In a context dominated by open category operations that limits the use of unmanned vehicles to a very limited kind of missions with a limited scope and benefits, other operations with great added value are relegated due to its higher degree of complexity and risk. This causes the number of …
Read More »NYUASTS Selected for FAA UTM Field Test Project
ROME, NEW YORK) – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded a task order contract to the New York UAS Test Site (NYUASTS) for the next uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS or drone) integration project to help advance the reality of safe, high-volume drone operations, and the development of a UAS …
Read More ȣ10m funding from Innovate UK for medical drone project
A consortium involving Strathclyde researchers that will deliver what will be the UK’s first medical distribution network using drones has secured £10.1 million in funding from the Future Flight Challenge at UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). It is the second successful round of funding for the CAELUS …
Read More »The sky’s the limit for Project HADO®
18 July 2022, Reading, UK: A consortium led by Operational Solutions Limited (OSL) – the Reading-based drone technology business – has secured funding from the Future Flight Challenge at UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to dramatically accelerate the commercial adoption of autonomous drones in high intensity environments in the United Kingdom. …
Read More »India’s AMCA Stealth Fighter, Ghatak Combat Drone Project Ge…
India’s dreams of seeing its indigenous Ghatak (Lethal) Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) and fifth-gen AMCA fighter jet have come closer with the inaugural flight of the Autonomous Flying Wing Technology Demonstrator (AFW-TD) on Friday. India’s Defense Research & Development Organization (DRDO) announced on Friday that the exercise was carried …
Read More »Axon to halt taser drone project after ethics board resigns …
The Arizona-based weapons company Axon Enterprise Inc. said on Sunday that it’s no longer going ahead with the development of a taser-equipped drone after most of its ethics board resigned over the matter. The company, which sells weapons technology for the military and the police, had announced the idea of …
Read More »B.C. First Nation medical supply drone project sets groundwo…
A medical supply drone pilot project at the Stellat’en First Nation in northern B.C. is in its second year now and Chief Robert Michell sees potential to expand. UBC Faculty of Medicine Drone Transport Initiative Project Manager Sandy Lee explained the pilot started small, transporting medication and lab specimens between …
Read More »Project Skyway: World’s largest network of ‘drone superhighw…
The idea of a drone superhighway may sound like a concept from the latest science fiction blockbuster. But it could soon become a reality in England, with the submission of plans to build a network across the Midlands and the Southeast. A consortium led by software provider Altitude Angel has …
Read More »Project RISE increases non-segregated airspace flight approv…
Integrations were developed between a Ground Control Station (GCS), an Uncrewed Traffic Management Service Provider (UTMSP) and an Air Traffic Control (ATC) interface to increase levels of automation of approvals and ATC in non-segregated airspace. It is delivered through Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), enabling future integrations …
Read More »Project to test food delivery through drone launched in Isla…
ISLAMABAD: A customised drone was used on Friday to test food delivery by Pakistan’s leading food delivery company. The test flight of the drone conducted in association with the office of the deputy commissioner Islamabad — named ‘Pandafly’ — took place in the F-9 Park. The use of disruptive technology …
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