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The Austin American-Statesman just published an in-depth look at Skyways Air Transportation, the Austin-based startup that wants to build the world’s largest fleet of fully autonomous drones. What caught my attention isn’t the ambition. It’s the math. The company says its V2 drone can deliver cargo between Navy ships for about $1,000 per flight hour.…
DZYNE Technologies has quietly crossed a line that matters in long-endurance unmanned flight. In a recent press release, the company announced that its ULTRA Turbo unmanned aerial system completed a mission-representative flight lasting 60 hours at 25,000 feet while cruising at 100 knots true airspeed That combination of endurance, altitude, and speed places the aircraft…
Welcome to your weekly UAS news update. We have four stories for you this week. Michigan proposes a controversial 15-bill drone regulation package. A new unofficial drone speed record has been set. Police use a thermal drone to track down a hit-and-run suspect. And the Super Bowl is a no-fly zone. Let’s get to it.…
High school students in Hawaiʻi are proving that drones, data, and software can work together to protect fragile ecosystems, after U.S. Representative Jill Tokuda announced the winners of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge for her district through a series of surprise campus visits. The annual competition drew nearly 13,900 student entries nationwide, placing Hawaiʻi’s winners…
The U.S. Army’s decision to pair Trillium Engineering’s HD40 LVV imaging payload with AeroVironment’s P550 uncrewed aircraft system offers a clear look at how future reconnaissance missions are being shaped, as Unmanned Systems Technology reported. This is not a case of simply mounting a capable camera onto a capable drone. It is a deliberate alignment…
If drones had a natural predator, it would not be birds, trees, or firmware updates. It would be wires. Power lines, telephone cables, steel guy wires, clotheslines, fences, and that one mystery cable that only exists to ruin your flight. Thin, hard to see, and perfectly placed where drones love to fly. I know this…
Florida based advanced air mobility company AIR has officially pulled the curtain back on the DrN 600, an uncrewed electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft that is clearly designed to do something rare in this industry: actually work for a living. Why my Neo 2 can’t be like this? The announcement marks a public debut,…
Every once in a while, a video appears that forces an entire industry to pause, rub its temples, and whisper, “Please don’t let regulators see this.” The recent recording from Pará that we received via Petroleo e Gas does exactly that. It shows a man attempting to ride a DJI agricultural drone, a machine designed…
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