Operations

March 24, 2021

New search and rescue drone flies 90 minutes to locate victims

BY XL Communications • Revector launches lightweight search and rescue drone that can locate people through their cell phones. • Technology provides new flexibility and functionality in search and rescue missions. • Revector solution can fly for up to 90 minutes. READ MORE

March 23, 2021

APEX helps build and launch Air Force/Space Force Tech Connect

BY Parallax Advanced Research Parallax Advanced Research program helps build Air Force and Space Force Tech Connect, the first Department of the Air Force online innovation idea submission tool READ MORE

March 23, 2021

Fortem Technologies and Toshiba Announce Strategic Alliance

BY Fortem Technologies Fortem Technologies, Inc. announced today that Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions (hereafter Toshiba) has invested $15 million USD in the company and that they have formed a strategic business alliance. READ MORE

March 22, 2021

New Era of U.S. Commercial Space Transportation Begins

BY Federal Aviation Administration The United States is leading the way to a new era of commercial space transportation with a final rule that streamlines the licensing process for private sector launch and reentry operations. READ MORE

March 22, 2021

Textron Systems Contracts to Upgrade Shadow® Aircraft

BY Textron Systems Textron Systems Corporation announced today it received a contract for up to $607 million from the U.S. Army to upgrade existing Shadow® Block II Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (TUAS) to the upgraded Block III configuration. READ MORE

March 22, 2021

Groups discuss life-saving technology for Ohio’s first flying car

BY Parallax Advanced Research City of Hilliard, LIFT Aircraft, GhostWave Inc. and Parallax Advanced Research propose new, life-saving technology on Ohio’s first flying car READ MORE

March 17, 2021

DroneUp® Acquires Web Teks

BY DroneUp DroneUp, LLC, a leading global provider of drone technology and services, announced today that it had acquired Web Teks, Inc. READ MORE

March 15, 2021

American Drone Manufacturing Plant Takes Root in Connecticut

BY Aquiline Drones Aquiline Drones (AD) meets the increasing demand for "Made in America" drones by opening the first drone manufacturing and assembly plant in Connecticut. READ MORE

March 09, 2021

Volansi Names Mike Guerchon as Senior Vice President of People

BY Volansi Leader in autonomous drone delivery welcomes Mike to the executive leadership team to shape culture and lead recruiting efforts for top industry talent READ MORE

March 03, 2021

Dr. Will Roper Joins Volansi Board of Directors

BY Volansi Former Assistant Secretary of the US Air Force brings deep expertise in unlocking defense spending in R&D and emerging technologies to venture-backed companies READ MORE

March 02, 2021

K-State Polytechnic webinar on UAS regulation changes from FAA

BY Kansas State University Kansas State Polytechnic webinar on UAS regulation changes from FAA shared globally READ MORE

March 01, 2021

COMSovereign Acquires Sky Sapience

BY COMSovereign Holding Corp. COMSovereign Acquires Sky Sapience, Expanding Tethered Drone Product Portfolio for Commercial Communications, Defense and National Security Markets READ MORE

February 24, 2021

Grand Sky Welcomes Tenants to its First Multi-Tenant Building

BY Grand Sky Grand Sky Welcomes New Tenants to Fill its First Multi-Tenant Building. Fully leased building is testament to the high demand from UAS companies to be North Dakota READ MORE

February 24, 2021

GENIUS NY Looks for Start-ups for Its Million Dollar Accelerator

BY GENIUS NY Five finalists will be selected for this year’s program and split a total of $3 million in cash with the winner taking home a $1 million top prize. READ MORE

February 24, 2021

Ben Diachun appointed CTO for Urban Air Mobility Division

BY Hyundai Motor Group Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) announced today the appointment of Ben Diachun as the chief technology officer of its Urban Air Mobility Division (the Division), effective immediately. READ MORE

February 23, 2021

Flint Hills Solutions and UAV Navigation Announce Partnership

BY Flint Hills Solutions, LLC A strategic partnership, working together in North America, to integrate their joint technologies onto the FH-900 series fully autonomous Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Helicopter. READ MORE

February 17, 2021

A meteorological campaign in the tropics for the BOREAL UAV!

BY BOREAL Almost 8 hours of flight over one day: here is one of the performances achieved by the BOREAL UAV during this meteorological campaign carried out from the island of Barbados (Caribbean) at the beginning of the year 2020. READ MORE

February 17, 2021

Safe Drone Integration into National Airspace by Volansi & Others

BY Volansi Volansi partners with three FAA BEYOND program participants working toward the same goal. READ MORE

February 17, 2021

Drone Delivery Market By Top Key Players - Flirtey, Flytrex, etc.

BY KSU | The Sentinel Newspaper Drone Delivery Market By Top Leading Key Players Like Flirtey, Flytrex, Matternet, Alphabet, Amazon Prime Air, DHL etc. READ MORE

February 16, 2021

Dutch Army Tests Smart Shooter's SMASH solution in Austria

BY Eden Communications Tested under harsh weather conditions, the SMASH Fire Control Systems proved to be highly effective as all 67 drone targets were successfully hit READ MORE

February 11, 2021

Altitude Angel and Inmarsat Wins 2020 ATM Award

BY Altitude Angel Prestigious accolade for advanced platform, which delivers Beyond Visual Line of Sight flight tracking for UAVs worldwide, enabling safe integration into controlled airspace READ MORE

February 09, 2021

Fla. Enlists with DroneUp For Public Sector Agency Access

BY DroneUp Florida Signs Participating Addendum with DroneUp Providing Public Sector Agencies Access to Drone Services READ MORE

February 02, 2021

Dedrone First to Offer U.S. and European Union Remote ID Option

BY Dedrone Global airspace security leader enables its customers to leverage global Remote ID standards to identify drones and their pilots READ MORE

January 28, 2021

Civilians and Ex-fighter pilots train for mercy missions

BY Flyby Technology The world’s first course which trains pilots to fly drones so far out of visual sight they may even be in other countries has been set up in the UK. READ MORE

January 25, 2021

Aeroprobe onboard Stealth Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle

BY Aeroprobe Corporation Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc’s XQ-58 Valkyrie leverages Aeroprobe’s avionics technologies, including the miniaturized Micro Air Data Computer, and Air Data Probes. READ MORE

January 19, 2021

COVID Humanitarian UAS Operation Concludes Delivery Use Testing

BY Amy Wiegand, DroneUp CHURP Partners Test Transport of Simulated COVID-19 Testing Kits at SUNY READ MORE

January 19, 2021

DroneUp Appoints Former Apple Executive as Chief Strategy Officer

BY Amy Wiegand, DroneUp DroneUp announced today that Carl Smit had been named Chief Strategy Officer. READ MORE

January 12, 2021

Fruity Chutes Parachute Release Protects Drones from Damage

BY Fruity Chutes Fruity Chutes Launches New On-Landing Parachute Release Device to Prevent Damage Caused by Wind Dragging Valuable Payload on the Ground READ MORE

January 12, 2021

Verizon, UPS, and Skyward announce drone delivery at CES 2021

BY Global Newswire Skyward, A Verizon company, and UPS Flight Forward today announced collaborative efforts to deliver retail products with drones connected to Verizon 4G LTE, as well as 5G testing and integration for delivery. READ MORE

January 04, 2021

NUAIR Announces New CEO

BY NAUIR Ken Stewart to provide strategic leadership in commercialization of New York’s 50-mile UAS Traffic Management Corridor READ MORE