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SkyDrive Secures 10 SD 05 eVTOLs for Taiwan
SkyDrive Inc. has reached a general understanding with 7A Drones Co., Ltd. for the purchase of 10 SKYDRIVE Model SD 05 eVTOL aircraft
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Swarm Aero Opens Arkansas UAV Plant
California based startup Swarm Aero has opened an 80,000 square foot Advanced Manufacturing Center at Drake Field in Fayetteville, Arkansas
Drone Software
Ottonomy Launches Ottumn.AI to Orchestrate Drones and Robots
At the India AI Summit, California based Ottonomy.IO unveiled Ottumn.AI, a cloud orchestration platform designed to coordinate robots, drones, and smart infrastructure as if they were sections of the same mechanical orchestra, as published by The Robot Reports. The company built Ottumn.AI on NVIDIA artificial intelligence infrastructure, with backing from the NVIDIA Inception program. The…
Ukraine
Quantum Systems eyes early 2027 IPO as Morgan Stanley tapped for fresh $710 million funding round
We have been tracking Quantum Systems‘ rise from small civilian drone maker to what the company calls Europe’s first “triple unicorn” in dual-use technology for nearly two years now. Today, the trajectory just got a lot steeper. The Peter Thiel-backed German drone company is preparing for an initial public offering that could take place by…
Department of Defense
Voice Controlled Drone Swarm Contest: Shocking Details Behind SpaceX’s Pentagon Bid
SpaceX is reportedly competing in a secret Pentagon challenge to build voice controlled, autonomous drone swarming technology, as Reuters reports. On paper, it reads like the next chapter in military innovation. In context, it also reads like a sharp philosophical U turn. According to Bloomberg News, SpaceX and its AI subsidiary xAI are among a…
NASA
Laser-Powered Drone Achieves “Infinite Flight.” Are The Claims True?
A company by the name of PowerLight Technologies, out of Kent, Washington, may have found the secret to the age-old war between UAS and batteries: laser-powered drones. No, I’m not kidding. PowerLight claims to have created a way to power long-endurance fixed-wing drones by using ground-based lasers that can charge them up to (nearly) one…
Thermal Drone
Musk’s xAI Plant Caught Running Unpermitted Gas Turbines
Thermal drone footage has added fuel to a growing controversy in Southaven, Mississippi, where Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI is accused of operating unpermitted gas turbines to power its expanding datacenter footprint, as reported by The Guardian. An investigation by Floodlight newsroom used aerial thermal imaging (yep, the same that we write a lot…
United States
Micro Drone Race Returns to Air Force Museum in Dayton, OH
From Feb. 20 to 22, 64 FPV pilots will compete in the 7th Annual Micro Drone Race, flying tight, high speed lines through a custom course
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