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Apparently, if the GPS on your shiny new DJI FPV Drone detects that it’s not in the United States, it will turn down its transmitter power so as not to …read more Continue reading Web Tool Cranks Up The Power on DJI’s FPV Drone
Boeing’s Loyal Wingman combat drone has completed its first flight in the skies over the Woomera Range Complex in Australia. The successful flight was followed by the announcement that the Australian government has ordered three more prototype aircraft… Continue reading Loyal Wingman combat drone makes first flight
If new rules from the FAA regarding unmanned aircraft operations in the US are any indication, drones are becoming less of a niche hobby and more integrated into everyday life. Of course, the devil is in the details, and what the Federal Aviation Administration appears to give with one hand, …read more
Continue reading Federal Aviation Administration Announces Major Drone Rule Changes
Drone company UAVTEK has collaborated with BAE Systems to deliver 30 prototypes of the Bug nano drone to the British Army for field evaluations. Weighing 6.91 ounces (196 g), the Bug is designed to operate in winds of up to 50 mph (80 km/h).Continue Re… Continue reading British Army trialling “heavy-duty” Bug nano drone
Boeing’s Loyal Wingman jet-propelled combat drone has been put through its first high-speed taxi test in preparation for its maiden flight next year. Conducted by Boeing and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) at an undisclosed location in Australia,… Continue reading Loyal Wingman combat drone completes first high-speed taxi tests
BAE Systems has won an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract worth up to US$400 million to compete to develop a digital design for a low-cost, autonomous robotic combat drone that can partner with piloted warplanes under the US Air Force’s S… Continue reading BAE Systems to design expendable Skyborg drone for US Air Force
At the 2020 World UAV Conference in Shenzhen, Chinese heavy drone company Autoflight unveiled a big new canard-style electric VTOL cargo drone, and announced its intentions to develop a similar aircraft for urban air taxi operations.Continue ReadingCat… Continue reading China’s Autoflight puts a canard twist on its latest long-range eVTOL
AeroVironment has unveiled its latest loitering missile unmanned aircraft system for the US Army and other customers. Based on the Switchblade 300, which was deployed with US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2011, the Switchblade 600 is larger with in… Continue reading Switchblade 600 drone provides improved loitering missile capability
The age of the unmanned combat jet is a step closer after Boeing Australia announced that its Loyal Wingman aircraft has fired up its engine for the first time. On an undisclosed date this month, the autonomous drone powered up its commercial turbofan … Continue reading Loyal Wingman combat drone powers up engine for the first time
“How’s the weather?” is a common enough question down here on the ground, but it’s even more important to pilots. Even if they might not physically be in the cockpit of the craft they are flying. [Justin Parsons] explains how weather affects drone flights and how having API access to …read more
Continue reading You Don’t Need a Weatherman to Know which Way the Drone Blows