New Chinese combat drone WJ-700 performs maiden flight
China performed a successful first flight test of its WJ-700 Falcon, a new jet-powered combat and reconnaissance drone.…
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Modified Avenger drones to be used for Skyborg testing
General Atomics announced that two of their Avenger drones will be used in 2021 and 2022 to test…
Canada buys Hermes 900 drone for environment monitoring
Transport Canada has ordered Elbit Systems Hermes 900 Starliner, an Israeli long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle. The order is…
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and their enormous potential in most sectors
A drone is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that is managed with remote control by joystick or through…
Aevum rolls out satellite launching drone
Aevum presented Rawn X, the largest unmanned aircraft to date, intended as a first stage for launching small…
US Navy experiment aerial delivery to resupply submarines [Video]
The United States Navy ran a battery of tests using different aerial means in order to evaluate the…
Russian air force to receive long-range combat drones in 2021
2021 will see the first long-range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) capable of carrying precision munitions delivered to the…
BAE’s surveillance pseudo-satellite completes endurance trials
BAE announced that their Persistent High-Altitude Solar Aircraft (PHASA-35), a drone capable of loiter for up to one…
Skyborg dozen: 13 companies developing US drone fighter jet
In the closing days of September 2020, the Skyborg Vanguard program completed its second phase of awards and…
Closer look at Grom, the Russian loyal wingman
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have become a prominent part of large military expos in recent years. Russian Army-2020,…
IAI introduces helicopter drones to manage wide-area surveillance
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) introduced an unmanned helicopter unit designed to perform a wide array of surveillance and…
Japan Airlines to launch new UAV pilot training program
Japan Airlines (JAL) announced it would launch a new drone operator training program to accelerate drone-led business development…
Russia rushes updated combat drone into service
Russian Ministry of Defence and manufacturing company Kronshtadt have signed a deal to start delivery of Russia’s first…
Air Force One possibly involved in near-miss incident with drone
While approaching Joint Base Andrews from where the Air Force One fleet operates, the C-32A transporting the United…
Frankfurt airport suspends operations after drone sightings
Drone sightings in Frankfurt am Main Airport (FRA) halted operations for more than an hour, forcing around 80…
Growing threat at high altitude: innovation to fight drones
Over the past ten years, the growing availability of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), commonly known as drones, has…
Sukhoi S-70 makes maiden sortie with Su-57 fighter jet [Video]
The Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik (“Hunter”) attack drone made its first flight with a fifth-generation Su-57 fighter jet. The…
Trust, main challenge forward for Urban Air Mobility providers
With more than 70 electrical vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL) being built all around the world, the…