Operations

February 23, 2023

AUVSI Lanuches Green UAS Cybersecurity Certification Program

BY AUVSI AUVSI announced the launch of Green UAS, a new program to expand the number of commercial UAS that have been verified to meet the highest levels of cybersecurity and National Defense Authorization Act supply chain requirements. READ MORE

February 23, 2023

PAC and Pierce Aerospace to expand UAS Remote ID in Aus/NZ

BY Pierce Aerospace Pacific Aerospace Consulting Australia has partnered with Pierce Aerospace, a US-based leader in Remote Identification technology for commercial and government use. READ MORE

February 22, 2023

Skyfire Makes Drone First Responder Easy to Understand

BY Skyfire Consulting Skyfire announced its continued push towards training and education aimed at making it easier for agencies to understand what Drone First Responder programs are all about, and how to transition a traditional drone program into a DFR program. READ MORE

February 22, 2023

Collins Aerospace signs MOU with Saudi Arabia for UAS Development

BY Collins Aerospace Collins Aerospace has signed a memorandum of understanding with SRB Aerial Systems L.L.C to support research, development and execution of unmanned aerial systems and robotics for use by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. READ MORE

February 22, 2023

EDGE Unveils SKYSHIELD Counter-UAS Solution at IDEX 2023

BY EDGE EDGE launched SKYSHIELD, a multi-layered, integrated counter-unmanned aerial system solution, on the opening day of the International Defence Exhibition & Conference. READ MORE

February 22, 2023

AirModo Drone Insurance App and Unmanned Safety Institute Partner

BY AirModo AirModo is a new instant drone insurance app that allows unmanned aircraft systems operators to purchase either hourly or annual policies to suit their growing business or hobby. READ MORE

February 17, 2023

FAA grants wide authority to UAF unmanned aircraft center

BY Rod Boyce, University of Alaska Fairbanks The Federal Aviation Administration has granted a regulatory waiver to the University of Alaska Fairbanks unmanned aircraft systems test site. READ MORE

February 17, 2023

Helisul partners with FIXAR to meet Brazil’s BVLOS drone demand

BY Helisul To meet those pressing need for drone deployment in Brazil, local aviation group Helisul Aviação is partnering with innovative European drone and software developer FIXAR to provide customers valuable long-distance aerial services. READ MORE

February 15, 2023

Steadicopter and BIRD Aerosystems unveil the BlackEagle 50H

BY Steadicopter Steadicopter and BIRD Aerosystems are unveiling the BlackEagle 50H (BE50H) - an advanced hybrid unmanned helicopter, featuring a miniature airborne radar with advanced proprietary technology, for use in maritime intelligence missions. READ MORE

February 15, 2023

FlightOps OS Enables Medical Equipment Drone Delivery

BY FlightOps An autonomous drone, controlled by FlightOps multi-drone operating system, recently performed Israel's longest autonomous medical equipment delivery via air. READ MORE

February 15, 2023

DEGREE Initiative to Allow the Safe UAS Flight Operation

BY UAV Navigation Technology development and EU investments in GNSS receivers, including the DEGREE project, are now focusing on the requirements related to the Specific Category of UAS operation in terms of the security and safety of the navigation subsystems. READ MORE

February 15, 2023

Spright Earns First of its Kind FAA Waiver for Drone Operations

BY Spright Spright announced that it earned a nationwide, non-geospecific Certificate of Waiver for BVLOS drone operations from the FAA. The CoW allows sUAS to travel up to four nautical miles for critical utility infrastructure surveys. READ MORE

February 15, 2023

Volatus Aerospace Receives License for Drone Cargo Services

BY Volatus Aerospace Volatus Aerospace Corp. announced that the Company has been issued a Canadian Transportation Agency License for domestic service, all-cargo aircraft. READ MORE

February 15, 2023

Thales and Schiebel to deliver protection for Royal Navy with UAS

BY Thales Thales and Schiebel announced that they have been awarded a contract by the UK Ministry of Defence to deliver a game changing rotary wing Uncrewed Air System to provide a protective ‘eye in the sky’ capability for Royal Navy warships. READ MORE

February 15, 2023

Pierce Aerospace and DroneShield Partner for C-UAS Technology

BY Pierce Aerospace Pierce Aerospace announced a partnership with C-UAS industry leader DroneShield, to integrate Pierce Aerospace’s Flight Portal ID, Remote ID technologies into DroneShield’s C-UAS and Command and Control systems, including DroneSentry-C2. READ MORE

