By Chris Stonor Jaunt Air Mobility announced this week advancing its next phase of the AFWERX High-Speed Vertical Take-Off and Landing (HSVTOL) Concept Challenge, a
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Category: Defence
Beta Technologies gains second U.S military contract for Alia eVTOL
By Chris Stonor Vermont-based Beta Technologies (BT) announced this week it has won a second U.S Army contract to support flight testing of its Alia
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USAF grants Kitty Hawk’s Heaviside eVTOL “airworthiness approval” via Agility Prime program
By Chris Stonor AFWERX Agility Prime partner Kitty Hawk has been awarded an airworthiness approval by the US Airforce (USAF) that allows Kitty Hawk’s Heaviside
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South Africa: Leading security firm deploys drones “to track criminals in Johannesburg suburbs”
By Chris Stonor A leading South African private security firm announced this week, it is deploying drones to track criminals in the suburbs of Johannesburg,
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South Korea to spend USD37.6 million on “drone cops”
By Chris Stonor South Korea’s Science and Technology Ministry announced this week, the country is to spend around USD37.6 million on installing “Drone Cops” in
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Daily Telegraph Exclusive: Drones flown near UK airports to be dragged out of sky by “Spiderman webs”
By Chris Stonor The Daily Telegraph in a trumpeted ‘Exclusive’ says the UK Government is discussing plans for entanglement devices looking more like “Spiderman webs”
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South Korea: Incheon Airport take harsh legal action against illegal drone operators “with fines up to USD1,765”
By Chris Stonor South Korea’s major international airport located in the western port city of Incheon is to take harsh legal action against drone operators
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India: Drone start-up ideaForge raises USD2.1 million investment
By Chris Stonor India’s homegrown drone start-up, ideaForge, announced this week an additional USD2.1 million investment from venture capital firm BlackSoil. This comes on the
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Europe: Prison wardens given “special rifles” to shoot down drones flying close to penal institutions
By Chris Stonor Last year in Bavaria, situated in the south east region of Germany, 15 “special rifles” were handed out to correctional officers to
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EHang responds to Wolfpack’s “damning report”
By Chris Stonor The Chinese air taxi company, EHang, won’t forget Wednesday, February 17th, 2021 in a hurry. It was the day when U.S financial analyst and
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