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CityAirbus NextGen Leaves No Milestone Unturned

CityAirbus NextGen’s imminent power-on is the latest in a year of exciting developments. Here’s an update on the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) prototype with Balkiz Sarihan, Head of Urban Air Mobility at Airbus. “Someone asked me what we’re…

The 11 best Cyber Monday 2023 drone deals we found

Black Friday deals used to be about massive long lines at department stores to find the best deals, while Cyber Monday was created to encourage online shopping. And not only are we online shopping this year, but Cyber Monday 2023…

Portuguese Navy Unveils Drone Carrier Ship

According to a post published by the Portuguese Navy on November 24, 2023, Portugal is set to revolutionize maritime technology with the construction of a “plataforma naval multifuncional”, a landing helicopter capable to carry out helicopter and unmanned aerial vehicles.…

Airbus Completes Auto’Mate Autonomous Aerial Refuelling Tests

Aerial refuelling is an increasingly vital capability for military force projection, and Airbus-developed technology to automate the in-flight “topping off” of aircraft will revolutionise this process – with wider applications for both the defence and civil aviation sectors. Disruptive technology…

Ukraine Downs 74 of 75 Shahed Drones Over Kyiv in One Night

Ukraine said on Saturday that it had downed 74 out of 75 Russian attack drones overnight, in what Kyiv said was the biggest drone attack since the start of the invasion. “The air force destroyed 71 Shahed 131/136 attack UAVs…

Canada Delays $3.6BN Reaper Buy Until Drones Can Operate in Arctic

The Canadian military’s acquisition of medium altitude armed drones is being delayed to allow for more development work to enable the aircraft to operate in the Arctic region. The Remotely Piloted Aircraft System project was to deliver a fleet of…

Roark Aerospace Launches Aero-Ark ‘Drone Detection as a Service’

Roark Aerospace announces the full commercial launch of its“Aero-Ark” drone detection system. The Aero-Ark is a fully self-contained, static or mobile unit that utilises bespoke forward scatter detection, artificial intelligence and packet sniffing to detect drone incursions, provide live tracking…

Praia de Melides at Alentejo, Portugal

During the last weekend I took a trip with my family to get to know this area of Alentejo. I grabbed the Drone and let’s fly. I started in Carrasqueira, Comporta and later at Melides beach where I was amazed…

Why good piloting skills are critical — even as drones get smarter

Drones are by definition, fully autonomous. Sure, not all the toy model aircraft marketed as ‘drones’ are truly autonomous, but the top-of–the-line industrial models surely are. So if drones are smart enough to fly themselves, then why do good piloting…

Spy Scare at Baykar Drone Factory

An intern working at Turkey’s world-renowned drone producer Baykar was caught trying to steal four hard disks while leaving the company’s factory premises in Istanbul on Monday. The facilities in Hadımköy of Baykar, the manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles such…

Drones Deliver Defibrillators for Cardiac Arrest Faster than Ambulances

Drones delivering defibrillators consistently outperform ambulances in the race to get life-saving treatment to people who have experienced heart failure, according to a landmark new trial in Sweden. To see whether drones could cut the time taken to get defibrillators…

Twente Airport as a Test Location for Quiet Aviation Innovation

Quiet aviation innovation is essential to reduce aircraft noise pollution in the surrounding areas. In the pursuit of quieter aircraft, field sound measurement plays a crucial role. Researchers from the University of Twente are, therefore, developing a sound testing setup…

F-105 Thunderchief – The Supersonic Flying Munition Depot

The F-105 Thunderchief is an American supersonic fighter-bomber that served with the United States Air Force from 1958 to 1984. Capable of Mach 2, it conducted the majority of strike bombing missions during the early years of the Vietnam War;…