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Here is your chance to hear about it from people working for the studios, streaming, and TV. sUAS News has decided to move away from the Jack-of-all-tradeshows and start on expert sector-focused regional gatherings. Burbank, California is the location for the first iteration of this concept and is in association with the International Cinematographers Guild […]

Investment in thermal imaging and drone technology is improving the monitoring of reintroduced mammals on AWC’s Faure Island Wildlife Sanctuary, a feral-free haven off the coast of Western Australia. Part of the Shark Bay World Heritage Area, Faure Island Wildlife Sanctuary is completely free of feral herbivores and predators, and home to critically important populations […]

The headline should really read NASA plays catchup. NASA’s Langley Research Center has started using FLARM in its Pathfinder drone UTM project. The goal of Pathfinder is to take separate Urban Traffic Management (UTM) projects and combine them into a single autonomous vehicle, then have that vehicle fly and communicate with other autonomous vehicles in the airspace. […]

Excellent progress is being made regarding the implementation of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) in air traffic management (ATM) as a result of the integration of the ED-137 Standard into ICAO Doc 9896, concludes VOTE, the EUROCONTROL-led VoIP Implementation and Transition Expert Group, at its recent 20th meeting. Several key milestones on the way to […]

Frequentis and A1 Telekom Austria develop system to expose drone violations to public safety authorities as electronic identification rules are phased in Drones provide an innovative and cost-effective way to deliver services but the potential for misuse or danger to other airspace users is cause for concern. Rules for compulsory registration and electronic identification are […]

How will Uber Elevate and UAM fare when just rolling road robots are refused permission to party in New York? FedEx took one of their Roxo SameDay Bots to an event in New York on Monday and authorities swiftly asked them to leave the sidewalk. “You are hereby directed to immediately cease and desist operating […]

Avy ‘Wing drones for good’ aims to use technology to save lives During the Amsterdam Drone Week Avy, established in the Netherlands, will launch their life-saving Avy wing drone on 4 December 2019. The Avy drone flies autonomously has one hour flight time and can cover up to 70 kilometres. The aircraft will be used, […]

A total of 112 pilots will compete over four days in Xiangshan Ningbo, China, 11-14 December 2019 for the title of FAI World Drone Racing Champion. FAI Secretary General Susanne Schödel said: “I am very happy to see such a wide field of talented drone racing pilots in the final selection. It will be a […]

Hoverfly Technologies Inc. announced today that it has delivered LiveSky System number 50 to a U.S. Government Customer. Due to the contract requirements, the customer cannot be identified but is a volume buyer, who has now received and deployed numerous LiveSky Systems for persistent intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) applications. The LiveSky tethered drone (TUAS) […]

JetQuad is the world’s smallest and most powerful jet-powered drone with vertical take-off and landing capabilities. It is like an unmanned, scaled-down version of the Harrier Jump-Jet The AB5 JetQuad is a new type of aircraft. This is not a quadcopter, nor a helicopter, nor an aeroplane. Four microturbine jet-engines produce a combined 200-Horsepower at full […]

senseFly is excited to bring you its latest eMotion flight planning software release, version 3.9.0. This latest version provides overall improvements to users as well as notable security enhancements, including the introduction of Advanced Encryption Standard 256 (AES-256), and MicaSense RedEdge-MX RTK functionality. Enhanced security 256-bit encryption is a data/file encryption technique that uses the largest, 256-bit key size […]

London, UK: Altitude Angel, the world’s leading unmanned traffic management (UTM) technology provider, today announced it has added Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) Exception of Recreational Flying/Section 44809 service in its products, meaning its U.S.-based recreational drone pilots can now join commercial pilots and use the company’s capabilities to access airspace at around 600 […]

Cyberhawk is the recognised world leader in the provision of industrial inspection and land surveying solutions using drones. Our customers include Oil & Gas, Utility and Renewables companies, both onshore and offshore, in the UK, Europe, USA, Middle East and Asia. We provide highly differentiated services that offer safety, flexibility and cost advantages over the […]

