“Stay Up-to-Date with the Latest Drone News: DRONELIFE’s Weekly Headlines for March 24th”

German delivery drone company Wingcopter has partnered with ZAL Center of Applied Aeronautical Research to explore green hydrogen as a potential power source for Wingcopter’s electric drones. The partnership will also develop a sustainable hydrogen-based propulsion system, which will be produced by Wingcopter and installed in its delivery drones. In other news, LIFT Aircraft conducted the first-ever piloted eVTOL demonstration flights in Japan using its HEXA aircraft, while Red Cat Holdings invested in Firestorm, the developer of the first fully Modular Unmanned Aerial System (MUAS) to be 3D printed and payload agnostic. CAV Ice Protection Limited filed for a patent for a solution for small uncrewed aerial systems (sUAS) that could dramatically improve the operation of commercial drones in cold climates. Auterion has released new and improved versions of the Auterion Operating System (OS) and the Auterion Mission Control (AMC), providing simplified operations and an enhanced user experience for users performing Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) operations. Amsterdam Drone Week saw discussions on urban air mobility and the opportunity in the Asia Pacific region.