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Event 38 E455

Experienced commercial UAV operator Phoenix Air Unmanned (PAU) announced in early January that it had used a single Event 38 E455 fixed-wing VTOL aircraft to complete a 320 mile pipeline patrol in just 7.6 flight hours for Shell Pipeline Company...

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Impossible Metals’ Eureka underwater miner

Ore nodules collected from the seafloor represent a potentially enormous and untapped source of raw minerals, which are key to the fast-growing sustainable mobility and power grid industries, and are sufficiently widespread that many countries...

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Seasats Lightfish USV

Autonomously crossing the world’s great oceans is a challenging undertaking, but one made easier when uncrewed systems engineers have a large budget to work with, as the last few years have proven. But managing such stable, fault-free and persistent...

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Red Cat Holdings Black Widow

Small UAVs have carved themselves a dominant position in modern land warfare of late, with both sides in the Ukraine War using them for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and strike missions. The war has been characterised by demanding physical conditions...

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Dropla mine countermeasures

In August 2023, much of the media surrounding the war in Ukraine was focused on an incipient counteroffensive, aimed at retaking occupied territories, including the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts. By December, however...

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Vantis BVLOS network

As commercial and government UAV operations look set to become an increasingly common part of our daily lives, conversations are being had about the kinds of permanent infrastructure needed for ensuring the safety of autonomous aircraft performing survey, logistics, security and other tasks...