Commercial UAV Expo – Latest innovations in small uncrewed aircraft

The eBee TAC is easily distinguished from its civilian counterpart by its speckled surface, created at the request of its military customers to help camouflage the small aircraft.

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Based in Switzerland, Flyability has been a dominant manufacturer of drones specialized for indoor and confined-space inspection since its original Elios took the $1 million prize in the United Arab Emirates’ “Drones for Good” competition in 2015. While it inaugurated an entirely new venue for drone operations, the original Elios was a handful for pilots. To ensure that it could keep flying after brushing up against an obstacle or even maintaining physical contact with the...

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Commercial UAV Expo – Latest innovations in small uncrewed aircraft

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