Advanced Aircraft Company Receives NASA Contract for Tilt-Wing UAV by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Tilt-wing uncrewed aircraft vehicle (UAV) developer Advanced Aircraft Company (AAC) has announced that it has been awarded a contract from NASA for the design and production of prototype tilt-wing uncrewed aerial vehicles in adherence …
Read More »Firefighting Helicopter Drone Rotor’s CloudPilot
Rotor Technologies, Inc.’s prototype of a firefighting helicopter drone successfully executed its first flight on December 2, 2022 at the FAA’s New York UAS test site after receiving experimental certification on November 30, 2022. Continue reading below, or listen: Rotor Inc. isn’t a hardware manufacturer. The team of MIT scientists have …
Read More »Walmart Drone Delivery Now Available from 11 New Stores in T…
Walmart’s drone delivery may give new meaning to the phrase “last minute shopping.” Just in time for Christmas, the drone delivery service is now available from 11 new stores in the Dallas area. Continue reading below, or listen: Walmart has plans to expand the DroneUp drone delivery network to reach four …
Read More »Asylon Scores AFWERX Award – DRONELIFE
AFWERX Awards Asylon $1.2M Contract by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby AFWERX has awarded automated robotic security leader Asylon Robotics Inc. a $1.2M Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract for the transition of its DroneCore platform from a fixed position to mobile asset, in addition to implementing …
Read More »Nearthlab autonomous inspection drones – DRONELIFE
Nearthlab Brings Innovative Plug-and-Play Solution to Latin America by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Autonomous drone solutions provider Nearthlab has announced its completion of rounds of inspections in Latin America led by the award-winning NearthWIND Mobile, a plug-and-play solution converting store-bought products into smart device-tethered autonomous inspection drones. Continue …
Read More »Lucid C1 Power Washing Drone
Lucid C1 Drone Recognized as Best Power Washing Drone of 2022 by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Industrial drone leader Lucid Drone Technologies has announced that its Lucid C1 spraying drone has been recognized as the Best Power Washing Drone of 2022 at The Droning Company’s annual Droning Awards, which …
Read More »Drone News of the Week December 16
Read or listen to all of the headlines in one place: excerpts from the DRONELIFE drone news of the week of December 16, 2022. Click on the titles below for the full story. Continue to read below, or listen: The DJI Mini 3 Portable Camera Drone Revealed Today! Pocket-Sized, Under …
Read More »Zipline in Rwanda New Agreement
Zipline Forms New Partnership with Rwandan Government to Serve Entire Country by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Today, instant logistics and deliveries leader Zipline announced a new partnership with the Government of Rwanda to conduct roughly 2 million instant deliveries and fly over 200 million autonomous kilometers in Rwanda …
Read More »The Donut Shaped Drone for Difficult Spaces
Cleo Robotics Awarded $2.5M Contract to Develop Tactical Drone for U.S. Army by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Dronut developer Cleo Robotics has been awarded a $2.5M contract by the U.S. Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) for the delivery of a number of prototype Tactical Dronut …
Read More »Counter UAS for Private Sector: EdgesourceX
WindtalkerX Edgesource Launches EdgesourceX, Counter UAS for the Private Sector by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Edgesource Corporation has announced the launch of EdgesourceX, a commercial Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS) provider committed to the creation of reliable and scalable C-sUAS solutions. Continue reading below, or listen: Over 870,000 drones …
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