Unmanned Aerial Vehicle The latest drone news

The U.S. Army has awarded a massive contract valued at close to $1 billion to AeroVironment for the delivery of Switchblade-series loitering munitions, also known as kamikaze drones, over the next five years. This is part of a larger effort that the service has said is intended to help make …

Skyports Drone Services (Skyports) has extended its drone delivery service with Royal Mail in Orkney to February 2026. According to Skyports, the Orkney I-Port project is the first UK commercial drone delivery service to be implemented on a regular basis under existing regulatory frameworks (using a beyond-visual-line-of-sight with visual mitigation …

Wed, Aug 28, 2024 The Discovery Channel recently released a documentary titled “Finding Amelia”.  It showcases an expedition to unearth the fate of legendary aviator Amelia Earhart, which was conducted using drone-mounted magnetometers. In 1937, Amelia Earhart disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting a round-the-world flight. If she had …

Skyports/Royal Mail The drone service was launched last year The UK’s first commercial drone mail service, in Orkney, is to be extended to 2026, it has been announced. The Orkney I-Port operation was launched by Royal Mail and drone firm Skyports in August last year. The electric drones take letters …

The new “drone-as-first-responder” can arrive at the scene of an emergency call within minutes. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Across the Valley, law enforcement uses drones to help fight crime. The Scottsdale Police Department is the first agency in Arizona to use a new drone that will respond to emergency calls. In …

Sign up for our QNS email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! The future is now for drone technology as a crime-fighting tool for the NYPD; Mayor Eric Adams declared days after the gadgets were used in a successful hostage rescue during a …

NHS Blood and Transplant has conducted trials comparing the clinical feasibility of blood transported via road and unmanned aircraft in north-east England, with leadership describing the results as ‘very promising’ The NHS has conducted trials that have demonstrated the viability of delivering blood via drone over distances of more than …

August 27, 2024: The United States recently sold 1,200 Switchblade 300 and ALTIUS 600M loitering munitions to Taiwan. These drones can be used for surveillance or, when equipped with a warhead, as attack munitions. Taiwan is apparently going to store many of these drones on Taiwanese islands very close to …

Drones have evolved significantly from being approved tools for surveillance and reconnaissance in the last two decades of the 20th century to becoming versatile weapons used in air-to-ground and air-to-air strikes. Eventually, they transformed into suicide drones (kamikaze). Various armies and militias operating on Syrian territory have employed drones in …

North Korea has revealed two new kamikaze drones that look to be virtual copies, at least externally, of the Israeli-made Harop and Hero-400. Though the exact capabilities of the North Korean designs are unclear, munitions like this would be very relevant in any future conflict on the Korean Peninsula and …