A consortia led by DronePrep has successfully been awarded €200,000 via the Government’s Emergency CV19 Future Flight Fund to fast-track plans to establish a UAV/Drone Emergency Medical Airbridge and consult with landowners about using low-level airspace in Cornwall for emergency drone use. Continue reading
Russian Hi-Tech Firm Claims World’s Most Powerful Hand-Held Anti-Drone Gun
Avtomatika Group (part of the state tech corporation Rostec) offers the world’s most powerful hand-held system to fight unmanned aerial vehicles, Avtomatika CEO Vladimir Kabanov told TASS. Continue reading
Australia Prepares for Drone Registration
The Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority has opened up a forum for comments on proposed fees for drone services. Continue reading
Customer Finds 25 Issues with HorseFly Drone
Workhorse is making a line of drones designed for parcel delivery, and at least some of those machines are facing difficulties, according to a customer letter reviewed by Barron’s. Continue reading
Schiebel and Nordic Unmanned Conduct World’s First Full-Scale Offshore UAV Flight for Equinor
Schiebel, together with partner Nordic Unmanned, successfully demonstrated to Norwegian energy company Equinor the cargo delivery capability of its Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) CAMCOPTER S-100 to offshore platform Troll A. Continue reading
Reliable Robotics Makes First Flights of Autonomous Passenger Airplanes Over Populated Regions
Reliable Robotics announced that it has achieved historic firsts for global commercial aviation by completing successful test flights of remote-piloted passenger airplanes in United States airspace. Continue reading
Avinor Begins Roll Out of First Nordic UTM
Avinor Air Navigation Services (ANS) is working with Frequentis and Altitude Angel to implement an unmanned traffic management (UTM) system at 18 airport towers across Norway. The system, which is being tested in a real-world environment at the first two airport towers, before being rolled out nationwide, will support the countries future drone strategy. Continue reading
Octopus ISR Systems Unveils Artillery Fire Adjustment Software Upgrade
Octopus ISR Systems announced the release of a new and unique optional software upgrade for all Epsilon ISR payloads to support advanced image-aiding features: an Artillery Fire Adjustment plugin. Continue reading







