Advanced Aircraft Company New Leadership: New CEO and COO are drone industry players. UAS developer Advanced Aircraft Company (AAC) has appointed Paul C. Allen as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer and Aaron Frank as Chief Operating Officer. The two will oversee day-to-day operations and set the direction for future …
Read More »Northrop Grumman Completes Flight of Japan’s RQ-4B Global Ha…
SAN DIEGO – March 14, 2022 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) successfully ferried the first of Japan’s three RQ-4B Global Hawks via a non-stop transpacific flight. The aircraft departed on Thursday, March 10, from Palmdale, California landing 18.7 hours later on March 12 at Misawa Air Base, …
Read More »Verizon Robotics selects Pendleton Range to Advance Robotics
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Verizon Robotics is advancing its testing and proof-of-concept capabilities at Pendleton Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Range, a leading FAA-designated test range that offers diverse testing environments for drones and ground robotics. Verizon Robotics will expand its operations, and base its advanced air R&D, drone …
Read More »eBee TAC Blue sUAS 2.0 First Drone on DIU Cleared List
SenseFly’s eBee TAC on DIU Blue sUAS 2.0 “Cleared List” by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby AgEagle subsidiary senseFly recently became one of the first eleven vendors to complete the necessary testing, evaluations and demonstration process to be designated a Blue UAS under the Defense Innovation Unit’s Blue sUAS …
Read More »Pierce Aerospace Signs Agreement with US Navy
Indianapolis, IN — Pierce Aerospace announced that it’s signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock and conducted maritime UAS Remote ID experimentation aboard the M80 Stiletto during the US Navy’s Thunderstorm 2021 experiment. The CRADA was executed for a three year period and …
Read More »Drones in Agriculture Sector 5 Ways Intelligent UAS
Zena Drone has helped revolutionize the burgeoning hemp industry. In this guest post, Leah Jacobe outlines five ways that intelligent drones in the agriculture sector are helping growers to meet the demands of global food production. The following is a guest post by Leah Jacobe, Media Team Leader at Zena …
Read More »Commercial UAV Expo Advisory Board Announced
The announcement of the Commercial UAV Expo Advisory Board is a list of industry veterans and VIPs – and indicates a major event in 2022. Commercial UAV Expo will take place September 6 – 8, 2022 at Caesars Forum in Las Vegas: and is shaping up to be a big …
Read More »Wing in Texas: Launching Service in Dallas Fort Worth
Wing in Texas: Wing’s planned DFW delivery service to take flight later this year By Jim Magill Wing, the subsidiary of Alphabet that has pioneered drone home delivery service in cities in Australia as well as Helsinki, Finland; and Christiansburg, Virginia, is planning to launch its service later this year …
Read More »Rob Corbett on Dawn of Drones This Week
Don’t miss Rob Corbett on Dawn of Drones this week: Wednesday March 16 at 11:00 AM EST! Stream Below: This week’s featured Dawn of Drones podcast guest is Rob Corbett, U.S. Air Force disabled veteran, quadroplegic and staunch advocate for inclusive flight. Join Dawn and Rob in this third installment …
Read More »AIR and FlyOnE Partner on Personal eVTOL Adoption
AIR and FlyOnE Partner for Personal eVTOL Adoption in Australia by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Consumer eVTOL creator AIR announced today the formation of a partnership with Australian green transport pioneer and leading electric aircraft supplier FlyOnE. The new partnership will also see the launch of the AIR …
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