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World–leader in rotary Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) solutions UMS SKELDAR has joined forces with JetLease, the world’s largest private aircraft leasing company, to launch the first global leasing product for its vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) portfolio, including flagship unmanned helicopter, SKELDAR V-200 UAV. Speaking from JetLease corporate HQ in Palm Beach, Florida, founder and […]

Another Separate Lift Thrust (SLT) from China, they are becoming a thing. The KWT-350 VTOL fixed-wing UAV, with its long endurance, fast speed and long distance feature, is a perfect combination of multi-rotor and fixed-wing flight control technology for a vertical take-off and landing. Since take-off runway and large airspace are unnecessary, it can be […]

SPH Engineering is bringing drones and entertainment industry more closely by integrating ArtNET protocol into drone swarm management software UgCS DDC. ArtNET integration enables to incorporate drones equipped with show elements into stunning outdoor shows synced to music or live performers. UgCS Drone Dance Controller (DDC) is developed to manage a swarm of drones equipped with lights, […]

Compact, ultra-light, agile and easy to pilot, the Parrot Mambo is THE ultimate fun-to-fly minidrone – and now provides a unique FPV racer experience! Thanks to its FPV HD camera, the all new Parrot Cockpitglasses 2 (FPV goggles) and accompanying Parrot Flypad piloting controller, the Parrot Mambo FPV opens the pilot to an exciting world […]

Leonardo has teamed with Discovery Air Defence Services Inc. (“DA Defence”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Discovery Air Inc., and Inzpire Ltd. to develop and deliver a customer centered, low-risk, live air training solution for the UK Ministry of Defence’s Air Support to Defence Operational Training (“ASDOT”) programme. The companies will combine their capabilities, expertise […]

Having looked at the human component, the 4th article of the series will look at the next safety component, the technological component at the heart of your operation, the drone itself. Knowing your Platform The first principle to understand is that you will need to know have a comprehensive knowledge of your platform. The CAA […]

Rear Admiral Jon Pentreath revealed the grounding during a presentation at the Defence and Security Equipment International arms fair in East London. Source: Telegraph.co.uk

Delta Drone and Bureau Veritas Afrique announce today the signature of a framework partnership agreement to develop solutions together for precision agriculture in Côte d’Ivoire and various other countries in West Africa. The stated purpose is to consolidate Bureau Veritas’ ground data (analyses of soil, leaves, roots, etc.) with aerial data acquired via drone by […]

With over one hundred participants, topping 750 high quality visitors and an international speakers line up, TUS Nordics promises to be the exciting fifth edition for the entire unmanned systems industry. Covering the full civilian and commercial spectrum of the use of unmanned systems. As the projected costs of offshore wind energy continue to fall, […]

Two multi-million pound British Army drones crashed after taking off from a base in mid Wales, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. Source: BBC.com

Johns Hopkins researchers have set a new delivery distance record for medical drones, successfully transporting human blood samples across 161 miles of Arizona desert. Throughout the three-hour flight, they report, the on-board payload system maintained temperature control, ensuring the samples were viable for laboratory analysis after landing. In a report of the findings, published in […]

Today, skyguide and its project partners announced the successful completion of Europe’s first live demonstration of U-space capabilities. Championed by the European Commission, SESAR, and EASA, U-space is the digital infrastructure, services, and procedures that will support safe, efficient, and secure access to European airspace for millions of drones. The project partners – which included […]

Skyfront, creator of the world’s longest endurance multirotor drones for the agriculture, energy and utility industries, has announced that its flagship drone has just set a world record for endurance. The Skyfront Tailwind UAV flew for a total of 4 hours and 34 minutes, 10 times longer than typical battery-powered drones. Please see link for […]

Many drone pilots and professional camera operators today are filming and navigating in larger spaces. To ensure a productive workflow and an advanced drone flight experience, it’s necessary to have a clear visual, in real time, across greater distances, without loading screens, pixelated images and abrupt interruptions. Amimon, the creator of wireless HD video technology […]

Aireon announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with The General Directorate of State Airports Authority (DHMI), Turkey’s Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP). DHMI has agreed to collaborate with Aireon and intends to utilize space-based ADS-B to augment its current surveillance capabilities and also utilize it as a contingency layer in […]

RoboFlight Systems LLC was recently tasked to acquire emergency post Hurricane Harvey imagery by several customers in both the public and private sectors. These customers were in need of immediate imagery collection prior to flood waters receding and to determine the most critical areas of flooding to best support vital response planning efforts. On August […]

Winter 2017 – coalition forces, aid groups and reporters in Iraq are harassed by commercial drones used by ISIS to spread fear. Lacking effective countermeasures against what was potentially flying IEDs, they are forced to flee from the simple and cheap commercial drones, causing widespread disruption. However, in part thanks to a new technology from […]

