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GA-ASI Moves to Ground Testing of YFQ-42A CCA

By The Editor on May 21, 2025 06:50 am

– General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. is moving into the ground testing phase of development on the YFQ-42A production-representative test vehicle for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program in preparation for its planned first flight later this summer. Ground testing began May 7. “The YFQ-42A is an exciting next step for our company,” said GA-ASI […]

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China’s 4,500-Mile Range, 100-UAV Payload ‘Drone Mothership’ Nears First Test Flight

By The Editor on May 21, 2025 06:48 am

The fourth prototype of China’s Jiu Tian SS-UAV ‘Drone Mothership‘ has completed its structural assembly and is currently undergoing installation and testing, with its maiden flight scheduled for next month. The vehicle has a 25 metre wingspan and can fly for 12 hours, with a maximum range of 7,000 kilometres (4,350 miles). It has a […]

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Amazon Removed Backup Landing Sensors Prior to Drone Crashes

By The Editor on May 21, 2025 06:45 am

On a (lightly) rainy December day at the company’s testing range in Oregon, not one but two Prime Air drones suddenly stopped spinning their propellers mid-flight and plummeted some 200 feet to the ground. The crashes, which destroyed both aircraft, happened within minutes of each other. According to documents from the National Transportation Safety Board, […]

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Ukraine is Adding Anti-Drone Cages to Drones

By The Editor on May 21, 2025 06:34 am

Ukrainian forces are now equipping drones to fly with metal mesh meant to protect them from other drones. The first video of an up-armoured Ukrainian drone just circulated online. The first anti-drone cages, which Ukrainian observers dubbed “cope cages,” began showing up on Russian armored vehicles shortly after Russian forces widened their war on Ukraine […]

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Estonian Drone Plant will have Daily Capacity of 2,000

By The Editor on May 21, 2025 06:23 am

Estonian company Meridein Group is set to build a high-capacity unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) production plant to bolster the Baltic region’s defense capabilities. The facility will be capable of producing up to 2,000 drones per day. The exact location of the plant has not been disclosed. The first drones are expected to roll off the […]

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