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Ukraine’s Skyeton Expands UAV Production to Slovakia

Ukrainian company Skyeton, which manufactures ACS-3/Raybird-3 reconnaissance systems, has launched production in Slovakia. The company’s founder, Oleksandr Stepura, told Militarnyi that investments in the factory have reached $3.5 million. Tropozond s.r.o., a member of the Skyeton group, has opened a…

FAA Progress on BVLOS Rules and Advanced Air Mobility Integration

FAA’s Deputy Administrator Outlines Timeline for BVLOS Rulemaking and Plans for Drone and AAM Integration into National Airspace By DRONELIFE Features Editor Jim Magill A high-ranking FAA official on Tuesday promised that the agency is on track to meet the…

Wing expands to Melbourne, Australia with DoorDash drone deliveries

After more than five years of largely successful drone operations in the state of Queensland, Australia, Wing’s drone delivery operations are finally expanding to a different Australian state. Wing, the drone delivery arm affiliated with Google, announced in July 2024…

Modovolo Lands Scotty Morrison as CMO

Today, Modovolo announced the appointment of Scotty Morrison as the company’s new chief marketing officer (CMO). “Modovolo’s mission,” said Justin Call, Modovolo’s CEO, and co-founder, “is to design products with first principles thinking to have the highest performance-to-cost ratio of…

Vigilant Aerospace Advances Detect-and-Avoid System for Air Force Drones

New Project for Air Force Research Laboratory Last October, Vigilant Aerospace started an important project for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to develop a detect-and-avoid (DAA) system for long-endurance drones. This project, funded by an SBIR Phase II contract,…

Canada Advances Drone Traffic Management with Phase 2 Trials

AeroVision Canada, ANRA Technologies, and ClearSky Connect to Lead Evaluation to Integrate Air Traffic Management for RPAS Operation A consortium led by AeroVision Canada, Inc., along with principal partners ANRA Technologies and ClearSky Connect, has been selected by Transport Canada…

New Russian Long-Range Drone Appears in Ukraine

A new type of Russian drone is being used in combat in Ukraine, reportedly a multirole long-range type that can undertake attack as well as surveillance missions. Known as the Gerbera, the drone, assumed to be of Russian production, is…

FAA Makes Drone History in Dallas Area

In a first for U.S. aviation, the FAA has authorized commercial drone flights without visual observers in the same Dallas-area airspace. The authorizations for Zipline International and Wing Aviation allow them to deliver packages while keeping their drones safely separated…

Commission on the National Defense Strategy Issues Somber Report

The Commission on the National Defense Strategy has issued their 2024 Report, which calls for increased investment in security innovation and industrial base. The report says that current geopolitical pressures mean that the US faces unprecedented threats – and calls…