UAS-Drones
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UAS-DronesUber invests on drone planes for food delivery
Tests have been carried out in San Diego in collaboration with McDonalds
Drone aircraft, and everything they can deliver, are the new business frontier for Silicon Valley companies. Amazon recently presented the drone that will cover Prime Air service for parcel delivery (see AVIONEWS).... more
UAS-DronesDrone aircraft: published common EU rules
Their application will be gradual -ATTACHMENT
On 11 June 2019 common European rules on drones, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945 & Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947, have been published to ensure drone operations across... more
UAS-DronesAmazon presents hybrid drone
The aircraft will deliver packages to customers up to 15 miles within 30 minutes
The project that Jeff Bezos has been pursuing since 2013 is almost upon us. In the Mars Conference (Machine Learning, Automation, Robotics and Space) held in Las Vegas from June 4th to 7th, Amazon officials... more
UAS-DronesBoeing invests in Robotic Skies
It is a service provider of commercial UAS
Boeing announced its investment in Robotic Skies, a services provider that connects manufacturers and operators of commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) with a global network of more than 170 civil... more
UAS-DronesYemen, rebels launched drone attack
UAV was used against the loyalist military parade
In Yemen, the Houthi insurgent movement launched a drone against military parade of Arab Saudi-led coalition forces in the southern port city of Aden. The news was given by the media linked to the rebels,... more
UAS-DronesAirbus and Spanish Air Force to develop drone aircraft
Digital technologies first tested on the A-400M and then on C-295 and CN-235
The Spanish Air Force has become one of the first air forces worldwide to support the development of Airbus’ drone and augmented reality-based maintenance inspection services, with the aim of drastically re... more
UAS-DronesUAV-Retina, future drone aircraft for emergency management
The first operational tests have already been carried out in Trento -VIDEO
As the recent Notre Dame fire showed (see AVIONEWS), drones can be instrumental in helping firefighters face emergency situations.There’s no shortage on the market of products fit for this purpose; most o... more
UAS-DronesThe new Russian attack drone aircraft at "Army-2019"
It's the expected Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik-B, VI generation Uav -VIDEO & GALLERY
The Russian defense ministry informs today that its Sukoi S-70 Okhotnik (Hunter) advanced drone aircraft will soon be unveiled, a sixth-generation stealth heavy attack aircraft, developed by Mig based... more
UAS-DronesDrone aircraft flying over the roads of Nevada
The trial was conducted by NASA to test its reliability as a means of transport
Using a drone as a mean of transport for products and people is not a futuristic scenario, but a very concrete reality. After four years of research NASA carried out tests in Reno and other rural areas... more
UAS-DronesDrone aircraft. EC adopts advanced rules for the safe operations
“No-fly zones” may include airports and airfields or city centres
The European Commission adopted last Friday EU rules to ensure increasing drone traffic across Europe is safe and secure for people on the ground and in the air. The rules will apply to all operators of... more
UAS-DronesMilitary aircraft. Big APRS will launch small tactical drones
Thanks to technology, large-scale surveys will be possible without entering the enemy field
AeroVironment, active in the UAS sector (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) and in tactical missile systems (TMS, Tactical Missile System) and Kratos Defense and Security, Unmanned Systems division, which deals... more
UAS-DronesAeroVironment announces initial milestone in Solar Haps Program
Assembly of first HAWK30 Solar HAPS
AeroVironment, Inc. a global reference in Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for both defense and commercial applications, announced the achievement of a significant solar HAPS project milestone, the assembly... more
UAS-DronesUSA. Drones: pressure on the Secretary of Transportation for a standard to identify drones
FAA should publish a regulation for July
Some US senators have urged the Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao to prepare a standard that allows remote identification of commercial drones (UAVs, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), thus giving the legislators... more
UAS-DronesDrones crucial to extinguish the fire at Notre-Dame de Paris
It allowed firefighters to make the right decisions -VIDEO
In order to assess what decisions to take and how to act to extinguish the flames of the fire that broke out on Monday, April 15th in the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, the firefighters brigade use... more
UAS-DronesDrones at Gatwick: was the pilot aware of airport procedures?
