Tag Archives: DRONE

Airbus tests Auto’Mate technologies for autonomous formation flight and air-to-air refueling

(IN BRIEF) Airbus Defence and Space and its subsidiary, Airbus UpNext, have successfully achieved in-flight autonomous guidance and control of a drone using an A310 MRTT. The Auto’Mate technologies were tested on several DT-25 target drones, and during almost six … Read the full press release

Volocopter obtient le premier certificat d’exploitation de drones dans le cadre du nouveau programme de l’AESA pour les fabricants ou les opérateurs de drones

(COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE) COLOGNE, 24-Jan-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — L’Agence de la sécurité aérienne de l’Union européenne (AESA), l’organisme gouvernemental responsable de la sécurité de l’aviation civile, a annoncé la délivrance du premier certificat de son nouveau programme en vertu duquel … Read the full press release

Volocopter gets the first drone operations certificate under EASA’s new scheme for drone manufacturers or operators

(PRESS RELEASE) COLOGNE, 24-Jan-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the government body responsible for civil aviation safety, has announced the issuance of the first certificate in its new scheme under which drone manufacturers or operators … Read the full press release

Singapore becomes the third country to welcome the Thales Digital Factory

After France and Canada, Singapore becomes the third country to welcome the Thales Digital Factory. The Digital Factory will deliver innovative digital solutions to Thales customers in the region in a collaborative way. Whenever appropriate, those products will then be … Read the full press release

ZF receives first approval in Germany for the automated drone flying of spare parts on factory premises

Drone flies replacement parts from central warehouse to maintenance workshops at ZF’s Plant 2 in Friedrichshafen Industry 4.0 solution improves internal logistics on site Long-term goal is for drones to assist in package deliveries Friedrichshafen, Germany, 09-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — ZF … Read the full press release

UAVtechnics unveils FLIR drone with dual thermal RGB camera

ANTWERP, Belgium, 11-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — UAVtechnics, a European based company has released a thermal drone solution utilizing DJI Inspire drone and FLIR thermal camera resulting in a quadcopter with dual thermal and daylight vision. Both sensors are located into … Read the full press release

Airbus Defence and Space, Dassault Aviation and Finmeccanica welcomed the agreement of France, Germany and Italy to conduct definition study of European MALE drone

Munich/Paris/Rome, 20-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Europe’s leading aerospace companies Airbus Defence and Space, Dassault Aviation and Finmeccanica have welcomed the agreement of France, Germany and Italy to conduct a definition study of a European developed unmanned aerial system. Under the … Read the full press release

University of Twente researchers use remote-controlled multicopter with six rotors to assess damage to important infrastructural places after disasters

Enschede, Netherlands, 7-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Researchers of the University of Twente use a new method to list the damage after disasters. A remote-controlled drone with a normal camera takes a large amount of pictures of a building. From this, a 3D model is … Read the full press release