Anduril Industries was awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (H92402-22-D-0001) with a maximum ceiling of $967,599,957 for a counter-unmanned systems, systems integration partner (SIP). Continue reading
Drone Asset Inspection – A Revolution in Asset Management Industry
The use of drones for asset management across different industries has rapidly increased. It has changed the way assets have been inspected for decades, which has clearly impacted how we manage assets in a variety of businesses. But has this change impacted the business landscape positively? Has the use of drones in commercial spaces improved the quality of data collected? Has it led to cost and time benefits? The answer is yes!
Read this article to understand why drones are the future of asset inspection. Continue reading
Morecambe Bay RPAS Transit Route to Link Four Local Hospitals
A plan to use drones to fly items betweens hospitals in south Cumbria has taken a step forward. The Morecambe Bay NHS Trust wants to use the unmanned aircraft to efficiently transport samples and medication across their sites. Continue reading
China’s AutoFlight Seeks EASA Certification for eVTOL Airtaxi
AutoFlight, the Chinese eVTOL company, continues its global expansion and establishes its first location in Europe: A team led by former Airbus manager Mark R. Henning is now ramping up at Augsburg Airport in Germany. The team’s first task is to achieve European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification for AutoFlight’s airtaxi ‘Prosperity I’, an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with a range of approximately 250 kilometers. Continue reading
Fortress UAV Partners with BTE for New Renewable Energy
Fortress UAV is a comprehensive partner in UAS deployment and operational drone services for OEMs (original equipment manufacturers), enterprises, and public safety agencies. By providing UAS logistics, fleet management, field services, technical support, repair, and preventative maintenance, customers rally behind Fortress UAV’s all-in-one service approach. Continue reading
Georgia Tech Gets $35M ONR Contract for Swarm Autonomy Research
Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp., Atlanta, Georgia, is awarded a $35,237,674 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the effort titled “Heterogeneous Autonomy Prototyping Evolution.” This contract provides for the investigation of heterogeneity across the swarm and super swarm systems. Continue reading
Centcom Video Shows Botched Kabul Drone Strike
Newly declassified military drone footage showing for the first time the U.S. strike on a car at a family home in Kabul on Aug. 29, 2021, that killed 10 Afghan civilians. Continue reading
Boeing P-26 ‘Peashooter’ | An Interwar American Icon
The Boeing P-26 was America’s first all-metal fighter. Due to the time of its arrival (the early 1930s), it didn’t get to do much in World War Two, and due to American isolationism it didn’t do much in the 1930s either – with the exception of some aircraft that were exported to China.