וולמארט חוצה 6,000 משלוחי רחפנים בשנת הפעילות הראשונה
וולמארט חוצה את רף 6,000 משלוחי הרחפנים בשנת הפעילות הראשונה שלה, עם 36 מוקדים בשבע מדינות ותוכניות הרחבה שיביאו את הרשת לכיסוי של עד 4 מיליון בתי אב.
15 December 2022
World News
Updates from the global drone industry
Russia Strikes Odesa with Iranian Shahed-136 Drones, First Civilian Death of This Kind Reported
Russian forces struck the port city of Odesa overnight with Iranian-made Shahed-136 kamikaze drones, killing a civilian in what is reported as the first documented civilian death from this type of attack in the war in Ukraine.
24 September 2022
זיפליין וטויוטה צוסהו משיקות ביפן רשת משלוחים רפואיים ברחפנים
חברת הרחפנים האמריקאית זיפליין נכנסת לשוק היפני בשיתוף ענקית הסחר טויוטה צוסהו, עם רשת משלוחי תרופות אוטומטית לאיי גוטו שבנגסאקי. זהו האתר הראשון של זיפליין בעולם שמופעל בפועל על ידי חברת שותפה ולא על ידה עצמה.
21 April 2022
First Switchblade Kamikaze Drones Arrive in Ukraine: How America's Loitering Munition Works
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby confirmed that the first US-supplied Switchblade drones have arrived in Ukraine or are en route, part of an $800 million security assistance package announced by President Biden.
7 April 2022
TB2 Drones in Ukraine: Nearly 60 Confirmed Strikes, but 26 Already Lost
Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones serving Ukraine are credited with nearly 60 confirmed strikes against Russian forces in the war's first weeks, but the Oryx project says at least 26 have already been lost to Russian air defense fire.
16 March 2022
Nvidia Unveils Jetson AGX Orin: A New Autonomous Brain for Drones and Robots
At its GTC conference, Nvidia announced the Jetson AGX Orin module, an edge computer for robotics that promises six times the processing power of its predecessor, aimed at drones and robots that need to make real-time decisions without relying on a network connection.
9 November 2021
EHang Completes Beyond-Visual-Line-of-Sight Passenger Drone Flight in Estonia
Chinese UAM company EHang flew its autonomous EHang 216 aircraft beyond the operator's visual range, simulating a VIP transport route in Estonia. The flight is part of a broader European project aimed at paving the way for urban air mobility.
10 September 2021
DJI Takes Its Agras Crop-Spraying Drones Global: T30 and T10 Launch in 100 New Countries
DJI is expanding its precision-agriculture business beyond China, launching the Agras T30 and T10 spraying drones worldwide with 30-liter and 8-liter tanks respectively, plus radar-based collision avoidance.
9 August 2021
Anduril Wins Pentagon Contract Worth Up to $99 Million for AI-Powered Counter-Drone System
The Pentagon's Defense Innovation Unit has signed a five-year contract with Anduril Industries that lets all branches of the US military acquire the Lattice counter-drone system as a service, without a separate procurement process for each branch.
28 July 2021
Royal Mail Tests Drone Mail Delivery to Remote Orkney Islands
The UK postal service is running a two-week trial with a Windracers fixed-wing drone to link Kirkwall with the remote island of North Ronaldsay, replacing ferries and light aircraft that often get grounded in winter.
15 July 2021
Zipline Surpasses 2,500 COVID Samples Delivered by Drone in Ghana
Zipline's drone network in Ghana is moving COVID samples from 10 districts three times faster than ground transport, marking the shift of drone delivery from pilot project to national health infrastructure.
15 June 2021
Turkish Bayraktar Breaks Into NATO: Poland and Morocco Buy the Bayraktar TB2
Poland has become the first NATO member to purchase Turkey's Bayraktar TB2 attack drone, while Morocco signed a separate deal worth roughly $70 million. With a unit price of just $1-2 million, the drone offers a strikingly cheap alternative to comparable American and European systems.
19 April 2021
