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One year ago, Shield AI shared its design and vision for X-BAT, the world’s first autonomous vertical take off and launch (VTOL) strike fighter. The first-full scale X-BAT prototype is complete and on its way from the development facility in Frisco, Texas, to our flight test facility in Newton, Kansas. Continue reading
Blue Magic Ventures by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. returns on November 17 for the next Blue Magic Netherlands (BMNL) Dual-Use Innovation & Investment Conference in Eindhoven.
Ukrainian company Militech Group has developed the “Grim” LTE modem, which will help control drones in conditions of Starlink restrictions. Continue reading
A drone show featuring 2,000 drones lit up the night sky over Zhuhai in China’s Guangdong Province on Sunday, ahead of the 77th anniversary of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force on November 11. Continue reading
Outside a nondescript office building in the north of England in late September, a “pilot” commanded three drones to take off and fly around the courtyard. Continue reading
During World War II, American engineers developed one of the strangest fighter aircraft ever built: the Northrop XP-79B, a bizarre flying wing nicknamed the “Flying Chainsaw.” Unlike conventional fighters, this experimental aircraft had no tail, almost no fuselage, and forced its pilot to fly lying flat on his stomach between two jet engines. Continue reading
At least one AeroVironment LOCUST laser counter-drone system is part of the array of anti-air defences that have popped up around President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, in recent weeks. Continue reading
PRO-UAS, a publisher of internationally recognized unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)-related publications for professionals (civil & military), has published the 21st annual edition of the two following free electronic reference documents: Continue reading