an independent online news service for the Unmanned Aircraft Systems world
Aerial delivery drones were conspicuously missing during Shanghai’s month-long Covid-19 lockdown, even though 25 million residents in one of China’s biggest population centres struggled for daily deliveries of fresh food and essential medical supplies.
On the 21st of April 2022, the Australian Federal Government announced the successful applicants of the Modern Manufacturing Initiative (MMI) Defence Translation stream. Continue reading
Officially, the Ukrainian armed forces use kamikaze drones or known as loitering munition Switchblade 300, which were delivered from the United States earlier. Photos on social media show a completely destroyed drone. It is unclear whether the drone was shot down by Russian forces or fulfilled its mission. Continue reading
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) published means to show compliance with the “enhanced containment” provisions for drones, allowing the applicant to simply declare compliance without the need to apply for a design verification report. Continue reading
The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies on May 6th launched its new Center for UAV and Autonomy Studies (MI-UAS), a research center dedicated to elevating and informing the national debate on UAVs, autonomy, and the future of conflict. Continue reading
Spaceport America has confirmed a lease with a new tenant, but is providing no details yet about the company, its operations or lease terms; nor would it confirm a report last week that British aerospace company Prismatic may be establishing operations there. Continue reading
As the monsoon season starts with ample rainfalls, XAG is actively scaling up the use of its agricultural drones in Vietnam to make rice production more sustainable. Faced with the soaring prices of agricultural inputs, Vietnamese farmers can now employ drones from XAG to grow more rice using fewer resources. Continue reading
The new Phoenix Ghost suicide drone that the U.S. is supplying to Ukraine was a project overseen by a secretive Air Force office known as Big Safari, the Pentagon’s top weapons buyer revealed last Friday. Continue reading