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Airspace Link, Inc., a provider of drone mapping and solution software, announced it will be partnering with the City of Las Vegas to launch its new FLYSAFE program, powered by the AirHub platform. This program will enable drones operating in the city to fly safer today while paving the way for advanced commercial operations at scale. Continue reading
China’s first professional test base for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) has been put into service in Jingbian County, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province. The Jingbian General Aviation Airport is also known as ASN UAS flight test site. Continue reading
U.S. Marine Corps Captain Joshua Brooks, an unmanned aircraft system representative, and Master Sergeant Willie Cheeseboro Jr., an enlisted aircrew coordinator with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1, prepare to launch and operate the first Marine Corps owned MQ-9A Reaper on Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. Aug. 30, 2021
The US Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, procured the Marine Corps’ first MQ-9A “Reaper” remotely piloted aircraft after transitioning from contractor owned, contractor operated to government owned, contractor operated at Marine Corps Aircraft Station Yuma, Arizona, August 30, 2021. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman on Sept. 8 unveiled the Model 401 aircraft, built by the Burt Rutan-founded, Northrop Grumman-owned Scaled Composites for an unnamed “very generous” customer in the words of Scaled Composites President Cory Bird. Continue reading
Altitude Angel announced that it has been selected by India-based South Asia’s premier express air and integrated transportation & distribution company Blue Dart, to provide its award-winning services to Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations supported by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). Continue reading
Inmarsat, a global mobile satellite communications company, has announced the launch of its advanced new Velaris connectivity solution, which is uniquely positioned to serve as a catalyst for the safe and rapid growth of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) industry. Continue reading
UAV Corp’s Skyborne Technology (STI), Research in Flight (RIF) as Prime contractor, Auburn University and Gulf Coast State College have successfully tested the pre-flight systems of the U.S. Airforce AFWERX program prototype the DATT MA 600 (Detachable Airship from a Tether Technology) Hybrid Electric Extended Range Airship with Modular Payload (e2RAMP) under the 1St phase of the Air Force AFWERX contract. With initial buoyancy modifications, multiple test flights are planned for later this month. Continue reading
INTO THE SPOTLIGHT
During training over Naval Air Facility El Centro, California, the Blue Angels perform the Line Abreast Loop in the F/A-18 Super Hornet, now the 10th flight demonstration aircraft in team history. Continue reading