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AVIDRONE Aerospace Incorporated is pleased to announce that it has secured investment, and formed a business alliance with Japanese professional drone manufacturer, PRODRONE Co. Ltd. Combining decades of leading UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) research and development, AVIDRONE and PRODRONE will manufacture innovative UAV aircraft and custom autopilot systems, revolutionizing the commercial and industrial markets with […]

With the Department of Transportation expected to publish a Federal Register notice this week that will officially open the UAS Integration Pilot Program, the Small UAV Coalition applauds the Administration for its forward-leaning vision to accelerate UAS integration and demonstrate the capabilities of UAS beyond the current scope of FAA regulations. Importantly, the data-driven pilot […]

Martin Instrument, the premier, authorized Trimble dealer of survey and construction equipment in Texas, has expanded to all of Oklahoma. “The Martin Instrument team has worked really hard over the past several years taking care of our customers and we are very proud and excited that Trimble has granted us this additional territory,” said Bobby Hempfling, Martin Instrument […]

Collaboration between ROCtec – Topcon (Beijing) and QuestUAV has resulted in a first-time PPK land survey in the mountainous area of Mudao in the district of Qinghai. With 99.9% unambiguity at better than 5 cm accuracy, the results display the full potential of the civilian mapping UAS. Flying at 700ft agl and almost 15000 ft […]

The subscale X-56A is scheduled for a series of research flights in November to prove enabling technology for designing aircraft with highly flexible, lightweight wings. The use of less structurally-rigid wings could be critical to future long-range, fuel-efficient airliners. A risk reduction flight Aug. 31 from Armstrong demonstrated that past challenges experienced during takeoffs and […]

NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) conducts research based on a deliberate and well-coordinated strategic implementation plan. This plan is being expanded to include research into an area emerging so quickly there’s no page for it yet on Wikipedia. It’s Urban Air Mobility or UAM. Our definition for UAM is a safe and efficient system for […]

Manassas, VA, November 8, 2017 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] completed the acquisition of Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a world-class innovator, developer and manufacturer of advanced aerospace platforms and autonomous systems. Aurora will operate under Boeing Engineering, Test & Technology as a subsidiary called Aurora Flight Sciences, A Boeing Company. It will retain an independent operating model […]

If you have been paying attention and have invested the time into listening to the podcasts, presentations, and videos or read the stories, you’ve probably either said or thought that this Egan guy is confused. You’re correct, I am confused. Confused about why we would need a FACA screen and a public rulemaking process that […]

In an article which I posted in December 2015, entitled ‘The Drone ‘Bubble’ – How to survive in a competitive market’, I sought to outline some of the steps I felt were needed to survive in an increasingly competitive UK drone sector. Almost two years down the line, the sector has grown as I imagined […]

Kittyhawk, the drone operations platform that unifies the mission, aircraft, and data, today announced a suite of new features for it’s Flight Deck platform. Kittyhawk’s Flight Deck platform, an enterprise-focused piloting platform for DJI hardware, now features real-time aircraft telemetry for the whole team with real-time video and audio streams. These new features continue to […]

DJI, the world’s leader in civilian drones and aerial imaging technology, in partnership with British Journal of Photography, has launched the DJI Drone Photography Award. The award has been created to find two photography projects that explore the creative possibilities offered by drones and their aerial capabilities. “The most exciting part of a flying camera […]

Sentera announced today availability of gimbaled Double 4k and Quad sensors for the popular DJI Inspire 2 drone. Sentera’s swappable precision crop health sensors paired with the Inspire 2 offers agronomists, crop consultants, and growers an economical way to capture diverse vegetation indices such as normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) or normalized difference red edge […]

vHive, the developer of cloud based software that enables organizations to operate autonomous drone fleets for the acquisition, management and processing of field data, gave today a sneak preview of its new software release at the DJI AirWorks conference in Denver, CO. “vHive’s new release further expands its capabilities as a true enterprise drone solution: scalable, […]

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Kespry, the leading aerial intelligence platform provider, has announced the availability of a suite of capabilities that extends the value of aerial intelligence to the full life cycle of planning, bidding and managing earthworks projects in the major site construction industry. New capabilities include grade planning and analysis, site and surface comparison including cut/fill visualization, […]

The Unmanned Safety Institute (USI), the world-leader in remote pilot training and certification to individuals, organizations, and enterprises around the world, announced today the launch of a new industry Professional Remote Operator™ (PRO™) certification. The PRO™ certification program was designed to offer an industry-leading credential to elite remote pilots who would like to differentiate themselves […]

DJI, the world’s leader in civilian drones and aerial imaging technology, unveiled FlightHub, a new software solution that helps enterprises and drone service providers efficiently manage their drone operations from a single platform. A web-based service, FlightHub enables the secure management of real-time drone operations, flight data, drone fleets and pilot teams to meet the […]

