Rotor Technologies, Inc. has completed the first uncrewed flight test campaign of a full-scale civilian helicopter. The campaign was flown with two Rotor R220Y autonomous helicopters.
Matternet announced that the Matternet M2 drone has achieved approval for an amendment to its first-ever UAS Type Certification by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Pterodynamics’ Transwing VTOL aircraft system poised to provide a step forward in operational capabilities for unmanned aerial vehicles on ships at sea.
Alva Industries introduced the 2nd generation of the ALTUS X60 Propulsion System. Building upon the success of the ALTUS X60 product line, this state-of-the-art propulsion system introduces four new cutting-edge features and enhanced reliability.
EHang Holdings Limited announced the inauguration of its first European UAM Center in Spain. The center represents the first-of-its-kind in Europe for unmanned electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
Upstate Medical University alongside its partners Crown Consulting and NUAIR, achieved another milestone by becoming the first in the U.S. to conduct a domestic flight with the Eiger, which occurred locally in Central New York.
Shield AI announced it has raised $200 million in Series F funding in an oversubscribed funding round. This funding values Shield AI at $2.7 billion.
The T28 system, developed entirely by Embention, is a robust and reliable solution for ensuring long-range communications in drone operations, both in civil and military applications, even in the most demanding environmental conditions.
AURA Network Systems has received the Women and Drones “2023 Company Innovation Award.” The honor was bestowed on the company at the organization’s 7th Annual Women in Emerging Aviation Technologies Awards ceremony in Washington, DC.
FlyGuys announces the closing of its Series A funding round, securing an investment of $10 million. This substantial financial boost is poised to catalyze relentless innovation and create a scalable software solutions platform.
FlytBase and Skyqraft have partnered to empower system integrators and enterprises in the transmission and distribution sectors with autonomous drone operations and analytics on their grid infrastructure.
In collaboration with RigiTech and utilising the innovative Eiger platform, Delivrone initiated operating BVLOS delivery routes in Northern France.
At the UAS Summit, Senator John Hoeven outlined the growing synergy between unmanned operations and the nation’s space missions and the impact of the Test Resource Management Center’s (TRMC) Sky Range program at Grand Sky.
Thread announced that it closed a Series A funding round in the amount of $15M. This new round of funding accelerates Thread's horizontal expansion across asset types and enables the company to continue developing its UNITI platform.
Vigilant Aerospace Systems announced that it has been awarded a contract by the US Air Force (USAF) to develop a detect-and-avoid system (DAA) for the Air Force’s new long-endurance drone.
General Atomics recently advanced its Aerial Recovery System for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems/Air-Launched Effects (SUAS/ALE) by deploying and retracting a towline with a “smart end feature” from a GA-ASI MQ-20 Avenger UAS in flight.
Silvus Technologies, Inc., a global leader of advanced wireless networking communication systems, introduced StreamCaster PRISM, a new family of modular Precision Integrated Sectorized MIMO antenna radio systems at the AUSA Annual Meeting and Expo.
Northwest UAV has announced that its newest heavy-fuel UAV engine, the NW-230, has achieved first flight operations with an undisclosed customer. The flight was conducted on a hybrid vertical take-off and landing (HVTOL) UAV.
VectorNav is expanding its lineup of tactical GNSS/INS solutions with the VN-210-S and VN-310-S, bringing all-new GNSS capabilities and improved performance to operations in GNSS-contested environments.
Near Earth Autonomy and Kaman Air Vehicles announced that they have been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army to demonstrate a resupply UAS capable of moving loads with a minimum of 800 pounds and flying distances over 100 miles.
Anduril unveiled the Anvil-M, a new munitions variant of its autonomous ‘Anvil’ interceptor drone that can effectively intercept and defeat threats from Group 1 and Group 2 unmanned aircraft systems.
AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. announced that the eBee X™, eBee TAC™ Public Safety, eBee™ Ag and eBee™ Geo drones (“eBee X Series“) have been designated with the C6 class identification label in accordance with the European Union regulations.
National Security Innovation Capital has awarded a $1M contract to Parallel Flight Technologies. This contract will support the advancement and expansion of its Long-Range UAS to address emerging defense and commercial applications.
A new program manager stepped into command for the Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems program office during a change of command ceremony Sept. 21 at Naval Air Warfare Center Webster Outlying Field, St. Inigoes, MD.
Over 300 participants from 15 Allied and three partner nations, the European Union and the private sector gathered in the Netherlands to increase their ability to counter potential threats posed by the malign use of small drones.
Applied Intuition, Inc. announced that it was awarded a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research contract by AFWERX Autonomy Prime to deliver synthetic data to train an aided target recognition algorithm.
The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies and General Atomics presented the 2022 Remotely Piloted Aircraft Squadron of the Year Award to the 2nd Special Operations Squadron at a special ceremony.
Northrop Grumman Corporation will produce an additional MQ-4C Triton multi-intelligence uncrewed aircraft for the Royal Australian Air Force following the Australian government’s decision to provide funding.
Red Cat Holdings announced that subsidiary Teal Drones has signed $1.8 million in contracts with U.S. Customs and Border Protection to provide Teal 2 systems to U.S. Border Patrol.
UAS simulator gives JPEO-CBRND the ability to deploy simulation-based training to operators to master the controls and process involved in operating a UAV.
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