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Bundeswehr Regularly Spots Drones Over Military Training Grounds, Suspects Russia

Suspicious unidentified drones have been regularly spotted over German military training grounds for more than a year, particularly where Ukrainian soldiers are being trained, German newspaper Bild reported. The problem was acknowledged by State Secretary of the German Defense Minister Nils Hilmer, who…

Rio de Janeiro Uses Drones for Efficient Reforestation Efforts

The city of Rio de Janeiro is taking innovative steps to combat the effects of recent heatwaves and accelerate the recovery of degraded urban green spaces. In a groundbreaking pilot project, French startup Morfo’s drones will be utilized to reforest…

Will Senate Finally Pass FAA Reauthorization?

Urgent Call for Senate to Pass FAA Reauthorization As the Senate reconvenes January 8, 2024 after the holiday break, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), the Ranking Member of the Aviation Subcommittee, is urging his colleagues to swiftly pass the Federal Aviation…

MatrixSpace, INVOLI Co-Lead in Publishing the First ASTM SDSP Standard

ASTM SDSP Standard: Expanding the UTM Ecosystem In a significant step towards managing the growing volume of metrics for low-altitude, autonomous flight, MatrixSpace and INVOLI have jointly led the publication of the first F3623-23 Standard Specification for Surveillance Supplementary Data…

China’s Airspace Reformation: A New Era for Drones and eVTOLs

Drones in China: Unregulated Airspace Expansion to Boost Domestic UAV Industry and Align with International Standards by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian J. McNabb Asia Nikkei, in partnership with Chinese business news conglomerate Caixin, recently reported on newly announced changes by…

Europe’s largest employer adds Zipline to its drone delivery list

How’s this for an indicator that drone delivery is huge? The National Health Service, which is the largest employer in Europe, has turned to Zipline drones to help ship critical medical supplies in North East England. Zipline announced in December…

GA-ASI Completes First Lifetime for Full-Scale Fatigues Test on MQ-9B

On Dec. 5, 2023, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.  completed a major milestone with the full-scale fatigue testing of an MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA). The team completed the “first lifetime” of fatigue testing – which is equivalent to 40,000…

Northrop Grumman Gets $14M US Navy MQ-8 Fire Scout Support Contract

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, California, is awarded a $14,305,018 modification (P00010) to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N0001923C0002). This modification exercises options and increases the ceiling to provide engineering support, cyber security activities and capabilities, integrated logistics support,…

Chinese Startup Unveils New Cargo Drone

Ziyan, a Chinese-based startup, is stepping into 2024 with the launch of its latest innovation, the Grey Whale G1, a next-generation cargo unmanned helicopter. The Grey Whale G1 is tailored for transporting payloads across diverse terrains, from islands to high-altitude…

US Army Successfully Demonstrates Launched Effects System

The Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Project Management Office, in collaboration with the U.S. Special Operations Command, executed a successful flight demonstration involving the first launch of the Air-Launched, Tube-Integrated Unmanned System (Altius) 700 air vehicle at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The event…

Kykkos mountains Cyprus – Drone Photography

aerial view of “Throni” chapel at Kykkos, the burial place of Cyprus’ first president The post Kykkos mountains Cyprus – Drone Photography appeared first on DRONESTAG.

DRONE SPOTS IN BORDEAUX, FRANCE

We tell you all about the most beautiful drone spots in the main French cities that our members had the opportunity to film! We start in Bordeaux with images from SpiritProd33, our drone pilot based near the city, in Gironde…