Electric Sky, Inc. announced that it has begun building the world’s first Whisper Beam transmitter for wirelessly powering in-flight UAVs, with funding from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Continue reading
Volocopter Cancels SPAC – Crowdfund Investors Furious
The air taxi startup Volocopter wanted to come to the New York stock exchange Nasdaq with a big deal, but the plans failed. The crowdfund investors are now going almost empty-handed. Continue reading
Gas Leak Detection with Drones to Reduce Methane Emissions
The gas network operator MITNETZ GAS from eastern Germany has to check the tightness of around 3,500 km of gas pipelines every year. Gas leaks have devastating consequences: Not only the gas supply then no longer can be guaranteed, but the climate-damaging gas methane escapes. Continue reading
Technology Leaders Partner to Conduct Groundbreaking Drone Tests in Japan
Several leading Japanese technology firms, including BIRD INITIATIVE, Inc. 1, ANA HOLDINGS INC.2, AIN HOLDINGS INC. 3, and NEC Corporation,4 have partnered with the Hokkaido Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry 5 to conduct a drone operations pilot project in Wakkanai City, Hokkaido prefecture. Continue reading
Swoop Aero and UAVAid Partner in Sierra Leone
UAVaid and Swoop Aero have entered into a strategic partnership for air logistics services in Sierra Leone. Continue reading
French Special Forces to Test Customised ‘Flyboard Air’
For more than five years, Zapata Industries, a company founded by Franky Zapata, a former world jet ski champion, has been promoting his ‘Flyboard Air’ to the armed forces. Continue reading
Drone Delivery Pilot in Swedish Archipelago
Aerit has announced that it will pilot drone delivery services to the Swedish archipelago in collaboration with ICAx, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, and Norrtälje municipality. The announcement follows selection of the project for funding by the Swedish Innovation Agency Vinnova via the “Drones in Service of the Climate for Autumn of 2021” call.
Skyports Tests Drone Services in Massachusetts
Skyports drone flight trials, New England, Massachusetts, USA
Skyports has partnered with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s (MassDOT) Aeronautics Division to demonstrate how its drone services could link communities across the Cape Cod region in Massachusetts, USA. Continue reading