OUTRIDER™ is the latest in Lockheed Martin’s family of small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) designed to provide enhanced Situational Awareness (SA) in environments where launching a conventional UAV is not practical. With a patented launch canister and high degree of wind tolerance, OUTRIDER™ can be launched from ground, surface, air or sub-surface at the press […]

Eagle View Technologies (“EagleView®”), the leading provider of aerial imagery and property analytics for the government, insurance and commercial sectors, is actively flying to acquire post-storm imagery in Florida following Hurricane Irma. With more than 20 planes staged or in the air, EagleView is continuously capturing high-resolution aerial imagery to enable rapid assessment and response […]

Special Edition Chairman’s Blog: last chance to submit your response to EASA I’m sure you’ll all be pleased to know that this will be the last time I talk about responding to the EASA NPA, as the deadline is on Friday. So as a final push, I’m focussing solely on a roundup of the NPA […]

Fetters AeroSpace is a freelance rotorcraft development team that has designed and built more different types of both manned and unmanned rotorcraft than anyone else over the past 30 years. The founder, Mr. Dennis Fetters has spent the last 8 years as a freelance designer in China (the world’s hotbed for UAV aircraft development) and […]

Emlid, the company behind ingenious RTK GNSS receiver Reach RS, launches their new product – advanced drone controller Edge. Emlid Edge is the first autopilot platform to feature an integrated HDMI input and video compression engine allowing it to capture Full HD video from an onboard camera such as GoPro or any other HDMI-capable camera. […]

Heart disease remains the No. 1 global cause of death with 17.3 million deaths each year, according to “Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics — 2015 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association.” That number is expected to rise to more than 23.6 million by 2030, the report found. A minuscule number of these patients […]

AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV), a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for both military and commercial applications, today announced the release of a new, long-range tracking antenna (LRTA) for its Puma™ AE unmanned aircraft system. The critical upgrade extends the range of Puma systems equipped with AeroVironment’s secure Digital Data Link (DDL™) technology to approximately […]

UAV Vision is pleased to announce the launch of a new, intuitive Video Exploitation Operator Suite that provides the easiest operation of gyro-stabilised camera systems. After consultation with hundreds of professional gimbal operators across the globe, UAV Vision has created VEXOS, the industry leading gimbal operating software that has been specifically designed for the operator, […]

To assist with Hurricane Harvey and Irma emergency response and damage assessments efforts, Remote GeoSystems, Inc. is pleased to announce the donation and free availability of LineVision™ software licenses to official agency, volunteer and non-profit drone operators. Remote GeoSystems was contacted by the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue (CRASAR) […]

On Tuesday 5th September, 450 delegates attended the 2017 Disruptive Summit in London. Disrupt or be Disrupted was the focus of this summit and how companies embrace and encourage innovation to help shape and grow their business. Unmanned aerial systems can be used in many applications in a multitude of industries and would assist rather […]

As Hurricane Irma approaches, the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Division of Aviation is urging drone hobbyists not to fly while disaster relief and response efforts are ongoing. While licensed and well-trained professional drone operators can be a huge help in disaster response efforts, hobbyists get in the way more often than not. In a […]

Rocketmine, a subsidiary of the listed Delta Drone Group (EPA:ALDR), received the first commercial Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) Operating Certificate (ROC) in the Republic of Ghana; making it the first company to do so in both the northern and southern hemisphere. With the support and guidance of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Rocketmine […]

The first edition of the Dutch Drone Film Festival (DDFF) took place on September 8th, 2017, in VUE Cinemas Hilversum. The event was organized by media company The Broadcaster and Dronewatch.nl with Peugeot as the main sponsor. Each video submitted had to be no longer than 4 minutes, consisting of at least 50% drone shots. […]

inUAVi, an innovative start-up in the drone radio frequency monitor and sensor market, today announced availability of an RF measurement instrument for use from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones) that collects and relays data in real time to the drone operator from an application integrated with the drone’s operating system. The advanced technology disrupts the industry […]

(Updated 18:03 GMT) Further change at Yuneec, on the very eve of Interdrone US CEO Mike Kahn, resigned. Newly appointed Global CEO Michael Jiang was a keynote speaker on Wednesday. Mr Jaing was appointed Global CEO in June of 2017. Yuneec have been promoting their long awaited H520 hexacopter and were sponsors of the Law Enforcement […]

With the Flock Cover smartphone app you’ll pay for drone insurance only when you need it, and receive a customised policy for your flight. Our real-time pricing is risk-dependent, so the safer you fly, the less you pay. And if something goes wrong? Just claim with the tap of a button. Key features: Instant insurance […]

Taoglas, a leading provider of IoT and M2M antenna products, today launched a range of high-performance GNSS antennas specifically designed to power the next generation of applications that require highly accurate location capabilities, including navigation, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), surveying, agriculture, and paving the way for the rise of autonomous vehicles. The new antenna range is the most […]

