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Da Vinci’s Aerial Screw Reimagined as a Drone and Flown!

In the fifteenth century, artist and engineer Leonardo da Vinci envisioned a craft that flew using a single helix-shaped propeller — the aerial screw — viewed by many as the first vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) machine ever designed. In 2020, the Vertical Flight Society’s (VFS) 37th Annual Student Design Competition challenged students from across […]

UAV ENGINES, LTD. Wankels Powering over 30 Aircraft Types

At the recent Xponential 2022 technology show held in Orlando, FL, in late April, these smart looking power plants were displayed in the UAV Engines LTD, exhibit. Based in the U.K., UAV Engines was formed in 1992 specifically to develop and market Wankel engine technology for use in UAVs. The firm has many thousands of […]

ParaZero Drone Safety Solutions Mitigate Flight Risks over Populated Areas

At the recent Xponential 2022 trade show in Orlando, FL, Doosan, a South Korean UAV firm, was showing the extended flight times provided by hydrogen power systems. Doosan included a ParaZero safety system in its exhibit. ParaZero addresses the need to design drones that can safely fly over populations and infrastructure. ParaZero Drone Safety Solutions […]

Collision-Tolerant LIDAR Drone

Flyability’s Elios 3 is the world’s first collision-tolerant drone equipped with a LiDAR sensor for indoor 3D mapping. The drone is powered by a new SLAM engine called FlyAware that lets it create 3D models as it flies and accompanied by a new version of Flyability’s software for inspectors, Inspector 4.0. Flyability pioneered confined space […]

Purdue to offer drone-delivery at games

Purdue Athletics has collaborated with hospitality partner Levy, Levy’s innovation studio, DBK Studio, Chicago-based Valqari, and USOG to pilot the first drone-delivered food and beverage service at a sports & entertainment venue. The pilot took place from Wednesday, April 27th through Saturday, April 30th at Alexander Field, home of Purdue Baseball, leading up to and […]

The Drone is the Gimbal

Even on the show floor at Xponential 2022, with innovative ideas on display in nearly every booth, this new platform from Orthodrone in Germany stood out. Looking at is it might have dropped fully formed from the imagination of George Lucas—to hunt down the Rebel Alliance on behalf of the Galactic Empire—the unnamed multirotor features […]

Underwater Waypoints

While it clearly isn’t an aerial drone, the Hydrus from Australian-based Advanced Navigation deserves plenty of respect for behaving just like one—only underwater. Indeed, the most eye-catching aspect of the company’s booth at AUVSI Xponential 2022 was a clear cylinder full of water, with the Hydrus hovering effortlessly inside, nearly identical to a drone with […]

A Whole New Way to Fly

It isn’t every year that an entirely new mode of flight is developed—but when it is, it seems that uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) are the preferred venue, likely because new concepts can be tested at significantly less cost and risk than the alternative. One such example was on display at the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle […]

Commercial UAV Expo Conference Program Announced!

Organizers of Commercial UAV Expo, the world’s leading commercial drone trade show and conference, have announced an important list of conference topics and impressive roster of industry leaders who will be presenting at the 2022 event. The educational program focuses on how drone technology is solving problems and creating meaningful ROI across various industries. The […]

Free Airspace Map for Safe Drone Operations

From SkyGrid: Navigating low-altitude airspace is complex. Drone operators need to monitor weather changes, avoid buildings and construction cranes, factor in risks on the ground and comply with shifting regulatory dynamics. That’s why we’re providing the most robust airspace map to help drone operators ensure every mission is safe and successful. Our free, SkyGrid Flight […]