Newsletter drone 7 janvier 2021

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R & D

Hydrogen drone business partnership forms among Hy-Hybrid Energy, MMCUAV, and Goldi Mobility

Hydrogen Fuel News – 06/01/2021 – The strategic collaboration was signed to move green powered unmanned aerial vehicles forward. Hy-Hybrid Energy, Goldi Mobility and Shenzhen MicroMultiCopter (MMCUAV) have signed a hydrogen drone business partnership agreement. They are aiming to use this strategic collaboration to advance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) using emission-free fuel. The agreement states that the partners will work together in Hungary to demonstrate the fuel cell drones. In this hydrogen drone business partnership, MMCUAV provides non-exclusive rights across the EU to Goldi for use with their hydrogen powered drones and UAVs, in addition to a certificate of regional partnership certification… lire l’article

One-Handed Controller to Debut at CES 2021

UAS vision – 06/01/2021 – Russian start-up Knuckles-5 has developed a fully one-handed controller for drones and video games that will make its official debut next month at CES 2021. The company has been created by “People who are crazy enough to make impossible things, and professional enough to make it well.” The two traditional joysticks are replaced by two trackballs – one is moved by the index finger, while the other is moved by the thumb. Each trackball  controls the drone along two axes of movement. Another two axes are controlled by a thumb-activated mini joystick, while a further two are controlled by an IMU (inertial measurement unit) that detects the direction in which the controller is being tilted. In total  the device gives control over eight axes of movement… lire l’article

IA

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Selected for Skyborg Vanguard Program

UAS weekly – 07/01/2021 – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has been selected by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) to support the Skyborg Vanguard Program. Skyborg will become the foundation of Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML) autonomous capabilities for a family of future USAF unmanned combat aerial vehicles. “GA-ASI is excited to continue working with the Air Force to advance the Skyborg concept,” said GA-ASI President David R. Alexander. “Our ongoing investments in advancing unmanned systems over the past 30 years provide a critical advantage for fast-tracking development time and reducing overall program risk.”… lire l’article

UTM

uAvionix Announces Launch Customer Airbus Zephyr for ping200X and truFYX

UAS weekly – 05/01/2021 – Zephyr is a solar-electric, stratospheric UAS that flies above weather and conventional air traffic, filling a capability gap complementary to satellites. With a wingspan of 25m and relying on solar energy, onboard batteries are charged during daylight and have sufficient capacity to power overnight flight. Zephyr currently holds the world record for the longest flight duration at 25 days, 23 hours, and 57 minutes. The Zephyr team needed a certifiable transponder, ADS-B, and GPS solution which not only meets global airspace requirements as it ascends and descends through Class A airspace, but just as importantly does so with minimal size, weight, and power (SWaP) consumption consistent with what a long-endurance solar-powered aircraft can support… lire l’article

Logistique médicale

Urban Aeronautics announces first pre-orders of its EMS CityHawk aircraft from Hatzolah Air

UAS weekly – 05/01/2021 – Urban Aeronautics Ltd., a leading Israeli aerospace, today announced it has reached an agreement to provide four CityHawk VTOL aircraft to Hatzolah Air for emergency medical service (EMS) applications, company executives announced.  
In addition, Hatzolah Air will become Urban Aeronautics’ official sales representative and distribution channel to other EMS and Rescue organizations worldwide. The companies previously signed an MOU to develop, produce, and market the CityHawk aircraft for EMS applications… lire l’article

ISR

U.S. Air Force establishes enduring presence in Romania

Dvids – 05/01/2021 – RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany – The U.S. Air Force has based MQ-9 Reaper aircraft and approximately 90 Airmen to the 71st Air Base in Campia Turzii Air Base, Romania, to conduct intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions in support of NATO operations. The MQ-9s will fall under the 31st Expeditionary Operations Group, Detachment 1, until the squadron is fully operational. Both units are subordinate to the 31st Fighter Wing at Aviano Air Base, Italy. “The forward and ready positioning of our MQ-9s at this key strategic location reassures our allies and partners, while also sending a message to our adversaries… lire l’article

Destruction

Houthis shot down Turkish-made combat drone operated by Saudi-led coalition (vidéo)

South Front – 06/01/2021 – The Houthis, formally known as Ansar Allah, announced on January 6 that their Air Defense Force had shot down a combat drone of the Saudi-led coalition. In a statement, Brig. Gen. Yahya Sari, a spokesman for the Houthis, said that the drone, a Turkish-made Karayel, was shot down with a ground-to-air missile while it was carrying out “hostilities” over the northern Yemeni province of al-Jawf. The Karayel was developed by Turkey’s Vestel to carry out surveillance, reconnaissance and combat missions. The drone has an endurance of up to 20 hours and an operating range of 150 km. The drone can be armed with guided munitions like the Turkish-made MAM-L and MAM-C… lire l’article

Transport 

EHang Launches Aerial Tourism Services with Strategic Partner Greenland Hong Kong

Global News Wire – 28/12/2020 – GUANGZHOU, China, Dec. 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — EHang Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: EH) (“EHang” or the “Company”), the world’s leading autonomous aerial vehicle (“AAV”) technology platform company, announced the launch of its own autonomous urban air mobility (“UAM”) services with its strategic partner Greenland Hong Kong Holdings Limited (SEHK: 00337) (“Greenland Hong Kong”), an HKEX-listed real estate company. The trial services include an aerial sightseeing program and aerial media shows, which will be rolled out in the partner’s tourism real estate project (Forest Lake) located in Zhaoqing, a popular tour destination city in Guangdong, China. The Company intends to work jointly with Greenland Hong Kong over time to offer aerial tourism services using its EH216 AAVs in more cities… lire l’article

Divers

Teledyne buying FLIR to create unmanned and sensor heavyweight

C4ISRnet – 06/01/2021 – WASHINGTON ― Industrial conglomerate Teledyne Technologies Inc. is acquiring FLIR Systems Inc., the sensor and unmanned systems maker, in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at about $8 billion. The deal is seen as creating a larger new contender for unmanned systems in the air, land and sea ― or for optionally manned systems, as well as nascent Defense Department satellites to detect and track hypersonic missiles… lire l’article

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