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1) The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), in exercise of its powers under article 266 of the Air Navigation Order 2016 (‘the Order’) as amended, exempts the remote pilot of a Control Line model aircraft1 from the requirement at article 94A to obtain permission to fly within the flight restricted zone of a protected aerodrome2 subject […]

Leading precision agriculture company Taranis today announced the launch of its updated, insights-centered platform. The company has also expanded its fleet to over one hundred manned aircraft and autonomous drones increasing reach for global customers worldwide. By 2050, food production will have to grow by 70% to feed a growing population, and farmers and agriculture retailers are […]

Madrid, March 12 – At the World ATM Congress in Madrid Unifly today presented an e-Identification and tracking solution for drones. The device works in a completely independent fashion, with its own power source and sensors for position, altitude, temperature, pressure, speed and direction. As soon as the pilot attaches it to a drone, it is […]

XDynamics is looking for a seasoned and high energy sales manager to join a fast-growing drone manufacturing startup to build up its initial retail presence on an operational and strategic level and develop its US operation and sales network. The sales manager will be responsible for developing new business opportunities and relationships with clients, closing […]

A new set of regulations intended to tighten rules on drone operators is in danger of having a disproportionately negative effect on the model flying community, according to the British Model Flying Association (BMFA) and the All-Party Group on General Aviation (APPG-GA). The broad thrust of changes to the Air Navigation Order which are supported […]

Ahead of the World ATM Congress taking place in Madrid this week, Altitude Angel is expanding its operational base with the opening an office in Vienna, Austria. The new office opening represents the first step in Altitude Angel’s international expansion, as it strengthens its portfolio of partners and projects across the globe, including Frequentis, DJI, the FAA […]

“Sometimes it takes a while to solve the hard problems,” Blanks said. “This was a hard problem, but what it shows is that it’s possible to make progress in a way that works for the industry and for the regulator. It shows a reproducible path forward.” March 11, 2019 — When Hurricanes Florence and Michael roared […]

CAA accredited NQE, RUAS, have made their RPQ-s online course available at the special offer price of £600 (inc VAT) throughout the month of March. The CAA approved online training course was one of the first of its kind and gives you the knowledge required to achieve your Permission for Commercial Operations (PfCO) and ensure […]

Sony is taking its expertise in sensing and processing technology and applying it to the agriculture business with the introduction of its Smart Agriculture Solution. The new solution allows for daily crop management and monitoring through the capture, collection, and analyzation of data in the field. It enables in-the-field operation without a network connection, unlike conventional networked […]

Air shows have been around for over 100 years, in fact, the “Grande Semaine d’Aviation de la Champagne”, or the Rheims Aviation Meeting, was held in August 1909 and is considered to be the first international aviation meeting. Starting out with the elements of aerial acts, to competing for prizes in events such as, who […]

The Alpha GCase DUO is a ruggedized portable stand-alone control station designed to operate in harsh conditions and with enormous flexibility. This ground control station has two 15“ sun-readable screens that permits two operators to work side by side, one controlling the unmanned vehicle and the other controlling the payload. Flexibility The high flexibility of […]

Thales and Vodafone have joined the National Beyond visual line of sight Experimentation Corridor (NBEC) partnership alongside founding partners Cranfield University and Blue Bear Research Systems. The addition of these two global industry leaders is a significant boost in the capabilities of NBEC, as the corridor continues to be developed. The project is closely aligned to the Aerospace Sector […]

Geneva, March 8, 2019 – The CPDLC (Controller Pilot Data Link Communication) Cockpit is a web-based real-time monitoring solution developed by skyguide with the support of Airtel ATN. The solution provides unprecedented capabilities to monitor the CPDLC service quality in real-time through a user-friendly yet powerful search engine and customizable dashboards. It is based on […]

Operators of small unmanned aircraft (drones) using ‘first person view’ (FPV) equipment should note that the General Exemption which permits this activity has been amended in order to accommodate the changes to the Air Navigation Order 2016 (see CAP 1763 ) which come into force on Wednesday 13 March 2019. Details of the new General Exemption, which […]

Company seeking to rapidly scale-up in diverse markets with integrated autonomous vehicle management and UAVs March 8th, 2019, Oxford, UK – Animal Dynamics, a leading developer of unmanned vehicles, has announced the acquisition of Accelerated Dynamics (“ADx”), a UK start-up developing an artificial intelligence platform for the management of drone fleets. Animal Dynamics will integrate […]

JetPack Aviation has been leading the micro personal vertical take off and landing (VTOL) industry for the past 10 years. Based in Los Angeles, California we are dedicated to building the safest, smallest and fastest VTOL aircraft possible. Between 2010 and 2015 we designed and built the world’s first portable JetPack. After eight earlier iterations […]

ParaZero’s compliance with new industry standard ASTM F3322-18 opens the door for commercial waivers for drone flights over people ParaZero’s SafeAir Phantom is the only safety system in the world to comply with the new ASTM standard for the world’s bestselling drone – the DJI Phantom 4 ASTM F3322 specifies requirements for the design, manufacturing […]

