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The U.S. Navy has released a picture that shows a payload module for the Boeing Insitu RQ-21 Blackjack unmanned aircraft that appears to give it the ability to deploy a smaller quadcopter-type drone in flight. This module was seen displayed next to others that are clearly designed to hold small munitions or other expendable payloads. Continue reading
A Japanese company has successfully tested drones to exterminate wasps, which previously was considered dangerous work where people can die. Continue reading
Volansi, the Silicon Valley-based autonomous drone logistics company and Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), the global aerospace national security company, announced a teaming agreement and partnership in support of the Army Future Tactical Unmanned Systems Increment 2 (FTUAS) Program. Continue reading
Raytheon released new footage showing 4×4 M-ATV-based and fixed palletized launch systems firing Block 2+ Coyote drones, which then defeat a variety of fixed-wing unmanned vehicles at different altitudes. Continue reading
Doosan Mobility Innovation (DMI) and 42air signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at CES 2022 for a partnership to co-develop delivery services using hydrogen fuel cell unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Continue reading
A sunflower crop south-west of Toowoomba could be the first in the world planted solely by a drone. The crop, in full bloom at Cambooya, was planted in September as a result of 12 different experiments. Continue reading
The Japanese government is expected to lift its ban on Level 4 drone flights, perhaps as soon as April of this year. Currently, some beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) drone flights can be permitted in “less populated areas” such as the remote islands and mountainous areas of Japan. Continue reading
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a $14,582,450 task order (FA8689-22-F-2800) to previously awarded, indefinite-delivery/