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Ship Bottom Inspection Using Water-Air Integrated Drone

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– KDDI Smart Drone Corporation, Prodrone Corporation, and Kunimori Corporation were selected for the Cabinet Office National Ocean Policy Promotion Secretariat’s “Autonomous Unmanned Vehicle (AUV) Utilization Demonstration Project” and conducted a demonstration experiment of ship bottom inspection in Hyogo Prefecture. The water-air combined drone is a combination of an aerial drone and an underwater drone, […]

NASA Studies Wind Effects and Aircraft Tracking with Joby Aircraft

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NASA engineers began using a network of ground sensors in March to collect data from an experimental air taxi to evaluate how to safely integrate such vehicles into airspace above cities – in all kinds of weather. Researchers will use the campaign to help improve tools to assist with collision avoidance and landing operations and […]

Fully Autonomous Inaugural Flight for Mayman Aerospace RAZOR VTOL

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Mayman Aerospace has announced the successful completion of test flights for the RAZOR P100, which will be the first commercial aircraft in the company’s family of autonomous UAS. The achievement marks a major milestone not only for RAZOR but for the company’s strategic vision and market position. The test program, conducted at the US Marine […]

UK Tests RapidDestroyer Microwave C-UAS Weapon

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British soldiers have successfully tracked, targeted and defeated swarms of drones in the latest trial of a new directed energy weapon developed in the UK. The trial was completed at a weapons range in West Wales and was the largest counter-drone swarm exercise the British Army have conducted to date. The weapon system demonstrator is […]

Shield AI’s V-BAT Proves Resilience to EW at US Army Combat Test

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– Shield AI’s V-BAT successfully participated in Project Convergence Capstone 5 (PC-C5), a Combined, Joint, and multinational experiment held at Fort Irwin, California, in March 2025. V-BAT operated as part of the 82nd Airborne Division’s missions in “The Box,” Fort Irwin’s famously demanding training area in the Mojave Desert. V-BAT excelled against active jammers, successfully […]

Bayraktar TB2 Performs Autonomous Spin Recovery Manoeuvre

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After performing an autonomous barrel roll on May 31, 2024, Bayraktar TB2 has now broken new ground in global aviation by successfully completing an autonomous spin recovery manoeuvre. Achievement During test flights, the Bayraktar TB2 UCAV successfully completed an autonomous spin recovery manoeuvre The aircraft was deliberately put into a spin mid-flight and, using its […]

Turkey’s ANKA III Stealth Drone Test Launches Radar-Deceiving Decoy

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– Turkish Aerospace Industries has tested its ANKA III stealth combat drone by launching a Super Şimşek jet-powered decoy, designed to mimic fighter jets and deceive enemy radar, marking progress in Turkey’s effort to pair unmanned systems with piloted aircraft during combat missions, the company announced on X . The test occurred at an altitude […]

American Aerospace Technologies’ UAS Demonstrates 24-Hour Endurance Capability

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– American Aerospace Technologies, Inc. flew an around the clock mission carrying a 5lb mission payload with its AiRanger Group 3 Unmanned Aerial System. As the only Commercial UAV manufacturer to receive commercial Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) approval to fly in US National Airspace (NAS) by the FAA, AATI has made significant investments to […]

AI-Powered Drones Track Down Fires in German Forests

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Inside a green orb planted in the German countryside is a high-tech aid to prevent wildfires that have grown more common and destructive with rising global temperatures. The installation, resembling a giant golf ball covered in solar panels, is the hangar for an AI-powered drone that its developer hopes one day will be able to […]