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In March, the Spanish consortium SATNUS successfully completed the fourth flight demonstration campaign under Pillar 3 of the Next Generation Weapon System / Future Combat Air System (NGWS/FCAS) program, held at the INTA-CEDEA facilities. Continue reading
DARPA, in collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratory and Northrop Grumman, flew the XRQ-73, a hybrid-electric, unmanned experimental aircraft.
Pierce Aerospace, a pioneer in Remote ID technologies, announced that it has been selected by Metis Technology to deploy Remote ID sensors throughout the Silicon Valley and San Francisco Bay Area. Continue reading
Amazon has become the first retailer in the UK to start a drone delivery service with a limited launch in Darlington, County Durham. Continue reading
In the early Cold War, one strange American jet bomber was sent into places it was never supposed to be. Continue reading
The U.S. commercial drone industry is at an inflection point. After years of incremental progress, the FAA’s landmark Part 108 Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) rule is expected to take effect later this year, unlocking a new era of scaled commercial drone operations across delivery, infrastructure inspection, public safety, perimeter protection and beyond. Continue reading
A decade after the U.S. Congress directed the FAA to protect critical infrastructure from drone threats, the regulator is publishing proposed rules for restricting unmanned aircraft operations in airspace over key facilities. Continue reading
Turkish defence firm STM unveiled a long-range kamikaze unmanned aerial vehicle for the first time , bringing a national capability to long-range strike UAV systems. Continue reading