The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has made aviation history by authorizing the first commercial drone flights without visual observers in the Dallas area. Zipline International and Wing Aviation have received approval to deliver packages using drones while keeping their aircraft safely separated through Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) technology. This marks a significant step
Airbus Defence and Space, as the prime contractor for the Eurodrone programme, has announced the successful completion of the Preliminary Design Review (PDR). This significant milestone was achieved in collaboration with OCCAR and representatives from the four customer nations – France, Germany, Italy, and Spain – as well as the three Major Sub-Contractors (MSC), Airbus
The business said the change, along with other improvements to its charging processes, could allow its drones to shift to delivering millions of parcels a year.
Airbus ground control team lost contact with the Zephyr drone on August 19th while it was flying far above Arizona in the stratosphere, just hours before it was set to break a world record for the longest continuous flight in history.
Bristow received its first Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 system in 2019, consisting of two aircraft, a ground control station and engineering and logistic support as a proof-of-concept capability.
The Directorate of Defense R&D in the Israel Ministry of Defense (MoD), Elbit Systems and the IAF, have effectively intercepted several UAVs using an airborne High-Power Laser Weapon System (HPL-WS). A high-power laser system was installed on an aircraft and was tested in a number of scenarios. It effectively intercepted and destroyed all of the
