Representational image/Zipline Utah has embarked on an ambitious project to revolutionize air transportation in the state. Spearheaded by the innovative aerospace company 47G, in collaboration with the Utah Governor’s Office, the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT), the Utah Inland Port Authority, and various industry stakeholders, Project Alta (Air Logistics Transportation …
Read More »Purdue announces Windracer partnership, unveils self flying …
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University announced a new partnership Friday with Windracers, a United Kingdom-based cargo vehicle company, and unveiled its new Center on AI for Digital, Autonomous and Augmented Aviation. The partnership symbolizes the university’s commitment to being a leading researcher when it comes to incorporating applied artificial …
Read More »Chinese firm acquires European flying car technology
Credit: KleinVision A Chinese firm has acquired the technology behind a groundbreaking flying car originally developed and successfully test-flown in Europe, according to a report on the BBC. The AirCar, powered by a BMW engine using conventional fuel, made headlines in 2021 when it completed a 35-minute flight between two …
Read More »I went from novice to flying over volcanoes thanks to the ne…
A college instructor loved the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board’s (ECITB) new drone course so much he went out and bought his own – and took it to Iceland to fly it over a volcano! Julian Hoile, who works for NPTC Group of Colleges in Wales, believes the use of …
Read More »Drone show mishap sees flying machines drop out of the sky
A drone show in Perth, Australia, didn’t quite go according to plan after a number of the flying machines fell out of the sky and crashed into the water during the performance. Sunday night’s “City of Light” event took place in front of thousands of onlookers, but as the show …
Read More »Flying High: Amazon Delivery Drones Ready for Take-off
In 2013, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos went on “60 Minutes” to introduce plans for a futuristic-sounding product: drone delivery. “These are effectively drones but there’s no reason that they can’t be used as delivery vehicles,” Bezos said in the segment. “We’re talking about delivery. There’s an item going into the …
Read More »Student fined S$5,000 for flying drone in NTU to take photos…
SINGAPORE: A student who flew a drone at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) to take photos of his girlfriend and her friend was fined S$5,000 by a court on Monday (Oct 10) for flouting drone regulations. Xu Zi Zhou, 25, pleaded guilty to one count of operating an unmanned aircraft …
Read More »Zephyr Drone Has Been Flying For 17 Days From Arizona To Bel…
An Airbus’ Zephyr S solar-powered, very-high-altitude unmanned aircraft is in the midst of a long-duration test flight and has already been aloft for 17 days so far. The drone, sometimes described as a pseudo-satellite in terms of potential capabilities, took off from the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona …
Read More »Axon Halts Plans to Sell Flying Taser Drones to Schools
Tobias Schwarz / Getty Images Police tech company Axon is halting a controversial plan to develop aerial drones for schools equipped with stun guns after internal backlash, which reportedly drove members of its own ethics board to announce their resignations. The company had announced plans to develop taser drones in …
Read More »Delivery Drones Are Flying, But Airborne Deliveries Will Tak…
A drone from Walmart delivers a Covid self collection test kit to a home in El Paso, Texas. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images Drone delivery has finally arrived, at least on a small scale. Packages containing lightweight products, such as medicines and COVID tests, are being dropped off at some …
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