Fresh off the back of its role in advising on the use of UAVs on the set of Transformers: The Last Knight, Consortiq will appear at the Interdrone exhibition in Las Vegas from 6-8 September to discuss its wealth of experience in overseeing drone use in cinematography. UAVs are now commonplace on filmsets, collecting shots […]

Sentera, a leading designer and manufacturer of remote-sensing technologies for precision agriculture, today announced the capability of its Omni quadcopter drone to capture three distinct crop health data measurements in a single flight: thermal, normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), and high-resolution RGB. Pairing a DJI XT Thermal sensor with the Omni’s standard Double 4K offers […]

Ottawa, CA: Kongsberg Geospatial, an Ottawa-based developer of real-time, mission critical, geospatial visualisation software, and eSmart Systems, who develop digital intelligence for the energy industry and smart communities, announced today that they have integrated the Kongsberg Geospatial IRIS UAS situational awareness system into the eSmart Systems Connected Drone solution for powerline inspection. The Connected Drone […]

Airobotics, a global leader in fully automated industrial drones, is announcing today the completion of a $32.5 million funding round, led by BlueRun Ventures China, as well as Microsoft Ventures, OurCrowd.com and another strategic investor. Airobotics has also received funding from existing investors including, CRV, BRV, Noam Bardin (CEO of Waze), Richard Wooldridge (former COO/GTM […]

Yesterday, Intel CEO Brian Krzanichm announced the new Intel Insight Platform that will allow select enterprise customers to accelerate the path from drone flight to business value, transforming drone-data into actionable business insights. The Intel Insights Platform is a cloud-based data processing, analytics and reporting service which addresses a range of commercial drone applications and verticals – from inspections […]

Now that you thought about operational safety cases and audited your operation and have an understanding of the safety culture that exists within it, you will need to look at the components included in building a safety case. The 3 safety components are People, Platform and Processes and in this 3rd article in the series, […]

DJI Launches Mavic Pro Free Rental Program for Travelling Creatives As part of a collaboration with National Geographic, DJI has just announced a drone rental program open to all creatives around the world. Starting from September 5 through October 31, 2017, interested users can sign up online for the chance to participate in the initiative. […]

PrecisionHawk, a provider of advanced commercial drone technologies, is making strategic moves to provide its customers with a drone LiDAR solution that matches or exceeds standard manned aircraft data outputs. The company’s first move was to hire LiDAR expert Jamie Young as Director of LiDAR Services. An industry pioneer, Young has over 20 years of experience with […]

The Robotic Industries Association (RIA), the industry’s trade group in North America, announced today that SIASUN Robot & Automation Co. Ltd., China’s largest robot supplier and integrator, has joined RIA as its first Chinese member. Understanding the huge market opportunity of industrial robots, China has fully embraced the power of automation and sees robotics and automation as strategic […]

UAVenture of Aarau, Switzerland and Aerotenna of Lawrence, KS, U.S.A are proud to announce Precision Spray Autopilot, a complete autopilot system purpose-built for agricultural spraying applications. The bundle is built with agriculture drone manufacturers and service providers in mind, it enables agriculture drones to fly fully autonomously and allows better spray management with planning and […]

Today at InterDrone 2017, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich delivered the event’s Grand Keynote, where he unveiled Intel products to address critical steps of the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) workflow, accelerating the path to generating actionable business insights. Continuing its momentum in the commercial drone market, Intel announced a new solution that will extend the value […]

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), the world’s leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, today announced the expansion of its Team Reaper Australia. The team offers the only viable solution to meet the Project Air 7003 requirement and now consists of nine Australian companies providing a range of innovative sensor, communication, manufacturing and life-cycle […]

GDU, the leading consumer drone manufacturer focusing on power and portability, today announced the official launch of the GDU O2 at InterDrone 2017. The GDU O2 covers all the requirements for being the “perfect storm” of drone technology: it carries the best price for a full-function, portable 3-axis gimbal drone that is safe and easy […]

AT&T is ready for Hurricane Irma with response equipment and personnel on standby. AT&T has started its storm preparedness process as we closely monitor Irma. The storm is expected to impact Florida in the next several days. Preparation includes topping off fuel generators, testing high-capacity back-up batteries at cell sites and protecting physical facilities against […]

PrecisionHawk has had to pivot, surprise surprise agriculture in the first post 107 harvest has failed. This sector was hyped in a report from a military lobby group and like lemmings, folks leapt. There is room for drones in agriculture but in a very nuanced way. It’s not what you were told it was going […]

Measure, the nation’s leading provider of drone solutions for enterprise customers, announced today that Penny Pritzker, Founder and Chairman of PSP Capital, has joined the company’s board of directors following an investment from PSP Growth, the venture and growth equity arm of PSP Capital. The announcement follows Measure’s recent launch of targeted services that provide customers […]