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French Navy’s future tactical VTOL drone system
As part of a larger potential recovery plan to help the French aerospace industry cope with the current economic crisis, the French ministry of the Armed Forces announced on its Twitter account that the procurement of rotary and fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for the French Navy will be made ahead of schedule. Continue reading
Bayraktar TB2 drone at Geçitkale Airport in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Dec. 16, 2019
Turkey’s indigenous armed drone (UAV) Bayraktar TB2 has completed 200,000 hours of operational flight hours, becoming the first domestically developed aerial vehicle to achieve such an extensive flight time in the nation’s aviation history, chief technology officer of Baykar, the developer of the TB2, announced. Continue reading
A huge cannabis factory worth £500k, which was hidden in a disused pub in Willenhall, has been raided after it was rumbled by drones. Continue reading
The Trump administration plans to reinterpret a Cold War-era arms agreement between 34 nations with the goal of allowing U.S. defense contractors to sell more American-made drones to a wide array of nations, three defense industry executives and a U.S. official told Reuters. Continue reading
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A manned eVTOL from the Dubai Police crashed a few days ago during a live display. The video has been uploaded by the manufacturer Hoversurf, to show that the security measures were effective. Continue reading
System Operators Being Trained on Liteye’s Counter UAS Systems
Liteye Systems, Inc., has announced the formation of its new Field Operations division to provide consultation, fielding, training, services, and support operations for all Counter UAS activities. Continue reading
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Researchers at Raine Island, the world’s largest green turtle rookery, have used a drone to conduct accurate population surveys, with stunning results. Continue reading
Kelly Passek has thought up a way to get kids to read this summer: deliver library books by drone. Passek, a middle-school librarian, was one of the first customers of a drone delivery service launched in Christiansburg, Va., last year by Wing, a company owned by Google parent Alphabet. After seeing how quickly her household goods and meals were delivered, she petitioned the company to take on library books, too. The company said yes, and the first books fly out this week. Continue reading