Joshua Spires

The Turkish government wants to convert its TCG Anadolu assault ship into a home for launching attack drones in future missions. The country has been forced to develop its own system after it bought an air defense system from Russia, resulting in the United States removing it from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter project.

Latvian mobile network provider LMT has partnered with Dimetor to explore the integration of drones into very low level (LLV) airspace. The new partnership builds on an earlier one, which saw both companies validating BVLOS drone flights on a mobile network.

The Collier County Sheriff’s Office in Florida was able to locate a fleeing suspect with the help of its drone in the air watching over him until officers were able to get to him and take him into custody. The man has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without the intent to kill, with another charge in a neighboring county.

Local Nepalese company Prokura Innovations is producing drones to facilitate medical deliveries in hard-to-reach areas around the country. The company also focuses on the production of low-cost drones to ensure everyone gets access to healthcare.

Australian medical drone delivery company Swoop Aero has won the 2021 AAUS Humanitarian Achievement award for its lifesaving work delivering medicines and medical equipment to hard-to-reach areas across Africa.

Estonian Railways brought in Hepta Airborne to digitize its railway assets and see the benefits drones could bring to the table, or, in this case, the track. The two companies have been trialing the technology’s use over the past few months to see if it adds enough value.

Dataiku, an AI and machine learning platform, has partnered with UAVIA to create an autonomous solution for edge computing on drones. This partnership will produce an automated system for training and deploying machine learning models onto the drones themselves, removing the need for a central computer.

The St. Lawrence River in Canada has long been an area for researchers and scientists to track the animals to learn more. Drones have now joined in on the fun by allowing the River Institute to map the river and track the wildlife at a much lower cost.

Earlier this week, students at Crestwood High School in South Carolina have got their first taste of flying drones in a new drone program. The introduction of drones is part of a four-course drone certification program to get ninth graders in the air.

Researchers from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Australia have successfully trialed new, quieter drone propellers. The team working on the project managed to produce a propeller that produces around 15dB less noise than the current market.

Rotor Riot is back with another great video, this time chasing monster trucks and dirt bikes with FPV drones in front of a live audience. The drones captured never-before-seen angles and get up close and personal with the subjects being filmed.

Altitude Angel has announced it expects to become Europe’s foremost supplier of UTM (Unified Traffic Management) technologies. The company’s UTM platform has already supported over 20,000 drone flights in Controlled (CTR) and Restricted Airspace (FRZ) over the last 12 months.

Reliable Robotics has completed the first flight of a remotely piloted aircraft from a private control center. The plane was piloted from its Mountain View, California-based headquarters over 50 miles away from the upgraded and retrofitted Cessna 208 Caravan.

The Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) now allows Aussie drone pilots to receive automated airspace approvals in Wing Aviation‘s OpenSky drone safety app. The automated process is a first in the country and will allow pilots to become more productive.

Citadel Defense has announced it has partnered with Syzygy Integration to develop a new counter-drone platform for the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and other federal government agencies. The new system is called the Tactical Assault Kit (TAK).

Insta360 has just released its new camera, the Insta360 GO 2, an improved and updated version of the original GO camera. The original GO camera was a popular option for FPV drone pilots wanting to capture smooth footage without the hassle of pulling apart a GoPro. Can the GO 2 live up to the GO?

A Wisconsin drone company has partnered with the local school district to provide reliable internet to rural Northwoods kids. The drones will essentially act as mobile cellular towers to give the kids access to the internet for school work.

Oil and gas giant Neptune Energy has partnered with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) to measure methane emissions from offshore rigs with drones. Methane is a component of natural gas and a greenhouse gas required to be reduced according to the Paris Agreement.

Package delivery company GoFor has partnered with Aurora Aerial to deliver packages with drones, to improve delivery times for customers. The deliveries will be trialed in Canada before expanding to the rest of North America.

After being out for less than a week, the DJI FPV drone has already begun to see its first crashes, with this one causing total destruction. The video doesn’t show the crash but rather what is left of the drone after what looks to be a high-speed impact.

Drone manufacturer Elbit Systems has announced it has won a contract to supply an Asian country with its Hermes 900 drones. The contract is worth a huge $300 million and will see drones delivered to the unnamed country over the next five years.