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.
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Drone Flights Prohibited Near U.S. Navy Vessels
The FAA has issued new special security instructions regarding UAS operations near U.S. Navy assets.
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MILEX 2019: Belarus Introduces New UAS and EW Jammers
Belarus is expanding its defense industry capabilities, introducing a new drone and a counter-UAS jammer.
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Brazilian Drone Event Highlights Need for Creative Solutions
Addressing threats will require a multipronged approach.
ATC
U-Space Drone Demo Flights To Begin in Gulf of Finland
A summer-long drone airspace demonstration project is beginning in Finland and Estonia
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FAA Implements New Recreational Drone Rules
Recreational drones will be allowed to fly in controlled airspace at fixed sites.
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Matternet, SwissDrones To Fly With Lufthansa's SafeDrone Health
SafeDrone's HUMS system for drones aimed at cutting maintenance and increasing safety.
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Five-seat Lilium Electric Jet Air Taxi Makes First Flight
Lilium hopes to have its electric jet air taxi in commercial service by 2025.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Skyguide, Airmap Partners In Swiss Drone Airspace Demo
Skyguide and Airmap partnering on project to provide automated airspace authorizations for UAS in Switzerland
Safety
UAS-specific Weather Data Lacking
Industry expert calls for improvement of micro weather data and analytics
Security
Swiss Rega Develops Autonomous SAR Drone
Swiss Air Rega has developed a specialized search-and-rescue drone that can scan autonomously and fly beyond visual line of sight
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Qinetiq-led Team Selected for Canadian UAV Requirement
Qinetiq will provide and operate UMS Skeldar V-200 UAVs aboard Royal Canadian Navy ships, as well as support land special operations forces
Aircraft
Urban Air Mobility Market Pegged at $1 Trillion
A NASA official says that urban air mobility's impact will be larger than man's return to the moon.
Safety
FAA To Airports: File Paperwork Before Defeating Drones
The FAA says it is developing its own response to the drone threat at airports.
Rotorcraft
Marines Reactivating Unmanned Kaman K-Max Helicopters
Kaman says it is working on optionally piloted vehicles for commercial use
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
CityAirbus eVTOL Makes 'Tethered Jump'
Flight testing of the CityAirbus eVTOL demonstrator will continue in Manching, Germany.
Security
Atlas UAS System Takes Autonomy to a New Level
Atlas UAV features fully autonomous battery swapping
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GET Enables In-air Charging of Battery-powered Drones
GET's "power cloud" system enables charging of electric drones
Training and Workforce
USI Teams With Textron Systems on Aerosonde sUAS Training
USI certifications will now be prerequisites for training on the Textron Systems' Aerosonde sUAS
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
IDEF’19: Anka Aksungur to Fly with Turkish Engine by Year-end
TAI's large twin-engine Anka Aksungur UAV is making its first public appearance at IDEF as the program gears up to fly with indigenous powerplants.
Rotorcraft
HAI Partners with Unmanned Safety Institute for Training
HAI members will receive discounts on USI courses and certifications.
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Electrafly Developing Turbine Hybrid Personal UAM
Electrafly hopes to have its hybrid personal vehicle in production within three years.
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Skycorp Displays Purpose-built Hydrogen Drone
Skycorp's e-Drone Zero has three times the endurance of a comparable, battery-only UAS
Airports
Task Force Launched To Combat UAS Airport Risks
Task force aims to develop UAS mitigation strategy at airports, other high-profile facilities
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GE, Auterion Partner on UAS Avionics Platform
GE Aviation is integrating Auterion's drone operating system on its UAS avionics platform.
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Drone Delivers Kidney for Successful Human Transplant
Airxos's Air Mobility platform was used in a successful kidney transplant drone flight in Maryland.
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PrecisionHawk Using Artificial Intelligence for Drone Data Analysis
Drone services company PrecisionHawk launches new analysis products for the energy industry that use artificial and machine intelligence.
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Drone Delivery Service Wing Gains FAA Air Carrier Nod
Wing will begin commercial delivery drone service in Virginia later this year.
Rotorcraft
Bell Banking On FVL For Future Military Sales
Textron CEO credits Bell V-280 with persuading Pentagon to propose more Future Vertical Lift funding.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Embraer X, Airbus Lay Out eVTOL Design Considerations
Embraer X and Airbus gave an overview of the design considerations for their respective eVTOL designs earlier this month at Rotorcraft Asia in Singapore.
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Intelligent Energy To Reveal New UAV Hydrogen Fuel Cell
Intelligent Energy's new fuel cell power module can more than quadruple the endurance of popular battery-powered drones.
