Company SoftBank Corp. HAPSMobile Inc. (“HAPSMobile”) and the Alphabet's Loon LLC (“Loon”) successfully tested their jointly developed communications payload in the stratosphere on the HAPSMobile “Sunglider”, a solar-powered unmanned aircraft system.

During the combined-arms training "Zulfiqar-99" of the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the combat drone "Kaman-12" started its service. 

The Australian division of the American aircraft manufacturer Boeing has made significant progress in using artificial intelligence (AI) to train UAVs to detect, make decisions, act during a mission and independently adjust the route to obtain more accurate data.

In Russia, the development of microwave radars for unmanned and small-sized helicopters has begun, and the corresponding agreement was signed by the helicopter construction Center and the holding "Roselektronika".

The goal of the project is to ensure that every citizen of Russia can freely use the services of UAVs. The project was approved by the AERONET working group of the National Technology Initiative.

At the end of August 2020, specialists from the Institute of Zoology, the Institute of forestry, and the Research Institute of plant protection conducted a forest pathology survey in Druzhba Park. Many hardwood and softwood trees were found infected by pests.