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SkeyDrone and DronePort Sint-Truiden Launch National Counter Drone Testing and Expertise Centre

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– SkeyDrone and DronePort Sint-Truiden have announced a strategic partnership to establish Belgium’s first permanent Drone Detection & Counter-UAS (C-UAS) Testing and Expertise Centre. This national hub will enable manufacturers of detection and C-UAS systems to test, validate and demonstrate their solutions, and integrate them into a comprehensive, multi-layered C-UAS system designed for both defence […]

Project ULTRA Contract Ceiling Raised to $100M from $18M

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U.S. Sen. John Hoeven announced a $100 million contract ceiling extension for Project ULTRA that will allow expansion of UAS operations at GrandSKY. The ULTRA team, led by Grand Forks County, includes the Northern Plains UAS Test Site, which supports the development of uncrewed flight capabilities for the Department of Defense. The public-private group, operating […]

TEKEVER Acquires West Wales Airport Test Range

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TEKEVER, a European provider of AI-driven Autonomous Systems, has announced the acquisition of West Wales Airport (WWA) in Aberporth. A world-class UAS flying environment, West Wales Airport offers a key hub for UAS testing, evaluation and provides TEKEVER and its partner ecosystem access to 2,500 square miles of restricted airspace over land and sea. TEKEVER […]

BlueHalo and GrandSKY Partner to Create a Unique Hub for Tech Innovation, Testing, and Training

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– BlueHalo and GrandSKY, the nation’s first commercial business park focused on unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), announced a formal agreement today through a signed memorandum of understanding (MOU). The collaboration will promote the integration of BlueHalo’s next- generation autonomous systems, layered air defense solutions, hypersonic telemetry, and airspace command and control technologies into GrandSKY’s facilities […]

Itabashi Drone Field Test Facility Opens in Tokyo

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– Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. and Nippon Steel Kowa Real Estate Co., Ltd. have opened the Itabashi Drone Field, the first drone demonstration experiment facility attached to a logistics facility in Tokyo, within the urban development logistics facility MFLP・LOGIFRONT Tokyo Itabashi, which was completed on October 2nd. The facility will be supervised and operated by […]

America’s Thunderstrike Aviation to Establish European Drone Production Facility in Denmark

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The American company Thunderstrike Aviation has just inaugurated a new hangar at HCA Airport. The new hangar will be used for the development and testing of the company’s state-of-the-art drone technology. At the inauguration of the hangar, it was further announced that Thunderstrike has ambitious plans of further expanding their hangar with a drone production, […]

Latvia Opens New Drone Testing Facility

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On Thursday, June 6, Latvian Minister of Defense Andris Sprūds visited the Sēlija military training range, where a new training and testing ground for drones was opened. “The opening of the drone test site is a step forward not only in the development of the Sēlija range, but also in strengthening the capabilities of drones […]

Osage Nation Begins Construction of the Windshape State-of-the-Art Testing Facility at Skyway36

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Osage Nation’s Skyway36 Droneport and Technology Innovation Center has announced the commencement of construction of WindShape’s cutting-edge unmanned aerospace (UAS) testing facility. Spanning an impressive 19,000 square feet, this facility marks a significant milestone in WindShape’s commitment to revolutionizing emerging aerospace technology through advanced research, development, testing, inspection, certification and validation processes. “The commencement of […]

Northern Plains UAS Test Site Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary

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Known for results and innovation, the Northern Plains UAS Test Site marks its 10th anniversary this year. The Federal Aviation Administration-designated test site provides a crucial collaboration with the FAA and the unmanned aircraft system (UAS) industry, developing systems, rules, and procedures to safely integrate UAS into the National Airspace System. Since its FAA designation […]