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a “blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all.” These 17 goals were set by the United Nations General Assembly in September 2015. These strategic development goals were adopted as a universal call to end poverty and increase prosperity while protecting our planet. Statistics about poverty and access […]

In 2004, Sony released the world’s first low-cost HD camera, known as the HVR-Z1U. The camera featured a standard 1/3” imager, squeezing 1440×1080 pixels (anamorphic/non-square) pixels on to the sensor. This was also the world’s first pro-sumer camera using the MPEG2 compression scheme, with a color sample of 4:2:0, and using a GOP method of […]

Sumatra, November 26, 2019 – Terra Drone Indonesia, a group company of Japan-based Terra Drone Corporation, has conducted drone-based visual inspections of onshore flare stacks for energy major Chevron (PT Chevron Pacific Indonesia). The drone-based flare stack inspection was done in Duri field, one of the largest production fields in Rokan PSC, Sumatra. Using a multirotor […]

We are proud to introduce today our new JODY-W2-series, a feature-rich and compact wireless module supporting both Bluetooth 5 and Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac technology), and ideal for both in-vehicle communication and industrial automation. With its 13.8 mm x 19.8 mm footprint, JODY-W2 addresses the acute space constraints in cars, while its operating temperature range from 40 ºC […]

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is supporting the California Air National Guard (CA ANG) as they provide real-time reconnaissance for California’s Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) firefighting operations in Southern California. CA ANG’s 163rd Attack Wing routinely performs aerial reconnaissance for firefighting missions using their Predator® B/MQ-9 Remotely Piloted Aircraft upon request by […]

by Chris Bogdon Harvesting Potential in the Agriculture Industry The modern-day desire for efficiency through automation has spread its way into every industry. Even in the agriculture sector, unmanned ground vehicles are being considered to supplement work with crops and improve farm management. The main idea here is for those UGVs to work outdoors in collaboration […]

Aerial Drone Services Company Helios Visions has recently released a complimentary Guide to Flying Drones in Chicago. This guide was created to inform seasoned drone professionals, as well as drone enthusiasts on the best practices for safely and legally operating drones in Chicagoland. To create the guide, Helios Visions retained the services of Dr. Ryan Gibson, an Adjunct Associate Professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical […]

Sony Electronics Inc. today announced a Version 2.0 software update for its Smart Agriculture Solution aimed at providing agricultural customers with new AI-based imaging capabilities. These new features, based on industry feedback, provide expanded functionality and are planned for rollout in March 2020. Additionally, Sony Electronics, which currently offers its Smart Agriculture Solution in the United States, expects to […]

Small Robot Company, a British agritech start-up for sustainable farming, today announced its first commercial service for Weed Mapping. This is the world’s first service for individual plant mapping at broadacre scale. This is a major technological milestone, for the first time providing farmers with a per-plant view of their fields. Tom, its first robust […]

Active radars on aerostats and at multiple fixed sites provide real-time airspace situational awareness Echodyne, the manufacturer of innovative, high-performance radars for government and commercial markets, announced today that its radars were key active sensors deployed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for its Aerial Dragnet program in San Diego during the week of October 21, 2019. […]

The use of LiDAR sensors for mapping is growing, as recent technological advances even allow them now to be mounted on drones. LiDAR point clouds are often collected in conjunction with imagery, which combined together lead to very rich datasets. This training session will discuss how to combine LiDAR data with imagery to generate orthomosaics […]

MAGNI transforms any combat vehicle to an effective intelligence-gathering platform Elbit Systems is launching MAGNI, a fully autonomous and robust Multi-Rotor Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) that is designed to significantly enhance the situational awareness capabilities of mobile forces. Compact and light-weight (2.5kg) MAGNI enables rapid deployment and launch (in less […]

Avy announces its partnership in the MDS consortium as its technological partner. Together we will explore the use of drones for medical services in the Dutch healthcare system. The Medical Drone Service (MDS) consortium consisting of the ANWB MAA and PostNL announced their collaboration today. Along with KPN, we’re proud to be their technological partner on this journey to explore […]

