Review: ViFly WhoopStor V2 1S LiPo LiHV Battery Charger
The ViFly WhoopStor V2 is probably one of the most feature-rich 1S Lipo chargers on the market right now for tiny whoops. It can storage charge your batteries and supports both PH2.0 and BT2.0 connectors.…
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Israeli firm Xtend will supply hundreds of new Wolverine Gen2 unmanned systems to the U.S. Defense Department as part of a joint government-to-government program with Israel’s Defense Ministry, the company announced . The small drone, which is made in the U.S., “enables operators — even those with no flight experience
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In a new paper published in the journal Composite Structures, Suong Hoa and his student co-authors present a method to make UAV wings cheaper to manufacture and more efficient in flight. Hoa is a professor of mechanical, industrial and aerospace engineering at the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer
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German drone delivery company Wingcopter has announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued the Special Class Airworthiness Criteria for the Wingcopter 198 US unmanned aircraft. This approval marks a critical milestone in the certification process of Wingcopter’s flagship eVTOL delivery drone in the U.S. With the Airworthiness Criteria,
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The New York Air National Guard’s 174th Attack Wing highlighted its ability to fly the MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft into any airport, anywhere on Thursday, May 5 when it landed an aircraft at Griffiss International Airport in Rome, New York. Until last year, an MQ-9 required line of sight
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Wrecked Russian fighter jets are being found with rudimentary GPS receivers “taped to the dashboards” in Ukraine because their inbuilt navigation systems are so bad, the UK’s defense secretary, Ben Wallace, said. Speaking at the National Army Museum in London, Wallace commemorated those who died in World War II and
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Liteye Systems, Inc. today announced the award of a $12.1M, multi-year contract by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to provide its entire portfolio of integrated multi-domain, multi-mission Air Base Surface and Ground Defense systems, including Counter UAS (C-UAS) solutions. The contract award demonstrates the DoD’s prioritization of air and
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ANKARA, TURKEY- As one of the most promising companies in the Turkish UAS and IT Industry, TITRA is joining DLE to collaborate with existing members to assist standardising the drone delivery industry. TITRA has developed a long-range/heavy lifter unmanned/autonomous helicopter ALPİN. Also with the swarm system software developed by Titra
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Cochstedt, Germany (SPX) May 08, 2022 –
Magdeburg-Cochstedt Airport has rejoined the German aviation network. The official reopening took place on 6 May 2022, attended by representatives from government, academia and industry. Take-offs and landings for aircraft up to 5.7 tonnes will once again be possible at Magdeburg-Cochstedt Airport, initially in
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Pasadena CA (SPX) May 06, 2022 –
To be truly useful, drones-that is, autonomous flying vehicles-will need to learn to navigate real-world weather and wind conditions.
Right now, drones are either flown under controlled conditions, with no wind, or are operated by humans using remote controls. Drones have been taught to fly
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Montreal, Canada (SPX) May 11, 2022 –
The aviation industry faces multiple pressures from higher fuel costs and increased scrutiny over the environmental and quality-of-life impacts from its aircraft. Researchers are looking for new methods of keeping expenses down while improving overall efficiency, and the relatively new market of unmanned aerial
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Numerica Corporation has received the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2015 certification for the robust quality management system implemented to bring its Spyglass™ short-range surveillance radar to market. The certification was issued through Platinum Registration, a Denver-based ANAB-accredited management system certification body, and awarded on March 10, 2022. The strict
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A Kent Police drone pilot, working in unison with constables from the Gravesham Local Policing Team, helped safely locate a vulnerable woman. Close to midnight on 30 April, 2022, the force’s control room received a call which stated a lone female had been seen walking through a Gravesend industrial site
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Listing follows completion of a business combination with Zanite Acquisition Corp. (“Zanite”) • The closing of the business combination generated $377 million of gross proceeds, which will be used to accelerate the development, certification and commercialization of Eve’s comprehensive UAM solution • Eve to ring the opening bell at the
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This action announces a public meeting of the UAS Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) Final Report. Dates The meeting will be held on June 22, 2022, from 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Eastern Time. Request for accommodations to a disability must be received by June 13, 2022.
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Let’s Talk About Fat Shark Dominator HD Digital FPV System
Fat Shark just dropped a shocking new digital HD FPV system this week. When the news about the new Dominator Goggles came out, there were speculations that it could be a DJI or HDZero video…
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The Fleet 50 Freighter was a Canadian twin-engine biplane general utility aircraft designed and built by Fleet Aircraft. This peculiar-looking aircraft had promise as a freighter and general use aircraft, but it was underpowered and only five were built – two crashed, two caught fire, and just one survived its
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To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the opening of Disneyland Paris in April, the park launched a show featuring 150 colour-changing drones that swarm around the centrepiece Sleeping Beauty Castle before the nightly fireworks show. But calling them drones fails to do them justice. Based on the Parrot BeBop 2
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The Joint C-sUAS Office (JCO) hosted two C-sUAS demonstrations at Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) last year with the Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) to give industry the opportunity to show their latest technology. “The counter UAS threat has evolved significantly over the past few years,” said Maj.
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Magdeburg-Cochstedt Airport has rejoined the German aviation network. The official reopening took place on 6 May 2022, attended by representatives from government, academia and industry. Take-offs and landings for aircraft up to 5.7 tonnes will once again be possible at Magdeburg-Cochstedt Airport, initially in accordance with visual flight rules.Linking the
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Turkish Aerospace Industries signed a new cooperation with Kazakhstan, with which ANKA Unmanned Aerial Vehicle signed an export agreement last year. With the memorandum of understanding signed between Turkish Aerospace Industries and Kazakhstan Engineering Company, ANKA Unmanned Aerial Vehicle will be produced jointly in Kazakhstan. In addition to joint production,
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UK Royal Mail has set out its ambition to scale up its use of drone technology and create more than 50 new postal drone routes over the next three years, subject to Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) approval, as part of a new partnership with Windracers, the logistics drone company. The
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Mira Marquez According to the Federal Aviation Administration’s annual statistics, women comprised only 7.6% of registered Remote Pilots (aka licensed drone pilots) at the end of 2021. While it’s a slight increase from past years, there’s no question that the drone industry can and should make closing the gender gap
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Cleveron Mobility, a company developing the technology of driverless autonomous vehicles, and the parcel delivery company DPD Eesti are known to be the first in Europe to deliver a package to a customer with a driverless autonomous vehicle. Thanks to its flexible cargo capacity and the capability of driving on
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ANRA Technologies, a leader in integrated airspace, mission management and delivery systems for uncrewed aircraft, today announced a new data migration service for enterprises transitioning to ANRA’s MissionManager drone operations and fleet management platform. Maintaining historical data is critical to every enterprise drone program for long-term analysis, planning and
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Over the last few weeks, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has used Facebook advertising to target the general public in an attempt to educate potential drone users. Like the CAA, UAVNZ considers aviation safety of paramount importance and we want to see such initiatives happen. However, we have some concerns
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Well done to the confidential human factors incident reporting program (CHIRP) and in particular editor Rupert Dent. We need lots more of this in the drone industry. The constant improvement in the CHIRP report says to me that perhaps the RPAS world is starting to grow up. A relevant read
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