Potential contract options total as much as $55 million; initial base delivery order is $862,488 Hand-launched AeroVironment Raven is the most widely used military unmanned aircraft system in the world SIMI VALLEY, Calif., Nov. 13, 2019 – AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV), a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for both
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The Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California took delivery of the Navy’s first ever hydrogen fuel cell powered rotary-wing unmanned aerial system (UAS) on 25 October 2019. The six-rotor UAS “HYCOPTER” has a blade tip-to-blade tip diameter of 7 feet, a takeoff weight of about 35 pounds with a five-pound
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Real estate is usually the largest expense item in the P&L of a warehousing operation – whether a 3PL or a company owned one. As e-commerce penetrates an increasingly larger share of the retail industry, warehouses and DCs are being created/expanded near high population areas to enable same-day delivery, reduce
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Sentera has announced the launch of the 6X, the highest-performing, the most powerful sensor in its class. 6X delivers the data and processing necessary to meet a wide range of customer requirements, from broad acre, specialty, and permanent crop insights to science and research customers. “The 6x currently delivers the
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AeroVironment, Inc. has announced it received a firm fixed-price contract valued at $6,408,542 from an existing Southeast Asian military customer on September 17, 2019 for additional Raven unmanned aircraft systems. Delivery is anticipated within 12 months. “With nearly two decades of combat-proven effectiveness, Raven is a mainstay workhorse for
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Today, ARGUS International, Inc. proudly announced its awarding of the ARGUS Gold Unmanned Operator rating to Volans-i, making the organization the first unmanned delivery operation to earn the prestigious aviation rating. The California-headquartered autonomous drone delivery solution serves the commercial, defense, and humanitarian sectors both within the United States and
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AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV), a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), today announced it received a firm-fixed-price contract valued at $6,408,542 from an existing Southeast Asian military customer on September 17, 2019, for additional Raven® unmanned aircraft systems. Delivery is anticipated within 12 months. “With nearly two decades
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u‑blox , a global provider of leading positioning and wireless communication technologies, has gained another high‑profile endorsement for ZED‑F9P, its high precision GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) module that delivers centimeter‑level accuracy within seconds. Quantum‑Systems, a German company specialized in the development and production of electric VTOL (Vertical Take‑off and
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On Monday, Eric Allison, head of Uber Elevate, revealed a new Uber Eats delivery drone design onstage at Forbes Under 30 Summit in Detroit. The company plans to use this design when it starts testing meal delivery in San Diego next summer. The new drone design can carry dinner for
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During multinational forces exercises with the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and the Australian Defense Force (ADF), Zipline successfully forward-deployed to Australia to pilot its life-saving UAS technology. According to Zipline, the deployment sought to showcase how its logistics network of autonomous delivery UAS could help transform emergency medicine and
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The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has awarded the country’s first licence for urban drone deliveries to Chinese tech company Antwork Technology. The approval, presented to Antwork on 15 October, encompasses urban operations, as well as delivery business licences. Prior to receiving CAAC approval, Antwork has carried out more
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Imagine an Africa with low mobility costs and just-in-time delivery or with massive amounts of new imagery available for mapping and monitoring – what new business opportunities could exist in e-commerce and data services? The African Drone Forum (ADF) asks African entrepreneurs to envision new commercial use cases that may
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The Turkish drone manufacturer Baykar announced that it delivered the second batch of Bayraktar TB2 armed unmanned aerial vehicles to the Ukrainian Air Force. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defence announced that it completed the acceptance tests of the drones at its Starokostiantyniv Airbase. These tests covered the drones’ combat capabilities,
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Electric truck maker Workhorse Inc. is selling its Surefly flying car project to aerospace and defense contractor Moog Inc. for $4 million and forming a joint venture with Moog to boost its truck-based drone delivery efforts. Workhorse had been trying to sell the Surefly vertical-lift copter assets to raise money
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There’s been a lot of talk of using drones for delivery, but usually in the context of residential or commercial deliveries. Zipline, a drone delivery company, is looking to add on to that with medical supplies and blood. Blood deliveries are important, and can be life saving, and zipline is
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Raytheon Company delivered the first high-energy laser counter-unmanned aerial system to the U.S. Air Force earlier this month. The system will be deployed overseas as part of a year-long Air Force experiment to train operators and test the system’s effectiveness in real-world conditions. Raytheon’s high-energy laser weapon system uses an
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Drone Delivery Canada Corp. has announced that with the assistance of its sales agent Air Canada, it has entered into a commercial agreement dated October 22, 2019 with DSV Air & Sea Inc. Canada, the Canadian arm of the global transport and logistics company DSV Panalpina A/S, to deploy DDC’s
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AeroVironment, Inc. has received a $5,254,912 firm fixed-price contract award for Puma 3 AE systems and support equipment on August 8, 2019 for the U.S. Border Patrol, part of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Delivery is anticipated by January, 2020. AeroVironment’s Puma 3 AE small unmanned aircraft
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AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV), a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), received a $5,254,912 firm-fixed-price contract award for PumaTM 3 AE systems and support equipment on August 8, 2019, for the U.S. Border Patrol, part of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Delivery is anticipated by January 2020.
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On October 18, in a first for drone delivery in the U.S., Wing is delivered packages, over-the-counter medication, snacks and gifts to residents of Christiansburg, Virginia. With an expanded Air Carrier Certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Wing today became the first company to operate a commercial air delivery
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Flock has announced that it has become as the exclusive risk partner of Skyports for its drone insurance. The collaborative partnership will enable Skyports to further the development of their drone delivery services, starting with initial ‘Beyond Visible Line of Sight’ (BVLOS) test flights in the UK, Belgium, Sweden and
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You’ve heard of drones delivering packages, but what about drones delivering people? That’s right, companies like Airbus that have been using drones in innovative ways and now are working on autonomous drone Taxis that can carry human passengers. These air taxis will be able to fly over traffic, and provide
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Washington (UPI) Oct 11, 2019 –
ImSAR LLC was awarded a $7.2 million contract for work on payload systems and communications packages of the RQ-21 Blackjack unmanned aerial system.
The cost-plus-fixed fee delivery order against a previous ordering agreement calls for work to be executed by October 2020, the Defense Department announced
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Workhorse Group Inc., an American technology company focused on providing sustainable and cost-effective electric-mobility solutions to the transportation sector has partnered with Unmanned Systems Operations Group, Inc. , a provider of end-to-end, unmanned mobile medical delivery logistics, to launch an initial pilot drone delivery program in the San Diego area.
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Delair, one of the world’s leading suppliers of mini-drones, announces it has approached several units of the French Army to supply them with Delair UX11 UAVs, systems deployed around the world. in complex industrial environments and in military and civilian security operations. The first systems were delivered at the end
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Rapidly deployable via hand-launch, Puma LE’s 5.5-hour endurance delivers persistent data with increased time on station, in an economical two-case mission packout Puma LE’s 5.5-pound total payload capacity includes a secondary payload bay with dedicated power supply and Ethernet connection, making Puma LE the ideal multi-mission platform for third-party payload
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The 2019 UAV Challenge event concluded today in Calvert, Queensland, Australia, and the Winners of the Queensland Government Airborne Delivery Challenge were the Mojave Hawks from Pete Knight High School in California. The competition was incredibly close this year with the top four teams being separated by just 2.8 points
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DroneDek says it has been awarded a U.S. patent for what it describes as “last-mile drone delivery.”
The company claims that it will “disrupt the parcel, package and mail delivery industry by leveraging several patent claims…that combine to make it a ‘mailbox on steroids.’”
DroneDek aims to solve drone delivery by offering
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