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JASDF RQ-4B Global Hawk parked in a hangar beneath a large Japanese flag

Long Endurance Drones · Japan

Japan's $110M Global Hawk Drone Crashes on Undisclosed Mission

Japan's first RQ-4B Global Hawk loss: the $110M drone crashed off Tottori three minutes after its link failed. The ASDF won't say what it was doing.

Haye KestelooSep 163 min read

Wingcopter 262 VTOL drone in forward flight against a blue sky

Industry

Wingcopter 262: Delivery Drone Maker Launches 6-Hour Recon Drone

Wingcopter's all-electric 262 VTOL flies up to six hours and 93 miles at 22 pounds, and the German delivery company is lining it up for Ukraine.

Haye KestelooSep 15

Alteon founder Samay Sanghvi seated in front of the company's fixed-wing dynamic-soaring aircraft

India

Alteon Raises $2.5M To Fly A Drone For A Year On Ocean Wind

Bengaluru startup Alteon raised $2.5 million led by Lachy Groom to build a drone that harvests ocean wind shear and stays aloft for over a year.

Haye KestelooSep 1

SiFly Q12 drone with a yellow fuselage and long slender arms against a black backdrop

Industry

SiFly Raises $20M to Build 1,000 US Drones With Chinese Motors

SiFly raised a $20 million Series A to start Q12 production. Its motors still come from China, and its CEO says full reshoring is not physically possible.

Haye KestelooAug 27

TP200

China's TP200 Drone Flies 24 Hours Fully Loaded

China's TP200 fixed-wing drone completed its maiden flight with a design target of more than 24 hours of endurance at full load, a 440-pound payload, and a 1,860-mile range.

Rafael SuárezJul 29