February 08, 2023

Introducing Usage-Based Drone Insurance App, AirModo

BY AirModo AirModo is a new instant drone insurance app that allows unmanned aircraft systems operators to purchase either hourly or annual policies to suit their growing business or hobby. READ MORE

February 08, 2023

Gadkari unveils advanced drone air traffic management system

BY IANS Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari unveiled Skye UTM, touted as the most cutting-edge unmanned traffic management system in the world, which is capable of handling 4,000 flights per hour and 96,000 flights per day. READ MORE

February 08, 2023

US Embassy in India Visits Indian Navy Station

BY General Atomics The Indian Navy has been operating General Atomics manufactured MQ-9 Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems under lease for over two years. Recently, Senior Staff from the U.S. Embassy of India visited the operating location. READ MORE

February 08, 2023

Percepto Achieves Regulatory Breakthrough

BY Percepto Percepto announced a first-of-its-kind exemption denial from the FAA. This denial allows Percepto to operate UAS BVLOS without humans onsite, eliminating an exemption process that has been required to enable remote pre-flight check under Part 107. READ MORE

February 08, 2023

GA-ASI Flight Tests LEO SATCOM on MQ-9A

BY General Atomics General Atomics and the Air National Guard, with joint support from the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force, flight tested an MQ-9A remotely piloted aircraft equipped with a Low Earth Orbit satellite communications Command and Control system. READ MORE

February 08, 2023

Ohio University receives grant to study unmanned aircraft use

BY Gabriel Scotto, WOUB Public Media Ohio University has been awarded a grant to investigate using unmanned aircraft in Appalachian Ohio for applications such as delivering packages to homes and transporting patients to hospitals and travelers to airports. READ MORE

February 08, 2023

Textron Systems' Aerosonde UAS takes first Maritime Flight

BY Textron Systems Textron Systems Corporation announced that the Aerosonde® Unmanned Aircraft System aboard the USS Miguel Keith, designated ESB 5, took its first operational flight. READ MORE

February 02, 2023

UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía Releases The GHU-100

BY UAV Navigation UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía has developed the GHU-100, the new ground control hub unit that helps platform manufacturers connect multiple ground devices (PC, datalinks, joysticks, etc.) and form a single network segment. READ MORE

February 02, 2023

GA-ASI's Eaglet Takes Its First Flight

BY General Atomics General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. flew a new survivable Air-Launched Effect for the first time as part of a flight demonstration based out of the Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah, on Dec. 8, 2022. READ MORE

February 02, 2023

Highlander Partners Announces the Acquisition of Black Sage Tech

BY Highlander Partners Highlander Partners announced the acquisition of Black Sage Technologies from Acorn Growth Companies. Black Sage is an industry-leading multi-mission platform provider of C-UAS and security solutions. READ MORE

February 02, 2023

Sky Eye Systems Signs Contract with Army for Rapier X-25 UAV

BY Sky Eye Systems Sky Eye Systems Srl in December 2022 signed with the General Secretariat of Defence, National Directorate of Aeronautical Armaments and Airworthiness the Contract for the supply of Rapier X-25 UAV systems to all "Italian Army." READ MORE

February 02, 2023

UPDATE to the Blue UAS 2.0 Cleared List

BY Defense Innovation Unit The Defense Innovation Unit and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment are unveiling the first companies that have passed the vetting required for onboarding policy-compliant, commercial sUAS into the DoD. READ MORE

February 02, 2023

Pyka Unveils World’s Largest Autonomous Electric Cargo Airplane

BY Pyka Pyka unveiled the latest addition to its fleet of purpose-built industrial aircraft; the Pelican Cargo. Featuring unprecedented payload and range capabilities, is the first autonomous vehicle of its class. READ MORE

February 02, 2023

FlightOps Powers First Multi-Drone BVLOS Missions in Urban Area

BY FlightOps FlightOps Ltd., a multi-drone operating system, recently partnered with drone operator FlyTech IL to deploy the world’s first multiple drone operations in an urban area. READ MORE

January 25, 2023

HevenDrones Named “Most Disruptive Hydrogen Mobility” Company

BY HevenDrones HevenDrones, a leader in the development and commercialization of actionable drones, announced on January 25th its selection by the Monaco Hydrogen Alliance as the company with the most disruptive potential in the field of hydrogen mobility. READ MORE