Category Archives: Tethered

Zenith AeroTech, VIRTEX Partner on Long-Endurance, Heavy-Lift, Tethered Drones

Zenith AeroTech, a developer of heavy-lift tethered aerial vehicles (TAVs), announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with VIRTEX Enterprises, an Austin-based electronics manufacturing service provider, to meet increasing customer demand for more TAVs in shorter time frames and for these platforms to be NDAA compliant. Continue reading

UAV Corp Successfully Tests Hybrid Electric Airship

UAV Corp’s  Skyborne Technology (STI), Research in Flight (RIF) as Prime contractor,  Auburn University and Gulf Coast State College have successfully tested the pre-flight systems of the U.S. Airforce AFWERX program prototype the DATT MA 600 (Detachable Airship from a Tether Technology) Hybrid Electric Extended Range Airship with Modular Payload (e2RAMP) under the 1St phase of the Air Force AFWERX contract. With initial buoyancy modifications, multiple test flights are planned for later this month. Continue reading

Elistair Raises €5M for International Expansion

Elistair, a supplier of tethered drones, has raised €5M from Omnes and Starquest Capital, its historic investor. This Series B round follows an initial €2M funding round in 2018. Since its creation in 2014, Elistair’s solutions have already been deployed by military forces and national security agencies in over 65 countries. Continue reading