By Greg Crutsinger, Drone Scholars I’m not a disaster drone guy. I am actually an ecologist by training. I started in the drone industry because I wanted a better way to map some large tree experiments I was running (measuring leaves by hand is tedious and time-consuming). I quickly saw the potential of drones as […]

Fair play to AT&T their helicopter based Flying COW (Cell on Wings) is operating in another natural disaster. The Flying COW is providing wireless connectivity to customers in an up to 40-square mile-area. It flies 200 feet above the ground and can extend coverage farther than other temporary cell sites. Ideal for providing coverage in […]

Septentrio is delighted to announce the arrival of the AsteRx-m2a and AsteRx-m2a UAS GNSS OEM engines. These two new OEM boards bring the latest in precise and reliable multi-frequency, all-in-view RTK positioning and heading to the market along with unmatched interference technology all for the lowest power consumption of any comparable product on the market […]

Workhorse Group Inc. (NASDAQ: WKHS), an American technology company focused on providing sustainable and cost-effective solutions to the commercial transportation sector, today announced it will showcase three technology firsts at 2018 CES in Las Vegas January 9-12: 1) The SureFly™ Octocopter, the world’s first personal electric octocopter; 2) the W-15 electric pickup truck, the first electric pickup from […]

Gene Robinson, VP Flight Operations, Drone Pilot, Inc. So it now seems that unmanned aircraft, or drones, are starting to gain acceptance from both public safety agencies and the constituents they serve. Are you ready? However, the more important question may be, “are you capable?” This paper will explore the requirements, obstacles and misconceptions of […]

As part of its ongoing collaboration with global drone leader DJI, Epson, providers of the Moverio® augmented reality (AR) smart eyewear platform, today announced the world’s first glasses-based augmented reality drone flight simulator app, developed by Y Media Labs exclusively for the Epson Moverio BT-300 (FPV/Drone Edition) smart glasses. The application allows a user to fly a 3D digital drone […]

Is that drone really fixed? DronesBench allows you to repeatedly test in safety. DronesBench was created to give the drone industry the possibility to optimize the engineering and the quality of products, in order to assure greater safety. The principle of the bench is to fasten the flying drone to a secure surface connected to the […]

DJI, the world’s leader in civilian drones and imaging technology, will be showcasing its latest flying camera innovations and image stabilisation devices, to all with a passion for photography and videography, at Paris’ Salon de la Photo from 9th-13th November. “November marks an important step for DJI in France. Not only does DJI exhibit at its […]

Arctic UAV Inc., an Iqaluit based aerial imaging provider using unmanned systems has recently signed a distribution agreement with High Eye from the Netherlands (www.higheye.nl) to sell their unmanned helicopter system to Canadian, Greenlandic & Alaskan markets. The Unmanned helicopter system will be marketed as the Ukpik HEF32 UAV System and has the following features: […]

DroneBase, the world’s largest drone platform, today launched AirCraft, the first Augmented Reality platform for both commercial and recreational drone use. The new AR technology allows pilots of any skillset to use their drones to create, edit, and share objects in the sky. AirCraft will first launch in beta and integrate into the existing DroneBase app, which is available today for iOS and […]

RocTec-Topcon are Chinese based partners of QuestUAV. They have recently broken records reaching 4500m above sea level using QuestUAV’s DATAHawk with High Altitude Wings. The mission was carried out in MaDuo, west of Beijing. The High Altitude model of DATAHawk has a slightly heavier take off weight than the Standard UAV and has a wingspan […]

What is going on beyond the horizon? It’s a crucial question for any ship captain. In the past, sailors would climb to the crow’s nest for a better view. Modern technology means today’s captains can send unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into the air to transmit images and data back to the bridge. It is a […]

NASA Aeronautics is heavily involved in developing solutions for safe integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in the national airspace. NASA has two UAS projects that work in lock-step with the Federal Aviation Administration to address the challenges facing UAS integration across the full spectrum of aircraft type and sizes, and the environments in which they fly. NASA’s Unmanned […]

For more than 40 years, Scheffer Andrew Ltd. Planners and Engineers have been providing land development and planning services to communities and municipalities in Alberta, Canada. Good scheduling is vital in Canada’s north-west region. Seasonal and unpredictable weather patterns put even the best-planned projects at risk of delay. The ground is frozen from December to mid-March, […]

It has been technically illegal to operate drones in India but at a recent press conference, Civil Aviation Secretary RN Choubey said, “Drones are difficult to regulate. We’ve come up with draft CAR on UAS. There will be a stakeholder consultation for 30 days. After that, we will put out the final regulatory framework, which […]