New research(1) reveals that some 15% of people would ‘definitely’ fly on an aircraft with no pilot in the cockpit, and a further 19% said they would ‘probably’ do this. Only 37% said they would definitely not do this, with the remainder undecided. The research(1) into what percentage of people would fly in a pilotless aircraft is […]

The SkyOp Drone Training Curriculum enables High School, CTE and P-Tech educational institutions to easily incorporate drone training as a standalone course or into existing course offerings. The curriculum equips students with in-demand skills that transfer to numerous career opportunities. SkyOp LLC, developer of industry-leading drone training courseware, has rolled out a comprehensive and customizable drone-based training […]

STRABAG, one of the largest construction companies in Europe, was an early adopter of UAV technology and successfully implemented Microdrones integrated systems to help strengthen their work flow and processes. STRABAG has been applying digital object detection from the ground and air with state-of-the-art technologies for years. With drone surveying and mobile mapping, they are […]

Event 38 Unmanned Systems announced today that it has entered into a collaborative agreement with uAvionix to resell and integrate uAvionix ADS-B products with Event 38 aircraft. Unmanned aerial systems and manned aircraft equipped with uAvionix ADS-B transceivers can track each other electronically while in flight. ADS-B transceivers like the Ping2020, which is small enough […]

If you have been a reader here for a while you will know I can’t stand the sort of report I am about to post under this! They are generally nonsense, I am posting it as a marker for expectations in 2019 and let’s see the reality. sUAS News will be 22 years old in […]

Be prepared and spread the word that receivers and software may need to be updated to handle the WNRO event. When will the GPS Week Rollover Occur? The GPS Week Rollover event will occur on April 6, 2019 at 23:59:42 UTC. This will be the second global event of its kind and will affect all users […]

New drone solutions that are optimal for long-range, non-line-of-sight, beyond-line of sight and urban operations within applications including Security, Public Safety, Disaster Relief, and Naval Operations March 6, 2019 – Yuneec International and Mobilicom have entered into astrategic partnership to offer the Commercial & Federal market new advanced solutions for their unmanned aerial needs. The […]

The Farnborough International Airshow is to go back to its roots and allow public access to its exhibition halls to promote and inspire the next generation of pilots, engineers and innovators. The move will see the seven day global aerospace, defence and space trade event, which has traditionally included a public weekend, become a five […]

There is a crowded field of drones as service apps out there (I had to leave out the “a” as I didn’t want anyone coming after me for TM infringement), but what’s the difference? The feedback I’m getting from professionals in various fields trying drones is that most of these “service providers” the apps represent […]

Jonathan Nutzati After successfully collaborating on the design and production of two solar-powered airships since 2016, the Solar Scout and the Terrasoar, Mothership Aeronautics and eBlimp have initiated a merger of their businesses. eBlimp.com has been manufacturing, selling and operating radio-controlled blimps from their facility in Southern California since 2004. Past clients have included Katy […]

Capabilities of the NY UAS Test Site Advanced by Partnership Partnership Complements “CNY Rising” – The Region’s Comprehensive Strategy to Revitalize Communities and Grow the Economy Syracuse – The Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance (NUAIR), a coalition of New York and Massachusetts aerospace and academic institutions has signed a collaboration agreement with Measure, a […]

National Armed Forces will acquire unmanned aerial vehicles based on the agreement signed between the Ministry of Defense and the high technology company UAV FACTORY. “Cooperation with local manufacturers of unmanned aerial vehicles is crucial for national defense capability development. The key criteria in the selection of unmanned aerial vehicle suppliers was supply security. In […]

To compliment all the under age drinking and illegal bicycle riding apps out in the world a really poor effort from Airshare in New Zealand. You can now report illegal flying adding a picture to your report and pad it out to your hearts content. This will no doubt hinder the emerging NZ commercial drone […]

An entrepreneurial software and services company in the exciting drone industry, Measure, is seeking a self-motivated professional with a passion for drone technology to become a Technical Support Associate. This position is ideal for the candidate who is interested in supporting clients as they add drones to their company operations. Measure is a dynamic company that […]

Cyient Solutions & Systems Pvt. Ltd. (CSS), a joint venture between Cyient Ltd. and BlueBird Aero Systems, Israel, has launched its latest offering, the WanderB Vertical Take-Off & Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aerial System. The WanderB VTOL is an exciting and technologically advanced solution for military, peacekeeping, low-intensity conflict resolution, law enforcement, disaster management, and commercial […]

Sentera announces the release of the 2019 PHX™ fixed-wing drone, with updates that deliver our customers’ most-requested features. PHX has been equipped with a new, longer-range high-speed datalink, an omnidirectional antenna system, and an upgraded, higher-capacity battery. Imaging and scouting large areas is now even easier and faster. In the air, the PHX supplies live […]

Verity Studios AG, a pioneer in autonomous drones, has launched an integration program for their Failsafe technology for quadcopters. The patented Failsafe solution provides powerful and cost-effective safety enhancements to any consumer and commercial quadcopter drone platform. This program allows drone manufacturers to easily implement the Failsafe algorithm into their drones as a standalone or […]