Mitul Arora India Policy Lead at DJI As India’s technology sector grows into the first ranks of global leadership – creating new jobs, businesses, and innovations – one key industry is being held back. It’s not because India doesn’t have the talent, experience, or equipment to compete. It’s because India’s regulations are currently hampering progress. […]

A report to the Air Accident Investigation Branch, operator error, flew into a tree. Plainly a lack of flight planning as during a mapping task the operator failed to give enough height on a programmed flight to avoid trees. One would hope the AAIB point at least one finger and investigate this operators training provider […]

A U.S. Army MQ-1C ER Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) manufactured by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) performed a flight demonstration using a Dynetics GBU-69B Small Glide Munition (SGM) on August 21-22. The SGM is a lightweight munition with increased effective range. “The GE-ER operates at an altitude that provides […]

Following the publication of the report for the Airspace4All-NATS Drone Infringement Safeguarding Project, the popular GA VFR flight planning & navigation software application SkyDemon has added a new traffic icon to represent drones. This new drone traffic icon will be displayed when traffic is detected via ADS-B which has an ‘Emitter Category’ of ‘UAV’. SkyDemon’s aural […]

sUAS News, in association with the Society Of Aerial Cinematography (SOAC) and ICG Local 600, is proud to present the 2019 Hollywood Drone Symposium. What: Gathering of Film and TV industry professional drone operators and their supporters. The program will center on lessons learned by the community since the inception of 14 CFR Part 107, […]

Septentrio Post-Processing Kinematic (PPK) software has been upgraded with multi-GNSS and BaseFinder functionality. BaseFinder improves project efficiency by automatically finding the most suitable reference station data needed for centimeter-level accuracy. Leuven, Belgium – November X, 2019 – Septentrio, a leading manufacturer of accurate and reliable GPS technology, has released a key upgrade for their GPS post-processing software. Both GeoTagZ and PP-SDK now feature BaseFinder, a tool that speeds up survey workflow by automatically finding reference data needed for augmenting GNSS* logs with sub-centimeter accuracy. BaseFinder accesses an online database of reference networks […]

The use of UAV’s in large enterprise has long been about reducing cost, improving efficiencies, and increasing safety. One aspect that has perhaps not received the same limelight, but will undoubtedly become the go-to business case for implementing UAV operations is accelerated decision making. With a plethora of sophisticated modeling solutions referring to real-time, there […]

TraceAir will equip Independent Construction with its construction management software to ensure the best planning and sequencing decisions. The TraceAir platform will help the builders to prevent cost overruns (e.g. double-handling the dirt), better manage the unknowns by making data-driven decisions at all levels, and to finish the project on schedule and within budget. “When […]

AERACCESS, the Defence UAS French Expert for missions in Harsh environment and indoor operations, announces a new major contract in the Middle-East. AERACCESS has received a contract valued at 2M€ from an undisclosed Defence&Security government user in the Middle-East for the delivery of several units of the Hawker Q800X UAS. The ALL Weather patented Q800X […]

Klau Geomatics, industry leader in PPK and PPP applications for aerial mapping, has released a PPK post-processing solution for the new DJI M210 V2 RTK. The M210, a very popular drone for mapping, now has similar RTK technology to the Phantom4 RTK, capturing photo timing and raw GNSS data. This, with an X7 camera and […]

Close on the heels of German Navy and Royal Canadian Navy contracts UMS SKELDAR gears up production volumes as part of world navy strategy roll out 19th November 2019: The first SKELDAR V-200 Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been manufactured and deployed by international outsource manufacturing contractor Scanfil. It is a milestone […]

Ascent Vision Technologies (AVT) recently completed the next phase of field testing with its counter UAS system, the eXpeditionary Mobile Air Defense Integrated System (X-MADIS), for the U.S. Air Force. The latest event was conducted at an undisclosed location and focused on optimizing the system for the Air Force’s selected platforms. The testing continues to […]

