Blueberry Aviation, the global commercial aircraft and helicopter specialists, and Dufour Aerospace, a Swiss eVTOL company, have signed a global partnership agreement. Continue reading
Amazon Drone Crashes Hit Jeff Bezos’ Delivery Dreams
Jeff Bezos went on 60 Minutes in 2013 and pledged to fill the skies with a fleet of delivery drones that could zip parcels to customers’ homes in 30 minutes. Asked when this future would arrive, the Amazon.com Inc. founder said he expected drone deliveries to commence in the next five years or thereabouts. Continue reading
Royal Netherlands Air Force to Begin MQ-9 Operations in Curacao
The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) has taken delivery of three MQ-9A Block 5 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) and two Mobile Ground Control Stations from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI). Continue reading
TruWeather Solutions Joins With Iris Automation for UAS Weather-Enhanced Ground-Based Surveillance
Reston, Virginia-based micro weather data and analytics firm TruWeather Solutions recently joined forces with Reno, Nevada-based Iris Automation. Continue reading
Future of Network Inspection – enviaM Relies on Drone Deployment
How to ensure the maintenance of more than 74,000 kilometers even if energy demand increases in the future? Chemnitz-based energy supplier enviaM has been using digital inspection by drone since 2018. Now the company has had FlyNex train 40 new drone pilots. Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Stalker VXE UAS Completes a World Record 39-Hour Flight
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works demonstrated the expanded endurance capabilities of a specially configured Lockheed Martin Stalker VXE unmanned aerial system (UAS) through a world record endurance flight on Feb. 18, 2022, at the Santa Margarita Ranch in California. Continue reading
Ukrainian Soldier Takes Russian Drone Apart and Finds Plastic Bottle Top for Fuel Cap
Ukraine’s defense ministry shared a video showing a soldier dismantling a Russian military surveillance drone, highlighting a string of surprisingly unsophisticated features. Continue reading
Drones and 5G to Help Restore Power Outages in Australia
Endeavour Energy, the electricity distribution network that supplies power to more than 2.6 million people in New South Wales (NSW), conducted its first on-site inspection of physical electricity infrastructure using a combination of 5G, cloud, artificial intelligence (AI), drone technology, and ultra-high definition (UHD) cameras. Continue reading