Wing has announced that it will now begin using its UAS to deliver clothing items from LSKD, a street/sportswear fashion label in Queensland, Australia.  The service is available through Wing’s app, as customers can select what they want from the LSKD summer collection, which includes shirts, shorts, gym wear, caps and dresses, and have them delivered to them by Wing’s UAS. “It’s an insane feeling being the first street lifestyle clothing brand to launch air delivery with Wing in Queensland,” says Jason Daniel, founder of LSKD.

Using a company-owned Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) UAS, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) completed the first in a series of internally-funded Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) demonstrations on Nov. 19, 2019, the company has announced. The flight series will continue in 2020, and is expected to showcase that a GE-ER UAS equipped with long-range sensors and Air Launched Effects (ALE) is able to Detect, Identify, Locate and Report (DILR) targetable data to support Long Range Precision Fires (LRPF) systems. “Gray Eagle ER is a critical tool, along with the Army’s manned platforms, for operations in an MDO environment,” says David R. Alexander, president, GA-ASI.

Dynetics, the performer for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Gremlins program, has announced that in Nov. 2019, it successfully flew its X-61A Gremlins Air Vehicle (GAV) for the first time at Dugway Proving Ground near Salt Lake City, Utah. Testing operations involved one captive-carry mission aboard a TBM Inc. C-130A and an airborne launch and free flight of the X-61A, which lasted one hour and 41 minutes. Some of the test objectives included demonstrating a successful launch of the GAV from the C-130, collecting data on GAV subsystem operation and performance, and demonstrating the flight termination and ground (parachute) recovery of the GAV (demonstration system only - not part of the operational system).

To continue its rapid expansion into U.S. markets and offer more robust support to customers and partners, Swiss drone company Flyability has opened its first U.S. office in Denver, Colorado. Known for its Elios 2 drone for indoor inspections, Flyability says that the new office in Denver will allow it to provide “timely, more localized support to U.S. customers and partners, as well as continue to strengthen and develop strategic partnerships throughout the country and surrounding areas.”