State tests of the KYB combat unmanned aerial vehicle developed by ZALA AERO (part of the Kalashnikov group of companies of the Rostec state corporation) will be completed in 2021. This was reported by the Kalashnikov press-service during the IDEX - 2021 international arms exhibition.

Tbilisi-based aviation plant TbilAviaMsheni (TAM) is developing Georgia’s first surveillance and strike unmanned aircraft system – the «T-31» drone project for various military missions.

Russia’s state arms seller Rosoboronexport demonstrated a new integrated counter-drone system at the IDEX 2021 international arms show that will run in the United Arab Emirates on February 21-25.

Experts of the international company Aerodyne have tested a specialized Hovermap laser scanning complex at three mines of the Norilsk Nickel Polar Division.

ZALA AERO GROUP unveiled a new hybrid unmanned complex ZALA VTOL at the IDEX 2021 International Defense Industry Exhibition and Conference, which opened on February 21st in Abu Dhabi.

The Perseverance rover's Mars Helicopter (Ingenuity) will take off, navigate, and land on Mars without human intervention.

The successful test is a major step on the road to establish commercial drone delivery operations in Israel.

A recent landslide in Norway is responsible for the largest drone operation in Europe to date, with nearly 200 flight hours. More than 420 drone missions were conducted, as a result of which 13 people were rescued from collapsed and damaged houses.

Airspace Link has been delivering COVID-19 test kits from hospitals to a lab to speed up testing turnaround times since mid-January. The company has been working with DroneUp and the University of New York (SUNY) to make it happen.