Among the hypotheses under consideration by the investigators
The closure of almost three days for London-Gatwick airport, last December, due to the flight of some drones in the airspace of the airport, may have been caused by an internal "saboteur". After the investigations,... more
UAS-DronesNew Unmanned Air Traffic Management system
For a greener transport and the consequent reduction of CO2 emissions
A Norwegian industry/academic cluster consisting of Indra, the University of South-Eastern Norway, and Andøya Space Center has embarked upon a project to accelerate deployment of an effective Unmanned... more
UAS-DronesDrone aircraft: will Wing be certified as operator by FAA?
The only request presented is of the Google company
The FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) in the next month could grant the first license to operate to a company that will use only drones (UAV, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle). This was announced by the executive... more
UAS-DronesUS Army: from 2022 the first prototypes for a new drone
It will replace the current AAI RQ-7 Shadow
The US Army in the coming years could begin to replace the drone (UAV, Unmanned aerial vehicle) AAI RQ-7 Shadow, and to do this he asked the companies Martin UAV and AAI Corporation to start developing... more
UAS-DronesSkyways drone trials world’s first shore-to-ship deliveries
They have started in these days in Singapore
Airbus has begun shore-to-ship trials in Singapore with its Skyways parcel delivery drone. This marks the first time drone technology has been deployed in real port conditions to deliver a variety of small,... more
UAS-DronesDrone planes: rules for flying across Europe change
EASA presents the new ones at "Roma Drone Conference"
Europe has set new rules for flying with drone aircraft. The text of the European single regulation, based on the proposals developed by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), has been approved by... more
UAS-DronesDrones. The new EASA regulation has been approved
By 2023 it will be in full force
Today the representatives of the different countries at the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) have approved the new single European regulation on drones (UAV, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle), which will... more
UAS-DronesUK: law for extend the drones "no fly zone" on the airspace
It will be increased to 5 km from the airports
After the closure of almost three days of London-Gatwick airport due to the presence of drones in the airspace and that of a few hours at Heathrow, the United Kingdom Government has decided to extend the... more
UAS-DronesM-40 target drone sees first action
During an exercise with Italian Navy
Leonardo’s new M-40 target drone flew its first live missions for the Italian Navy in a recent training exercise at an Italian joint armed forces test range. The exercise saw the aircraft carrier "Cavour" a... more
UAS-DronesLeonardo unveils its enhanced AwHero Ruas helicopter
For surveillance and disaster relief missions and inaugurates new facility in Pisa
Leonardo opened today its new facility in Pisa (Italy) dedicated to the development and production of the AwHero Rotary Unmanned Air System (RUAS). During the official ceremony, also attended by national... more
UAS-DronesUSA: FAA will force to record the drone registration number
Only way to identify the owner in case of illegal use
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) may require in the near future that all drones (UAVs, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) for sale in the United States should have registration numbers affixed to the outside,... more
UAS-DronesUnited Kingdom: drone swarm for air strikes of the future
First prototypes should be ready this year
In the future, the Royal Air Force (RAF) will use a new strategy to face the enemy defenses, and this will not be focused only on the airplanes but also on the drones (UAV, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle). Speaking... more
UAS-DronesGermany: antidrone system under development
Objective: to ensure the safety of air transport
Yesterday was the first test of an experimental system that aims to avoid new interruptions to air traffic due to the presence of drones at airports, thanks to an instrument developed by the German company... more
UAS-DronesRussia: soon a drone capable of capturing those potentially hostile
Karnivora will take the first flight in the next few months
Russia would have developed a small drone (UAV, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) with the ability to intercept and shoot down other UAVs in flight, through the use of high-potential fragmentation grenades. In... more
UAS-DronesRussia: Okhotnik combat drone unveiled
Photographs taken of "hidden" would reveal the shape
Some photographs of what should be the new Russian drone were released on "Twitter". Pics that would have been "stolen" at Novosibirsk airport in Siberia, where last November the UAV was tested on the... more
UAS-DronesAnti-drone shield tested in the most complex environments
It is ready to protect airports
The presence of drone aircraft recently forced the closure of Gatwick airport for three days, suspending 1,000 flights and disrupting the plans of about 140,000 passengers during Christmas, and Heathrow... more