Amprius Technologies Ships First Commercially Available 450 Wh/Kg, 1150 Wh/L Batteries

 Amprius Technologies, Inc., a supplier of Silicon Anode Li-Ion battery cells with its Si-Nanowire platform, announced the shipment of the first commercially available 450 Wh/kg, 1150 Wh/L lithium-ion battery cells to an industry leader* of a new generation of High-Altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS). Continue reading →

Taiwan Experts Warn Chinese Drones May Send Data Back to Beijing

The National Communications and Communication Commission (NCC) released a test report on the Chinese-made Xiaomi Mi 10T 5G mobile phone sold in Taiwan in early January, and found that the mobile phone will conduct text censorship for specific words, which has the effect of preventing Internet access or connecting to the Internet. Concerns related to the return of browsing behavior.  Continue reading →

Flights Help ‘Teach’ Drones to Navigate the World

If small, unmanned aircraft could be made smarter and more independent, they could help firefighters and other responders do even more in the wake of natural disasters. In December 2021, NASA’s Scalable Traffic Management for Emergency Response Operations activity, or STEReO, ran early flight tests of technology the team is developing, at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. Continue reading →

Elbit Systems to Showcase Skylark3 Hybrid at Singapore Airshow 2022

Elbit Systems will present the Skylark 3 Hybrid Small Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems (STUAS) for the first time at the Singapore Airshow 2022. The Skylark3 Hybrid is equipped with a hybrid propulsion system, both an electric and an internal combustion engine, tripling endurance and offering up to 18 hours of operations, with no change to size or weight, significantly increasing mission effectiveness and cost efficiency. Continue reading →

German Aerospace Center Studies Autonomous Drone Flight in Congested Traffic

What happens when the radio connection to a drone is interrupted? How can drones fly autonomously even in congested traffic? These and other questions were addressed by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) in the final phase of its City Air Traffic Management (City-ATM) project. Continue reading →