applications for the sixth round of the year-long program. Continue reading
German Airways and Wingcopter to Cooperate on Offshore Drone Deliveries
German logistics and aviation holding Zeitfracht Group and its subsidiary German Airways will be among the first companies worldwide to commercially deploy drones in logistics. Continue reading
Australian Government Funds A$2.95M for World’s First Reusable Hypersonic UAV Project
Aerospace engineering business Hypersonix Launch Systems together with the University of Southern Queensland, LSM Advanced Composites (“LSM”) and New South Wales-based Romar Engineering (“Romar”) have been awarded a $2.95M Cooperative Research Centres Projects (“CRC-P”) grant from the Federal Government. Continue reading