U.S. and international manufacturers invited to compete, with up to $250 million more budgeted for development and scaled production The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has launched a $100 million competition to identify low-cost intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft that can be produced and deployed at scale. The Low Cost ISR (LC-ISR) Challenge opened … [Read more...] about DIU Launches $100 Million Challenge for Low-Cost ISR Aircraft
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Guest Post: Why Drones May Change How We Operate in the Atmosphere
Commercial drones have made their name by observing the world below. Now a new class of missions is moving the aircraft up into the atmosphere itself. The Utah Division of Water Resources is exploring drone-based cloud seeding to replace the crewed aircraft it tested from 2022 to 2025. That puts unmanned aircraft at the meeting point of aviation, meteorology, autonomy and water … [Read more...] about Guest Post: Why Drones May Change How We Operate in the Atmosphere
Archer Unveils Halo, the Commercial Autonomous VTOL Built With Anduril
Halo is the commercial variant of Archer's jointly developed dual-use platform, launching with Japan's Marubeni Aerospace as first strategic partner. Archer Aviation (NYSE: ACHR) unveiled Halo, the commercial variant of a jointly developed dual-use platform built with Anduril Industries to serve both defense and commercial markets. The Archer Halo autonomous VTOL was announced … [Read more...] about Archer Unveils Halo, the Commercial Autonomous VTOL Built With Anduril
DARPA Launches $6.5 Million Challenge to Reinvent Heavy-Lift Drones
DARPA challenges innovators to create muscular drones By DRONELIFE Features Editor Jim Magill Heavy-lift drones, the workhorses of the drone ecosystem, face a significant obstacle to their widespread adoption for military and commercial uses: their payload-to-weight ratio is low, typically far below one-to-one for multirotor UAVs. Hoping to solve this problem, the Defense … [Read more...] about DARPA Launches $6.5 Million Challenge to Reinvent Heavy-Lift Drones
What Ordering Walmart by Drone Looks Like as Houston Service Expands
Wing and Walmart Launch Expanded Houston Drone Delivery Network Eight new drone hubs more than double Wing's Houston footprint as service reaches more than one million residents Wing and Walmart have officially launched the latest phase of their drone delivery expansion in the Houston area, activating eight new drone delivery hubs that more than double Wing's local network … [Read more...] about What Ordering Walmart by Drone Looks Like as Houston Service Expands
