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The US Air Force’s artificial intelligence Skyborg programme is working on fielding an unmanned combat air vehicle (UAV) testing platform with an early operational capability as soon as 2023. The office of Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation, which is part of the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), issued a …

The US Air Force’s artificial intelligence Skyborg programme is working on fielding an unmanned combat air vehicle (UAV) testing platform with an early operational capability as soon as 2023. The office of Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation, which is part of the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), issued a …

Tomorrow is the first day of Major League Baseball 2019 season.    “Opening Day” is when baseball fans from the US and around the world celebrate the opportunity that opening day brings where every team,  no matter how good or bad then may end up being, is a winner.  Every …

image: Drone Delivery Canada The investment community continues to show their faith in the future of drone delivery. Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) announced that it has closed a financing deal for about C$10 million (about $7.5 million USD. The deal follows the recent announcement of DDC’s development of a large …

Matternet CEO Andreas Raptopoulos walks next to an operator carrying a drone used for delivery of medical specimens after a flight at WakeMed Hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina on March 26, 2019. Matternet and UPS partnered with the hospital to start commercial flights of medical samples across the WakeMed campus. …

Saudi Arabia’s largest telecom company is partnering with counter-drone firm DroneShield to protect the country’s infrastructure and assets from rogue UAVs. Under a new agreement, Saudi Telecom Company’s executive arm, STC Specialized, will team up with DroneShield to bring enhanced drone detection and mitigation to key sectors such as government installations, …

  image: The History Channel Tonight’s the night for Episode 2 of the History Channel’s fascinating adventure: Lost Gold of World War II.  This episode has an added interest for the drone industry, as a drone pilot and two data scientists from leading drone firm PrecisionHawk used LiDAR-equipped drones to help …

Posted March 27, 2019 06:20:22 Australia’s aviation safety authority will establish a “flyer’s licence” and mandatory registration for drones from July this year, coinciding with a world-first drone food delivery business to be run out of Canberra. Key points: Drone flyer data will be kept in a database to track …

Nominations are now open for the 3rd annual “Women to Watch in UAS” contest, run by Women and Drones.  The Women to Watch in UAS initiative celebrates successful women in the drone industry from around the world – and highlights what these women have achieved. It’s no secret that in …

This spring, the company will begin a new trial in Helsinki, Finland, for which it is soliciting views as to what should be delivered. Burgess also said that, separate from drone tests, the company and others were working on an unmanned traffic management system. Akin to virtual air traffic controllers, …