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Petrel Aero Sky Logs Six Hour Hybrid Test

Petrel AERO Sky Logs Six Hour Hybrid Test

Six hours aloft is not a marketing whisper. It is a stamina statement. Florida based Petrel Technologies confirmed that its AERO Sky hybrid VTOL aircraft completed a six hour endurance test, covering hundreds of miles while conducting real time reconnaissance,…

Orlando To Vote On $6.8M Axon Skydio Drone Plan

Orlando to Vote on $6.8M Axon Skydio Drone Plan

The Orlando City Council is set to vote Monday on a $6.83 million expansion of the Orlando Police Department drone program, a move that would formalize a Drone as First Responder system built around Axon’s Skydio aircraft, according to Orlando…

Army Hosts First Best Drone Warfighter Event

Army Hosts First Best Drone Warfighter Event

The U.S. Army has added a new arena to its culture of elite competitions. This time, the battlefield fits inside a backpack and launches with a whine. From February 17 to 19, soldiers gathered at the University of Alabama in…

Skydrive Secures 10 Sd 05 Evtols For Taiwan

SkyDrive Secures 10 SD 05 eVTOLs for Taiwan

Japan’s electric air taxi race just added a Taiwanese runway. SkyDrive Inc. has reached a general understanding with 7A Drones Co., Ltd. for the purchase of 10 SKYDRIVE Model SD 05 eVTOL aircraft, marking the company’s first Letter of Intent…

Swarm Aero Opens Arkansas Uav Plant

Swarm Aero Opens Arkansas UAV Plant

A new drone factory just fired up its engines in the American heartland. California based startup Swarm Aero has opened an 80,000 square foot Advanced Manufacturing Center at Drake Field in Fayetteville, Arkansas, positioning Northwest Arkansas as a rising node…

Ai Drone Beats Human Champions In Abu Dhabi

AI Drone Beats Human Champions in Abu Dhabi

In April 2025, inside the neon charged arena of the A2RL Drone Championship in Abu Dhabi, something quietly historic happened. An autonomous racing drone did not just compete. It defeated three human FPV world champions in head to head knockout…