The process for the sale of the business complexes of Piaggio Aero Industries and Piaggio Aviation – the two companies in extraordinary receivership operating under the Piaggio Aerospace brand – enters its final stage. Continue reading
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North Carolina Conducts First Drone Bridge Inspection
Last week, the Marc Basnight Bridge over Oregon Inlet became the first bridge in the state inspected using a drone as part of the regular biennial inspection process. Continue reading
Honda Files Patent for Drone-Equipped Motorcycle
Honda Motorcycles has just filed a patent application for a motorcycle-mounted drone with four rotors that sits in a housing in the extended tail of a motorcycle. It is intended to be completely autonomous so that it can be released on command and return automatically to the bike when needing a recharge. Continue reading
Drones Protect Rare New Zealand Dolphins
New Zealand’s endangered Maui dolphins swim just below the surface of a small stretch of ocean off the west coast of the North Island. They’re being followed overhead by drones tracking their each and every movement, as part of a new government-backed project aimed at protecting the beloved sea creatures. Continue reading
Schiebel Receives First Light UAS Operator Certificate in Europe for CAMCOPTER S-100 from Austro Control
L – R: Valerie Hackl (Managing Director at Austro Control), Hannes Hecher (CEO at Schiebel), Magnus Brunner (State Secretary for Aviation, Austria)
Schiebel is the first Unmanned Air System (UAS) operator in Europe to receive the organisational approval certificate – Light UAS Operator Certificate (LUC) for its CAMCOPTER S-100 from Austro Control. Continue reading
GA-ASI’s New Centerline Avionics Bay Increases MQ-9A Capability
MQ-9 with Centerline Avionics Bay
For the first time on Feb. 3, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) flew a company-owned MQ-9A Block 5 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) equipped with a newly developed Centerline Avionics Bay (CAB). The CAB provides space to incorporate critical new capabilities for GA-ASI customers. Continue reading
AeroVironment Acquires AI Firm Intelligent Systems Group
AeroVironment, Inc. announced that it has acquired Progeny Systems Corporation’s Intelligent Systems Group (ISG), a leader in the development of artificial intelligence-enabled computer vision, machine learning and perceptive autonomy technologies and provider of related services to United States government customers. Continue reading
Airbus Shows Cargo Plane Drone Launcher
Airbus has just released a video showing an aerial target drone inside an A400M. The development of the UAV Launcher project has been performed in a non-traditional way Continue reading