Drones

Airline says remotely piloted vehicles can reduce out-of-service time by as much as 60 percent.

The U.S. Air Force wants to soon add to its arsenal remotely piloted air combat vehicles that may be networked and controlled by piloted aircraft.

The Mojave unmanned aircraft system is designed for short runways and based upon the avionics and flight control systems of the MQ-9 Reaper and the MQ-1C Grey Eagle-ER.

The DRL becomes the first unmanned aircraft systems event organizer and joins FAA’s Partnership for Safety Plan Program.

Alteration gives more information and a modern meaning for a common aviation abbreviation.

California-based startup company Zipline has signed an agreement with Intermountain Healthcare to deliver medicine and medical supplies via drones in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Robotic Skies, a maintenance marketplace for drones, says it has entered a strategic funding partnership with Hearst Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Hearst. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but in a news release Monday, Robotics Skies indicated that the funding would be used to support continued growth and product development. Robotic Skies’ […]

A top federal regulator wants to slap new restrictions on the best-selling drone manufacturer in the U.S., saying the Chinese company poses a national security risk. The Federal Communications Commission’s commissioner Brendan Carr called on regulators Tuesday to begin the process of adding Shenzhen-based DJI to a list of companies that the U.S. Universal Service […]

Mesa Air Group and aerospace tech company Flirtey announced a deal Thursday, making Mesa the first scheduled airline to launch drone delivery in the U.S. Phoenix-based Mesa has ordered four delivery drones from Flirtey, with an option to order 500 more, according to a statement. “Mesa is excited to partner with Flirtey to become the […]

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on FreightWaves.com. Advanced aerial mobility company H3 Dynamics has secured $26 million in Series B funding that it will use to accelerate its work to use hydrogen technology in its drones rather than the standard battery-powered model. “Air mobility contributes to just 6 percent of the total CO2 emissions […]