On August 17th, yet another daring cash-in-transit robbery took place on the roads of South Africa, this time in the suburban area of Esther Park
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Author: Chris Stonor
Watch video: Japan’s futuristic flying car dream
The Japanese government is investing large sums of money to develop flying cars with the aim of commercialising this market by as early as 2023,
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LIFT Aircraft demonstrates Hexa eVTOL Ultralight to US Air Force
Last week three top leaders of the United States Air Force watched an electric powered vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in flight during a
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NASA developing an all-electric “X-57 X-Plane”
NASA is having fun, with the help of its Pleiades supercomputer, visualising the X-57 “Maxwell” electric experimental aircraft, reports nasa.gov. As the National Aeronautics and
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Iprosurv choose Altitude Angel as global map data provider
On the back of Iprosurv being granted BVLOS drone permissions by the CAA (see this week’s article on UAMN), the UK’s survey and inspection company have
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Urban Aeronautics joins with Hatzolah Air to develop CityHawk for emergency medical services use
Israel’s Urban Aeronautics announced this week it has signed a MOU with U.S. based Hatzolah Air to develop its CityHawk VTOL aircraft for emergency medical
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Dufour Aerospace gains Innosuisse grant for wind tunnel testing
Innosuisse is supporting Dufour Aerospace with a grant to verify the aerodynamic design of Dufour’s manned tilt-wing, aEro 3, with a wind tunnel test campaign. The
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CAA grants drones BVLOS to UK’s Iprosurv
Iprosurv, a leading UK aerial survey, inspection, mapping and maintenance provider, that uses drones for much of its work, has secured Beyond Visual Line of
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U.S. Chicago start-up launches its drone delivery station
Valqari, a Chicago start-up company formed last year, has launched this week its Drone Delivery Station (DDS). The technology offers a safe and convenient landing
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Deutsche Telekom experiments with drones for medical logistics
Deutsche Telekom (DT) has joined KODRONA, a co-operative project that is researching the use of drone technology for medical applications, in particular to speed up
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