NASA
An-28 Skydiving Plane Has 222 Drone Kills. The New York Times Just Filmed Inside It.
The New York Times rode along with a Ukrainian An-28 crew firing a Minigun at Russian Shaheds for $500 a kill. The same plane has 222 confirmed kills.
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DJI And Autel Petitions Hit FCC’s May 11 Comment Deadline As Drone Operators Push For Covered List Reversal
The FCC's reply comment window on DJI's and Autel's Covered List petitions closes Monday, May 11. How to file in dockets 26-22 and 26-23.
Anduril
Titan Batteries Opens UAV Pack Line At Bosch Site In Tilburg As Europe’s Drone Buildout Reaches The Battery Layer
Titan Batteries opened a UAV pack line at Bosch's Tilburg campus on May 2, claiming first drone battery production on two continents.
DJI
DJI Osmo Mobile 8P Launches Globally With FrameTap Remote, Skips U.S. Market Again
DJI launched the Osmo Mobile 8P globally on May 7 with the FrameTap detachable remote. Starting at €159. No U.S. sale due to FCC Covered List restrictions.
FAA
K-State Salina Trains Kansas Farmers to Fly Spray Drones
Kansas State University Salina is putting agricultural drone spray operations directly in farmers’ hands. The university’s UAS program is offering a two-day in-person course covering everything from regulatory compliance to live spray missions, with the next session scheduled for May 28-29, as KSAL reported. What the Course Actually Covers The course is called UAS Aerial…
Counter-Drone
Canadian Military Activates Counter-Drone Defenses At Naval Bases, Wrestles With Halifax Harbor Identification Problem
Canada's military has activated counter-drone systems at naval bases, but Halifax Harbor exposes the hard problem: telling hostile drones from civilian ones.
United States
New DIRT Program Trains Personnel on Grounded Drones
DIRT picks up where that training ends. A drone that has crashed, been shot down, been abandoned, or been found near sensitive infrastructure
Ukraine
Big Red One Tests OWS Drones for Anti-Armor Missions
Soldiers from the 1st Infantry Division’s engineer battalion at Fort Riley, Kansas, spent the last week of April launching one-way strike drones in a series of live experimentation events with a small defense contractor, as DVIDS reported. The exercise has a name: the Diehard One-Way Strike Drone Experimentation Series. The mission concept it’s testing is…
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