


NavGuard – Drone Navigation Without GPS!
An Israeli company is developing NavGuard, a way for drones to navigate without GPS. What does this mean? Could airliners benefit from it? Satellite navigation is something we all take for granted. Whether we realize it or not, we used it daily without thinking about...
INCIDENT: Envoy E175 Collides With Drone In Chicago!
An Envoy E175 hit a drone, as it climbed out of Chicago. The flight crew were able to return the aircraft for a safe landing, back in O’Hare. The incident happened on Sunday, the 22nd of August. It involved flight AA-3961, from Chicago O’Hare (KORD) in Illinois, to...
Boeing MQ-25 – First Drone To Refuel Another Aircraft!
Last week, Boeing announced that its MQ-25 test aircraft became the first uncrewed aircraft to refuel another aircraft, a Navy fighter jet. Uncrewed aircraft are inching their way into aviation. Of course the military has been using drones for many decades already. At...