Utah-based small drone manufacturer Teal Drones on Sept. 3 announced the commercial launch of its Golden Eagle quadcopter, which complies with a U.S. Defense Department prohibition against military use of Chinese-made unmanned aircraft systems.
Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions is providing embedded computing and networking systems for an unnamed urban air taxi developer, the company announced Sept. 3.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) and Spain’s Sener Aerospacial are developing an underwing pod that will enable European customers of the MQ-9 Reaper and SkyGuardian to fit sovereign sensors to the unmanned air system.
E-commerce giant Amazon said it has received air carrier certification of its Prime Air drone delivery service from the FAA, making it the third U.S. company the agency has approved to deliver packages by drone.
A startup founded by former SpaceX and Tesla engineers is developing an autonomy platform to convert the Cessna 208 Caravan for unmanned cargo operations.
Shell Oil Co. and drone manufacturer DJI announced a partnership on Aug. 25 to develop new methods for industrial inspections at Shell’s Deer Park Manufacturing Complex in Texas.