Thales and Telstra combine their expertise with a view to building a robust, safe and secure ecosystem that will enable the management of low altitude airspace for manned and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Thales and Telstra have jointly prototyped a data and communication solution to prepare the way for the integration of manned and unmanned […]

Kongsberg Geospatial enables Aerial Robotix to conduct BVLOS Pipeline Inspection demonstration flights in the Niger Delta using Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER® S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) Ottawa, CA: Kongsberg Geospatial, an Ottawa-based geospatial visualisation software company, and Aerial Robotix, the leading UAS services provider in Nigeria, announced today that the Kongsberg Geospatial IRIS UAS situational awareness application […]

FlytBase, Inc. and Skysense, Inc. have just announced a partnership to bring fully-automated, low-cost drone-in-a-box solution to the market and help customers scale their commercial drone deployments. As drone operations continue to grow in 2019, businesses are looking for ways to automate and scale their operations to achieve a greater ROI. The industry is moving […]

Just over a year ago Northwest UAV announced that the NW-44 Multi-Fuel Engine had reached the noteworthy milestone of logging over 1000 combat flight hours. Today, that same engine line has flown over 10,000 flight hours and has logged over 1000 flights. As the NW-44 engine soars,Northwest UAV is hard at work at home, adding […]

With the end of the DJI X4s camera, drone operators have been looking for a quality mapping camera solution for the Inspire 2 and M200/M210/M210V2 drones. Klau Geomatics has released a Sony camera/PPK payload to offer even better results from these drones. This enables more effective and accurate mapping and inspection using superior quality, plug […]

Measure, the leader in enterprise drone services, launches its next generation drone software platform, Ground Control 2.0. In the past year, over 200 companies around the world have leveraged the platform as new features and functions have been added. Today, it is available to the public after upgrading current Ground Control users in January. “We […]

Is the Trusted Operator Program toast and what should AUVSI do to save face and members if this turns out to be another awkward and off-putting catastrophe? I called it early on suggesting that executive leadership may want to preemptively call in the NTSB for the impending “smouldering crater” that would be TOP. Was it […]

Oil Spill Response Ltd (OSRL), the world’s largest international spill response organisation has recently teamed up with Sky-Futures, a global provider of drone-based inspection services to strengthen its spill response services using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs or drone) as a surveillance/reconnaissance tool for oil spill. The initiative will bring OSRL’s spill response expertise together with […]

DroneUp LLC, an on-demand drone pilot service provider has partnered with Vintun LLC to provide drone services for the United States Government. Vintun provides a variety of services for various military and government organizations and has developed VDaaS, Vintun Drone-as-a-Service. Through their extensive global pilot network, DroneUp will act as the drone service provider to […]

Today, Kittyhawk is announcing an exclusive public-private partnership to rejuvenate and lead development of the FAA’s B4UFLY mobile application using Kittyhawk’s Platform to power the safe and compliant flying experience for millions of U.S.-based users. B4UFLY is a free app that helps drone operators operate compliantly with FAA rules and regulations. We are truly honored […]

The second-generation Laser Methane Copter by SPH Engineering and PERGAM transfers high-precision data on the go. This solution answers the need for a safer ready-to-use drone-based detecting system for every company that produces, transfers or uses methane. Natural gas pipeline surveys, tank inspections, landfill emission monitoring, gas well testing, plant safety audits — there are many […]

Boeing [NYSE: BA] has introduced its newest unmanned platform, the Boeing Airpower Teaming System. Designed for global defense customers by Boeing Australia, it is the company’s largest investment in a new unmanned aircraft program outside the United States. The aircraft will complement and extend airborne missions through smart teaming with existing military aircraft. A model […]

Seattle-based DroneSeed and The Nature Conservancy Oregon have signed a contract to utilize drone swarms to restore rangelands affected by invasive species and re-seed native plants, which is vital to conservation of the ecosystem and imperiled species, like the sage-grouse. The contract with DroneSeed provides The Nature Conservancy access to drone swarm technology designed to scale to plant […]

Sprint (NYSE: S) and Mapbox will showcase how Sprint Curiosity™ IoT with 5G brings real-time precision mapping through a series of demonstrations at Mobile World Congress Barcelona in the Ericsson Hall from February 25-28. The demonstrations will show how Mapbox Vision utilizes Sprint Curiosity IoT’s dedicated network to enable real-time updating of precision maps through a distributed network of […]

The sky’s the limit for your career at Microdrones. So: take to the skies with us – choose challenge over routine! Microdrones is an expanding, innovative company with branches in Germany, the US, Canada, China, Australia and the United Arab Emirates. Energetic. Innovative. Adventurous. Perceptive. Future oriented. Sound like you? Then we’ve got the right job […]

The UTM Pilot Program (UPP) is an initiative jointly led by the FAA and NASA. In January 2019, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced the selection of the service entities that will develop and demonstrate technology to manage the airspace for the safe deployment of drones in the US National Airspace System (NAS). […]