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The U.S. Navy’s first operational MQ-25A Stingray has completed its first autonomous taxi test, marking a key milestone on the path toward flight operations, as Boeing Defense and Defence Blog confirmed the event on January 30. During the test, air vehicle pilots initiated movement from the Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control System. The aircraft then…
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, is home to F-22 Raptors and C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft. It is also surrounded by some of the most photogenic terrain on the planet. That combination creates a problem the base’s counter-drone team deals with regularly. JBER has published a public advisory reminding everyone that flying any drone…
The same week DHS announced its permanent counter-drone office and FEMA began distributing $500 million in C-UAS grants, the House Homeland Security Committee held an oversight hearing that spelled out exactly why the federal government is treating drones as a top-tier threat. Chairman Andrew R. Garbarino’s opening statement placed drones alongside cyberattacks and AI-enabled operations…
Colombia just made one of the biggest counter drone moves in the Western Hemisphere, and it did so with a clear message in mind. Airspace is no longer a background concern. It is now a frontline, as reported by Defence Blog. On January 10, the Colombian government announced a COP 6.2 trillion investment, roughly $1.6…
Flights at London Heathrow Airport were briefly disrupted after a suspected drone sighting, once again highlighting how even a single unmanned aircraft can ripple through one of the busiest aviation hubs on the planet, as Independent reports. Heathrow is Europe’s busiest airport, handling roughly 70 arrivals and departures every hour, so even short pauses can…
Today was supposed to be a calm, orderly release day for the DJI Ronin RS5 in China, the kind of launch where everything moves behind a velvet rope, region locked websites, carefully timed press briefings, and that familiar DJI sense of total control. Instead, someone at DJI tripped over the biggest red button in the…
The College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, has been awarded $4 million in federal funding to expand its aviation and drone education programs, a move aimed squarely at fixing growing workforce shortages across the U.S. aviation sector, as Aviation Web reports. The funding comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement…
Some drones announce themselves with noise, blinking lights, and shaky cellphone footage, others arrive like a thought you did not know you were having, quiet, inevitable, already there before you noticed. Saturday night over Venezuela, the RQ-170 Sentinel belonged firmly to the second category. At least one, and possibly two, of the U.S. Air Force’s…
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