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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 […]

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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 […]

The UASidekick App is the only one of its kind that has immediate access to the FAA/Leidos Flight Services system which serves over 80,000 weekly General Aviation “GA” pilots. As the industry grows (over 7 million estimated drones in the National Air Space “NAS” by 2020) it is important that pilots, GA – unmanned – commercial, […]

Advanced Tactics is currently developing a modular, low-cost, cargo-carrying multicopter aircraft capable of autonomous logistical operations called the AT Transporter, which can deliver up to 1,200 lb payloads in a detachable 3-6 person passenger/cargo pod. A technology demonstrator of the AT Transporter has been built using internal funds, and Advanced Tactics is now looking for […]

GPSdome Ltd., the Cyber Company, announced the release of its new product, GPSdome 1.0 Model T, which provides GPS anti-jamming and anti-spoofing protection for GPS-based timing systems. The new product identifies GPS jamming and spoofing attacks, and retains the GPS signal reception by using Electronic Warfare algorithms. GPSdome-T will be formally launched next week at ITSF […]

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) hosted an international Unmanned Aircraft System Forum (UASF) to discuss the integration of UAS technologies into the airspace as part of their Smart Dubai Initiative. WhiteFox Defense Technologies, Inc. was invited to present both their world-leading counter-sUAS technology, the DroneFox, and their secure UAS communication system, WhiteFox Integrated Secure Device […]

DARPA’s OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program envisions future small-unit infantry forces using small unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) and/or small unmanned ground systems (UGSs) in swarms of 250 robots or more to accomplish diverse missions in complex urban environments. By leveraging and combining emerging technologies in swarm autonomy and human-swarm teaming, the program seeks to enable rapid development […]

The Property Drone Consortium (PDC) is encouraged by the White House’s announcement of the UAS Integration Pilot Program Initiative. The Initiative, in which local and state authorities will collaborate with commercial entities to address needs for different types of commercial drone operations, has the potential to speed up the development of one consistent and transparent […]

The Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx), a fast-moving government entity that provides non-dilutive capital to companies to solve national defense problems, has announced its Q4 results. Over the last 17 months, we’ve awarded roughly $184 million for 59 pilot contracts and two follow-on production contracts to a diverse group of companies in the areas of […]

The Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (MINECO) has communicated, through an Official Report of 29th September, that the activity carried out by our company Singular Aircraft is considered of National Strategic Interest within the aeronautical design and development sector. This qualification comes after the analysis made by the General Directorate of Commerce of our Activity Report in […]

Want to integrate drone mapping in your operations and build your own drone-based data applications? Now you can–by using our Pix4D photogrammetry engine to create high-quality 2D maps and 3D models even more quickly from images. Pix4Dengine lets you use drone mapping and image processing at scale in your operations and automate your workflows. It’s customizable, […]

Velodyne LiDAR Inc., the world leader in 3D vision systems for autonomous vehicles, today announced that it is partnering with YellowScan to integrate its VLP-16 Puck and VLP-16 Puck LITE LiDAR sensors into YellowScan’s Surveyor for a turn-key and reliable LiDAR system for demanding UAV applications. Real-time LiDAR systems for UAVs are leveraged around the […]

President Trump issued an executive memorandum to the Department of Transportation telling them to implement the drone integration pilot program described in the memo. The idea is a state, local, or tribal government working with a non-government entity applies to the FAA to have an “innovation zone” designated in their area to develop and safely […]

Donan – an innovative leader in forensic investigation—is launching a new service to investigate claims involving drone aircraft. Drone Forensics combines leading forensic investigation experience with extensive drone technology expertise to assist in handling claims and litigation related to drones. “We’re offering Drone Forensics in response to the growing number of accidents and losses involving […]

ESA and Enterprise Ireland have signed an agreement that gives Ireland access to data from the Copernicus Sentinel satellites and helps Ireland to exploit these data to benefit their country. The agreement was signed on 13 October at ESA in the Netherlands just before the Copernicus Sentinel-5P launch event. Sentinel-5P, which will monitor air pollution, […]

The much anticipated Scout drone is now available from Event 38 and worldwide partners. The Scout is designed to be a small, lightweight and transportable drone that falls under the 2kg exception several countries have made for flying UAS with fewer restrictions. Its small size also makes it easy for beginner drone users to approach […]

Parrot Bluegrass is the first Parrot quadcopter specifically designed for agriculture, and is the latest Business Solution from Parrot joining and complementing the Parrot Professional range. This includes the Parrot Disco-Pro AG & Parrot Bebop Pro-3D Modeling, which launched earlier this year, and more recently – Parrot Bebop-Pro Thermal. 2017 has been a significant and […]

The DJI Safe Skies, Open for Innovation (Not really) invitation was promptly forwarded to my email just a mere 5 minutes after it was mass sent to invite the (as Jon Resnick says in the video) “usual suspects” down for the unveiling of the AeroScope product by DJI in Washington DC on October 25 at […]

Blacksburg, Va. – A pilot program announced today by President Trump to allow local governments to work with federal agencies to regulate unmanned aircraft operations represents a new framework for integrating advanced applications of this technology, according to a Virginia Tech expert. The presidential memo directs the Department of Transportation to create partnerships with state […]

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories recently flew a tethered balloon and an unmanned aerial system, colloquially known as a drone, together for the first time to get Arctic atmospheric temperatures with better location control than ever before. In addition to providing more precise data for weather and climate models, being able to effectively operate UASs in […]

DJI, the world’s leader in civilian drones and aerial imaging technology, Wednesday demonstrated two important new systems it has developed to help ensure drones remain a safe, secure and beneficial addition to America’s airspace. DJI’s new AeroScope system acts like an “electronic license plate for drones” and provides a reliable way for authorities to identify […]

WASHINGTON – President Donald J. Trump directed U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao today to launch an initiative to safely test and validate advanced operations for drones in partnership with state and local governments in select jurisdictions. The Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Pilot Program implements a directive signed by President Trump today, and […]

The latest expose about the DAC in the Washington Post was an eye-opener that validates many of the misgivings some of us have had with the FAA’s private rulemaking process. First and foremost, it would appear that someone lobbying for a certain Chinese company has worn out his welcome. It is pure speculation as nobody […]

Wallops Island – Vanilla aircraft completed a historic flight at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility and the Virginia Space UAS Runway located on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. On October 18th Vanilla Aircraft VA001 took off from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility and embarked on a historic long endurance test flight that landed safely more […]