UAV & Drones

Dronamics, the worlds first cargo drone airline, has signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Cranfield Aerospace Solutions (CAeS) to develop its Hydrogen Fuel Cell (HFC) propulsion system for its Black Swan cargo drone. The Black Swan can carry 350kg of cargo up to 2,500km and the proposed HFC propulsion [read more]

The first of sixteen new surveillance drones for the Royal Air Force (RAF) has been delivered to RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire where they will be based. The Protector RG Mk1 (MQ-9B) is the next generation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) from the Reaper (MQ-9A) and as well as its primary [read more]

Amazon has announced that it will launch drone deliveries in the UK at the end of 2024 subject to approval from the UK’s airspace regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The announcement came as Amazon Air unveiled its new drone, the MK30, which is a hybrid quad-rotor aircraft that will [read more]

Berkshire-based ISS Aerospace has announced a new Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for time-critical tasking missions. The tube-launched WASP M4-TL is man-portable and deployed in less than 3 seconds and can be operated physically by a person, or remotely if mounted on a vehicle, infrastructure, or ship. After its initial rocket launch from [read more]

Former Formula 1 Technical Director Mike Gascoyne has unveiled a Cargo eVTOL drone which has been developed as part of his companies Cargo Development Program. Mike Gascoyne previously served as Technical Director for teams including McLaren, Sauber, Renault and Toyota before setting Lotus F1 through his company MGI. The prototype [read more]

BT Group’s Digital Incubation Team is entering into a deal with Drone safety specialist Altitude Angel with the aim of making a drone superhighway in the UK. The £5m investment will create a unified traffic management system (UTM) known as ARROW. A UTM is the software platform and core infrastructure [read more]

Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) disruptor ISS Aerospace has been given investment by one of its principal shareholders to enable it to grow its platforms which have recently seen a significant upsurge in interest from customers. The investment from CE Turner (Engineering) Ltd will allow ISS Aerospace, which is based in [read more]

The reported collapse of the planned Amazon Prime Air drone delivery service in the UK has apparently prompted 100’s of job losses within the team responsible for it. According to Wired, the future of the whole project its uncertain after anonymous insiders told the online tech magazine that the team [read more]