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Sagetech Avionics, an aerospace technology company providing situational awareness solutions for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), announced that on February 5th the DoD AIMS Program Office issued the world’s first 17-1000 Mark XIIB certification to Sagetech for its MX12B micro Mode 5 Identify Friend or Foe (IFF) transponder. Continue reading
Dendra Systems’ cutting edge drone and Artificial Intelligence platform could help to both plant and monitor the 140-mile green corridor of seven million trees and shrubs HS2 will create between the West Midlands and London. Continue reading
The Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) said that IRIAF is speeding up achieving drones equipped with nanotechnology and artificial intelligence. Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh made the comments at the 13th edition of Aero India 2021 commenced on Feb 03 in Bengaluru. Continue reading
Underside of the NOAA Hurricane Hunter plane with Altius-600 : Courtesy of Area-I
In clear skies over Maryland the week of January 11, NOAA scientists launched a new uncrewed small aircraft — a research drone — from a NOAA Hurricane Hunter plane to test its ability to gather weather data that could improve hurricane forecasts. Continue reading
Enterprise drone data company DroneDeploy announced that it has raised $50 million in Series E financing. The round was led by existing investors Energize Ventures and AirTree, with participation from Bessemer, Scale, Emergence, Angelpad, Uncork and Frontline Ventures. This funding brings DroneDeploy’s total fundraising to date to $142 million, the most of any drone data company. Continue reading
Volansi, Inc., a supplier of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) middle-mile drone delivery services and Quickstep Holdings Limited, Australia’s largest independent aerospace advanced composites manufacturer, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Continue reading
The Department of Justice charged an Orlando man for flying a drone in restricted airspace in downtown Tampa near Super Bowl LV related events. He faces up to a year in federal prison. Continue reading
Flirtey, a player in the commercial drone delivery industry, and Vault Health, a platform of supervised COVID-19 testing, announced they have successfully conducted drone deliveries of the first FDA authorized saliva based COVID-19 test. Continue reading