The Institute for Drone Technology™ continues to expand in the drone training industry on a global scale. The global drone technology market in the education sector is set to grow at almost 15% by 2021. Our company is about to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Engineering Council of India (ECI) to provide drone technology training […]

FAI, the World Air Sports Federation, has chosen Shenzhen, China to host the 1st FAI World Drone Racing Championships in the first half of November 2018. The FAI Executive Board decided to award the event to Shenzhen after a specially appointed committee evaluated the three qualifying bids from Albuquerque (USA), Barcelona (Spain) and Shenzhen (People’s Republic […]

Medinexo Company President, Jorge Toro, is very excited to offer franchisees the ability to offer drone delivery of lifesaving medicine, equipment & supply to their clients. The only autonomous medical Drone Delivery System to utilize AirBox keeps packages safe, secure and private while delivering vitally needed parcels. Toro says, “We cannot be happier to join […]

Aurora Flight Sciences announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted a Special Airworthiness Certificate to Aurora’s newest optionally-piloted aircraft, a UH-1H helicopter. The latest development in the Office of Naval Research’s (ONR) Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System (AACUS) program, Aurora has added a complete digital flight control system to create the “Autonomy-enabled UH-1,” or […]

Velodyne LiDAR Inc., the world leader in 3D vision systems for autonomous vehicles, today announced that it has partnered with BoE Systems to integrate its VLP-16 Puck and Puck LITE 3D LiDAR sensors into BoE Systems’ UAV fleet for geospatial data collection and analysis. With this integration, BoE Systems provides full 360° imaging of geography […]

Dedrone, the leaders in airspace security and developers of the first drone detection software platform, today announced their next generation software upgrade, DroneTracker 3. DroneTracker is the industry’s first airspace security solution that includes automated summary reporting for instant diagnosis of drone airspace activity. DroneTracker 3 brings significant enhancements for customers including: Automated summary reporting, […]

QFO Labs (http://www.QFOlabs.com), a startup that evolved into a drone technology licensing company, announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has dismissed a second round of Inter Partes Review (IPR) challenges launched by France-based Parrot SA against QFO’s tilt-to-fly quadcopter patents. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board denied the IPR petitions filed […]

The Scottish national rugby union team has begun introducing drones into its player performance analysis, facilitated by a tailored training course designed and delivered by Consortiq. Ten performance analysts from the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) are in the middle of their drone training course at present, and are expected to graduate with the completion of […]

Up to 128 network connections, Gigabit WiFi (dual-band, dual-concurrent 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) Active GPS Support Supports FirstNet (Band 14) Multi-Carrier 3G/4G LTE support with dual-SIM capability, advanced security, VPN, and stateful firewall Configure, manage, troubleshoot remotely Satellite connection capable Internal Power Supply (10+ hours run time) Solar Charging Kit (2) 5V USB-(1) AC […]

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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) was recognized for its Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) program at Aviation Week’s 16th Annual Program Excellence Awards event on October 23rd. The GA-ASI GE-ER program team won the award in the category of OEM R&D/SDD (Original Equipment Manufacturer Research & Development/System Design & Development). GE-ER is a new long-range variant of […]

Once again the sUAS News leads the way with hard-hitting and relevant stories that matter to the global unmanned system community. In this instance, we are asking FAA’s Pat McNall, Deputy Chief Counsel and RTCA President, Margaret Jenny (Drone Advisory Council Letter) for further clarification on some questions raised by the DAC article published by […]

It’s late October and that means Halloween candy, changing leaves, and wool sweaters to many. It’s also time to get out to fly drones with the launch of the Fly4Fall campaign, a worldwide initiative to crowd-source 360 degree panoramic imagery for science. The goal of the Fly4Fall campaign is to carry out a scientific survey […]

Texo DSI Ltd has acquired two G300a Optical Gas Imaging thermal systems. Integrated into our own custom-built, multi redundancy UAV platforms, the G300a can detect ten confirmed types of gas leaks and allow for rapid gas leak identifications. Texo DSI Ltd are currently utilising two OGI systems (TEXO G.O.L.D SP1 & TEXO G.O.L.D DP2), operating […]

SPH Engineering announces the release of the UgCS and its mobile companion’s UgCS for DJI update perfecting user experience and features for professional UAV survey mission planning. Along with the update, the UgCS Mapper (beta) is made available – a geo-referenced image processing desktop software, to create preliminary orthophoto map in-field, requiring no internet connection. […]

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The TerraHawk is the first fixed-wing UAV aircraft to offer LiDAR with real-time point clouds. Ideal for applications that require large scan areas, these systems can be used for ground & airborne mobile mapping. Optional post-processing software can be used to compute forward & reverse solutions, recovering an accurate & smooth trajectory in cases of satellite […]