NEW YORK – DRONERESPONDERS – the world’s fastest growing non-profit program supporting public safety UAS – announced the formation of the DRONERESPONDERS Major Cities Working Group designed to unite and assist public safety agencies operating unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in urban and large metropolitan areas. Formalized at the Drone Journalism Leadership Summit held November 13 at […]

FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced today the FLIR StormCaster™family of Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) payloads for its SkyRanger® R70 and R80D SkyRaider® airframes. The new line launches with two multi-sensor products –StormCaster-T, which delivers continuous zoom and longwave infrared (LWIR) imaging; and StormCaster-L, which provides ultra-low-light imaging, tracking, and mapping. StormCaster represents FLIR Systems’ next generation […]

Auterion and Avy, a pioneer in innovative unmanned aviation technologies with a focus on life-saving missions and applications, today announced a partnership to enable a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) drone for medical deliveries, public safety, sustainable logistics, and wildlife conservation operations. Use cases for drones are becoming increasingly popular as more operators search for solutions […]

WhiteFox, a global leader in drone security, develops capabilities to pioneer the safe integration of drones into society and offers worldwide airspace management solutions. In conjunction with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and the Transglobal Secure Collaboration Program (TSCP), the world’s largest drone manufacturer DJI used WhiteFox’s capability to secure drone and operator identity during the […]

DroneShield Ltd (ASX:DRO or DRO.AU) (“DroneShield” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has been contracted to provide counter-drone protection for the 30th Southerneast Asian Games held in the Philippines from 30 November 2019 to 11 December 2019. The Games are expected to include 11 participating nations and approximately 9,000 athletes, and consist of 530 events across […]

D-Fend Solutions, a leading counter-drone solution provider, has been working with the US Assistant Secretary of Defense Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict (ASD SO/LIC) Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO) to protect US troops and assure US national security against rogue commercial drones with its leading EnforceAir c-sUAS (Counter small Unmanned Aerial System) platform. Over the past […]

HAPSMobile have appointed new directors, Jun Murai and Hidebumi Kitahara. Jun Murai became a Professor at Keio University’s Faculty of Environment and Information Studies in April 1997 and is widely known as the “Father of the Internet in Japan.” In 2013, Murai was inducted to the Internet Hall of Fame, a recognition program administered by […]

VxFly – Is China’s leading provider of underwater robots, and is about to release the new underwater drone CCROV-2 on METSTRADE SHOW next week in Amsterdam. The first-generation CCROV launched in 2016. The CCROV has received considerable attention and wide acclaim in the industry because of its small size and capable functions. Hundreds of CCROV […]

Yates Electrospace Corporation (YEC), whose Silent Arrow platform is bringing disruptive innovation to the heavy payload, unmanned cargo delivery market, today announced the signing of a development contract (USSOCOM-SOF AT&L-ST-14-01-JS79) with the U.S. Special Operations Command entitled “Silent Arrow Airdrop Development.” Silent Arrow is the world’s first production-ready, 1-ton, autonomous cargo aircraft, which delivers up […]

We are all getting familiar with the image of a drone in the sky. Although flying a drone is fun, drones are not toys. More and more UAVs or drones are used by governments and companies to gain answers and insights on nature, agricultural and metropolitan challenges among other fields. For example, small Drones/UAVs are […]

Deadline to submit funding applications to set up new Strategic Task Groups is 15th January 2020 London, United Kingdom, 15th November 2019—The EPSRC UK-RAS Network is today issuing a call for Strategic Task Groups in robotics and autonomous systems, in a new initiative aimed at boosting the strategic development of RAS in the UK and […]

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that RealEats America is the $1 million winner of the first year of the ground-breaking New York food and agriculture challenge known as Grow-NY. Based out of Geneva, New York, RealEats was chosen following a two-day summit in Rochester during which the 17 selected finalists pitched their businesses to a live audience and […]