A swarm of 20 drones, composed of 5 different types, with different operational capabilities has recently completed the largest collaborative, military focused evaluation of swarming Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in the UK. Continue reading
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Thales and H3 Dynamics Test Real Time Traffic Control
In December 2020, H3 Dynamics and Thales jointly trialled a real-time autonomous drone flight monitoring system in an urban environment in Singapore. The trial combined H3 Dynamics’ DBX autonomous drone charging box and a drone electronically registered and identified using Thales’ Remote Identification tracker under the management and monitoring of the Thales UAS Airspace Management solution. Continue reading
Citadel Defense Gets Multi-Million Dollar Contract for AI Powered Counter Drone System
Citadel Defense has received a multi-million-dollar government contract for their Titan, an AI-powered, radiofrequency (RF) based counter drone system. Citadel’s technology was selected following a competitive evaluation of two dozen competitive counter small unmanned aircraft systems (C-sUAS). Continue reading
Elroy Air Joins NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility Project
NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign is working alongside the Federal Aviation Administration to integrate innovative operational use cases for Urban Air Mobility vehicles, or UAM for short, into the national airspace system, including air taxis and cargo delivery vehicles. The project will test industry provided vehicles to see how the designs could safely interact with other air traffic in the future. Continue reading
UK Government Backs World-First Electric Urban Air Port
Coventry will become home to the world’s first electric ‘Urban Air Port’ after it was announced that Urban Air Port Air-One has been selected as a winner of the UK government’s Future Flight Challenge.
AgEagle Buys MicaSense from Parrot for $23M
AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. a drone systems and solutions provider, announced the Company has agreed to acquire MicaSense, Inc. from Parrot, Europe’s leading drone group, in a combined cash and stock transaction valued at $23 million. Continue reading
UAV Factory Sold to Private Equity Firm
AE Industrial Partners, LP, a private equity firm specializing in Aerospace, Defense & Government Services, Power Generation, and Specialty Industrial markets, announced that it has acquired UAV Factory, a global player in the tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) technology markets. Continue reading
NORAD Tracks Two Russian Tu-142s Inside Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone
The Alaskan North American Aerospace Defense Region, in support of NORAD, positively identified and tracked two Tu-142 Russian maritime patrol aircraft entering the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone on January 25th, 2021. Continue reading