Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
News and issues relating to civil and military unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) of all kinds and sizes, including those used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), combat (unmanned combat air vehicles, or UCAVs), law enforcement, research and other applications. Of particular focus is the FAA's planned integration of UAS into the U.S. national airspace system.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Officials To Conduct Drone Flights at Wichita Airport
Kansas is one of nine lead participants in FAA's UAS Integration Pilot Program.
Rotorcraft
Airbus Helicopters, Safran To Team On VTOL Technologies
Airbus and Safran are teaming on new eco-friendly VTOL technologies as part of the Horizon Europe program
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
EMSA UAV Operations in Full Flow
The European Maritime Safety Agency is exploring the use of UAVs to help monitor continental waters.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
GA-ASI and L3 develop SIGINT for Reaper
GA-ASI has teamed with L3 to develop and test a SIGINT payload, while also teaming with a Dutch research lab to test simulated UAV approaches.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Wescam’s Turret Business Hits New Highs
L3 Wescam has now delivered more than 4,600 of its MX-series of sensor turrets
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Flexcraft Developing Low-noise Utility UAV
Flexcraft Solves On-Demand Air Transport
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Thales Launches Larger Spy’Ranger
The bigger vehicle has been designed to spot targets for brigade-level fires missions.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Textron Completes Testing of Shadow Block III Upgrades
Textron completed testing U.S. Army's future Block III upgrade for its Shadow UAV fleet in May, introducing a new engine among other things
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Airport Drone Incidents Spur Development of C-UAS
Disruption at airports caused by drones created added impetus to legislate and put in place counter-UAS systems.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Falco Xplorer UAV Unveiled
Leonardo has unveiled its newest UAV design, the Falco Xplorer, a 1.3 tonne MTOW aircraft designed to surveillance missions
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
'Loyal Wingman' Part of the Future of Air Combat
A future combat system would likely consist of a low-cost, expendable UAV.
Security
SkyDome Offers Solution to Defeat Rogue Drones
Fortem Technologies' SkyDome 2.4 uses artificial intelligence to track and defeat rogue drones
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
SnapShot Drone Allows For Quick, Easy Video Surveillance
Start-up company FlareBright says its SnapShot UAV needs no pilot or training and can operate in GPS- or radio-denied environments.
Aircraft
Uber Eats To Expand Drone Delivery in San Diego
Uber and the city of San Diego are participating in commercial food delivery testing through the FAA's Integration Pilot Program.
Rotorcraft
NATA: Few Regulations Apply To UAM Ground Ops
A new white paper from the National Air Transportation Association highlights the lack of regulations relevant to Urban Air Mobility ground operations.
Charter & Fractional
Signature To Provide Skyport Infrastructure for Uber
Signature Flight Support was named the first nationwide operations and on-airport infrastructure partner for Uber Elevate.
Rotorcraft
Safety Concerns Challenge Budding $17B U.S. eVTOL Market
Consulting firm Deloitte sees $17 billion U.S. eVTOL market by 2040; but 80 percent of those surveyed say vehicles unsafe
Rotorcraft
EmbraerX Unveils New Concept eVTOL
EmbraerX's concept eVTOL features aft ducted thrusters and eight vertical lift rotors.
Regulations and Government
EASA's Rules for Drone Operators Level Playing Field
EASA's new rules for recreational and commercial drone operators enables the free circulation of drones in the EU.
ATC
Airspace at Some 600 Airports Opened for Drone Use
The FAA has expanded the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability testing program to increase access for non-recreational drone pilots.
Avionics
Honeywell's Nex-gen Radar Selected By UAM Manufacturer
Honeywell's IntuVue RDR-84K uses electronically steered phased-array radar.
Aircraft
IAI Introduces T-Heron Tactical UAV
IAI has revealed its new T-Heron UAV, which bridges the gap between the company’s larger family of systems and its smaller, lower-cost tactical UAVs.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
FAA OKs Chute-equipped Drone for Flight over People
Colorado construction company receives Part 107 waiver for flight over people with a DJI drone outfitted with a parachute.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Air Canada Cargo Entering the Drone Delivery Market
Canada's flag airline partnering with Toronto's Drone Delivery Corp. to offer regularly-scheduled drone cargo service
Rotorcraft
Honeywell Develops Compact FBW for UAM Market
Honeywell will display its new compact FBW control system for UAM vehicles next week at Uber Elevate.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
S-70 Makes Debut Flight as NAPO Offers Reassurances on Su-34
Sukhoi’s S-70 UCAV flew for the first time recently and should the government order the type, production of it could replace that of the Su-34 fighter.
Security
Drone Pamphleteer Heads To Federal Court
Drone pilot Tracey Mapes charged with busting TFRs over NFL stadiums in 2017.
Rotorcraft
Skyports and Volocopter Building 'Volo-Port' in Singapore
Companies join forces to build first urban air mobility passenger terminal in Singapore
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
New Technologies Propel Bizav's Future
EBAA secretary general Khan, NBAA president Ed Bolen and local dignitaries, along with keynote speaker Florian Reuter all talked clean aviation.
Safety
DJI Installing ADS-B in Consumer Drones
Drone-maker DJI will install the AirSense ADS-B system in most of its new recreational drones by 2020.
