Online webinar: 3 November 2022, 7pm (GMT) November 3rd this year will mark 20 years since a remotely-controlled drone was first used to carry out an extra-judicial killing ‘beyond the battlefield’. While drones had previously been used in warzones, this was the first time a drone had been used to
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Six flights due to land at Dublin Airport on Saturday afternoon were diverted due to drone sightings on the air field. Flight operations were suspended for approximately 40 minutes for safety reasons following two confirmed sightings of drones. Operations were suspended at 2.11pm, and resumed at 2:49pm on runway 28R
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REGENT, the company pioneering electric seagliders for sustainable maritime transportation, has announced a strategic investment from Japan Airlines Innovation Fund, a strategic fund that is the venture arm of Japan Airlines (JAL), one of the world’s premier carriers. This investment in REGENT serves as a first step in the exploration
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Airspeeder has just announced a groundbreaking two-year broadcast content deal with Fox Sports Australia that will bring exclusive, cutting-edge flying car racing content to audiences across Australia. More than 2.8m subs in Foxtel Group. Australian market. The new programming lineup features highlights from the first Airspeeder EXA Series Race in
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On Dec. 22, 2022, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. and the Air National Guard (ANG), with joint support from the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) and U.S. Air Force (USAF), flight tested an MQ-9A remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) equipped with a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications (SATCOM) Command and Control
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Beijing (AFP) Feb 3, 2023 –
Beijing said on Friday it regretted an “unintended” breach of US airspace by what it described as an unmanned civilian airship, after the Pentagon said it was tracking a Chinese spy balloon.
“The airship is from China,” a spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Washington (AFP) Feb 4, 2023 –
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had planned a rare visit to Beijing to manage tensions but also to answer a question — was there substance behind a new, seemingly more conciliatory tone in Beijing?
With the discovery of what the Pentagon called a Chinese
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Build: Hee Wing T1 Ranger Without Flight Controller
I took a 2-year break from fixed wings, it’s about time for a new build. Portability and efficiency have always been the most important considerations in planes for me, and the Hee Wing T1 Ranger…
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Textron Systems Corporation, a Textron Inc. company, announced that the Aerosonde Unmanned Aircraft System aboard the USS Miguel Keith, designated ESB 5, took its first operational flight. The inaugural mission follows an October 2022 contract award by the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to provide unmanned aviation support
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Roughly a month after Amazon Prime Air made its first deliveries in California and Texas, it’d served fewer than 10 households — and it’s already laid off more than half the employees at those locations. That’s according to a pair of new reports at The Information and Business Insider, and
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Just 21 months after receiving $5.1M seed funding and with only 9 months from concept to first flight, MightyFly is ready to unveil the next generation of its aircraft, the MightyFly Cento. Aircraft Specs & Cargo Logistics Platform Capabilities The Cento, previously referred to as the MF-100, is a hybrid,
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. will manufacture and perform demonstration flights of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) unmanned Off-Board Sensing Station (OBSS) aircraft. Following a 12-month base period that culminated in a critical design review (CDR), AFRL exercised a build and flight test option. GA-ASI’s innovative Gambit
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The video below captures the moment that a U.S. Air Force fighter safely shot down a Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon on February 4th. At 2:39 pm Eastern time, an F-22 Raptor from the 1st Fighter Wing at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. fired one AIM-9X Sidewinder into the approximately 90-foot
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