The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) has taken delivery of three MQ-9A Block 5 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) and two Mobile Ground Control Stations from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI). Continue reading
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TruWeather Solutions Joins With Iris Automation for UAS Weather-Enhanced Ground-Based Surveillance
Reston, Virginia-based micro weather data and analytics firm TruWeather Solutions recently joined forces with Reno, Nevada-based Iris Automation. Continue reading
Future of Network Inspection – enviaM Relies on Drone Deployment
How to ensure the maintenance of more than 74,000 kilometers even if energy demand increases in the future? Chemnitz-based energy supplier enviaM has been using digital inspection by drone since 2018. Now the company has had FlyNex train 40 new drone pilots. Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Stalker VXE UAS Completes a World Record 39-Hour Flight
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works demonstrated the expanded endurance capabilities of a specially configured Lockheed Martin Stalker VXE unmanned aerial system (UAS) through a world record endurance flight on Feb. 18, 2022, at the Santa Margarita Ranch in California. Continue reading
Ukrainian Soldier Takes Russian Drone Apart and Finds Plastic Bottle Top for Fuel Cap
Ukraine’s defense ministry shared a video showing a soldier dismantling a Russian military surveillance drone, highlighting a string of surprisingly unsophisticated features. Continue reading
Drones and 5G to Help Restore Power Outages in Australia
Endeavour Energy, the electricity distribution network that supplies power to more than 2.6 million people in New South Wales (NSW), conducted its first on-site inspection of physical electricity infrastructure using a combination of 5G, cloud, artificial intelligence (AI), drone technology, and ultra-high definition (UHD) cameras. Continue reading
German Study on Use of Drones to Service Offshore Wind Farms
EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, a publicly-traded electric utilities company and Energiekontor AG, wind farms and solar parks developer, and DLR, Germany’s research centre for aeronautics and space, have announced a new three years research on the use of transport drones to complement helicopter and ship deployments when servicing offshore wind farms. Continue reading
RQ-7 Shadow Crash Lands at Fort Drum Airfield
At approximately 9:38am on April 6th., a RQ-7 Shadow Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) assigned to the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) crashed on Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield shortly after takeoff. Continue reading