Altitude Angel, a global UTM technology provider, announced that it is to provide pre-flight situational awareness data across Europe, Africa, and Asia to drone operations management platform DroneLogbook. Continue reading
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GA-ASI to Upgrade Italian Air Force MQ-9As to Block 5
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) was awarded a USD 30.5 million contract to upgrade Aeronautica Militare Italiana (Italian Air Force, AMI) MQ-9A Predator B medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Block 5 standard, the US Department of Defense (DoD) has announced. Continue reading
Flight Testing Autonomous Detect and Avoid Technology for Drones
Iris Automation operates a CubCrafters XCub as a target during its Casia flight tests, fitted with tundra tires so it can land on the Nevada desert
Iris Automation’s Casia detect and avoid computer vision system is a leading candidate for equipping drones to avoid other aircraft. The system, which uses off-the-shelf cameras, has been extensively flight tested during the last three years. Continue reading
San Francisco Company Uses Drones to Protect Homes Against Wildfires
Firemaps, a San Francisco-based start-up company is using drones and 3-D technology to harden homes against wildfires. The Tubbs Fire in 2017 changed Calistoga resident Bill Dyers’ mind about living in a house in the middle of the woods. Continue reading
Pakistani Institution to Produce Parts for TAI Anka
One of Turkey’s leading unmanned aerial vehicles producers, Turkish Aerospace Industries, has inked a contract with Pakistan’s National Engineering and Science Commission (NESCOM) to produce components for TAI’s medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) combat drone, Anka. Continue reading
Brussels Airport and skeyes Test Drones for Bird Control
Brussels Airport and skeyes continue to explore the possible uses of drones at the airport with a second series of testing days.These test days specifically focus on the use of drones for bird control at the airport, to monitor the presence of birds and to direct them away from aircraft when necessary. Continue reading
Chinese Air Force May Be Getting a Hypersonic Drone
Chinese researchers say that they have made major strides toward designing a hypersonic drone. In a peer-reviewed paper in the journal Tactical Missile Technology, Beihang University’s Dai Fei and his team posited that they have made significant progress on a classified hypersonic drone model. Continue reading
RAF Waddington Gets £94m Drone Fleet Upgrade
A £94m scheme to upgrade an RAF station in Lincolnshire so it can house a new fleet of drones when they enter service in 2024 has been announced.