DroneShield’s advanced DroneSentry-C2 utilises true SensorFusionAI for seamless sensor integration // PHOTO: DroneShield
September 17, 2025
BY DroneShield
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Volatus Aerospace Inc. announced that it has entered into a multi-year agreement with one of North America’s largest electricity transmission and distribution utilities. Under the agreement, Volatus has been selected to provide remotely piloted aircraft system inspection, mapping, and data services across an extensive network of approx. 100,000 miles of transmission and distribution lines.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced a new pilot program within the Federal Aviation Administration to accelerate the deployment of advanced air mobility vehicles. These new technologies have the potential to transform aviation, including expanding connectivity to rural American communities, reducing road congestion in urban areas, and enhancing emergency services or medical transport. The action follows President Trump’s executive order to unleash American drone dominance.
Echodyne, the radar platform company, announced the immediate availability of the Rapid Deployment Kit (RDK) for its market-leading metamaterials electronically scanned array EchoShield radar. EchoShield is a software-defined, multi-mission, multi-domain, multi-modal radar with exceptional accuracy and advanced AI-based classification in increasingly high demand for air domain awareness and counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) solutions.
Robo.ai Inc. and Ewatt (Nanjing) Aerospace Technology Co., Ltd. officially announced the establishment of "RoVTOL", a joint venture in the UAE, focused on the global deployment of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The companies simultaneously announced key management appointments: Benjamin Zhai, CEO of Robo.ai, will serve as Chairman of RoVTOL, and Steven Wang, Chief Product Officer of Ewatt Aerospace, will assume the role of CEO of RoVTOL.
Echodyne has been selected as the radar provider for the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF) Project Land 156, a major counter-drone initiative led by Leidos Australia. Echodyne will deliver high-fidelity detection and tracking capabilities to strengthen the ADF’s defense against evolving unmanned aerial threats.