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Airobotics is announcing that it is the first company worldwide granted with the authorization to fly fully automated drones without a pilot. The certification, that was presented by the Civil Aviation Authority of Israel (CAAI), is solidifying Airobotics’ status as a world-leader in the field of automated drones, allowing for the most innovative Beyond Visual […]

Well it never takes long. If the photos beginning to surface are accurate the DJI Spark is a 15cm selfie/racing drone. More of the selfie than racing as the motors appear to not be tilted in any way. I am not convinced of the size of the market. But what would I know! Yuneec have […]

The HEF 32 is an unmanned helicopter with a two-blade single rotor. Because of its size, weight and capabilities, it creates a class of its own and brings industrial reliability into the lightweight UAV market for the very first time. Its strength lies in the fact that it weighs less than 25 kg and it […]

Back to the future, but practical. A super simple system is often best. Japanese company Terra claim a two-hour endurance with a 10kg payload. That is enough to lift a Rigel LiDAR, the miniVux-1UAV weighs just 1.55 kg. Ok, it is going to be slower covering ground than a photogrammetry flying wing. It will be […]

During my drive to the site of the 2017 FAA UAS Symposium in Reston, Virginia today, I imagined many exciting announcements that would be made which would help foster a strong community and bring together thoughtful leaders who would impact the future of all mankind through the use of drones, which could ultimately save the […]

Speaking to South African website Defence Web Mark McGill, technical operations manager at SANParks, said that the UAV test period was “very disappointing” as no poachers were seen and none apprehended. He said that UAVs need a lot of further development before they can be useful. This really comes as no surprise, anti-poaching patrols are one […]

Two PhD students from the National University of Singapore, Unmanned System Research Group, spent four years in developing the novel hybrid unmanned aerial vehicles(UAV), U-Lion. U-Lion is a hybrid UAV which can take-off and land vertically like helicopter UAVs, and transit to cruise flight like normal aeroplanes. The wings can be fully retracted or extended, […]

Earlier this month DJI filed for the trademark name SPARK, will it be a low-cost Mavic or racing drone? I guess we will find out August or September! My spider senses tell me something small and quick. We will find out as the images start getting leaked! No doubt that will happen if somebody else […]

Launch of first VTOL-optimised turbines proved technology behind patented distributed thrust approach, and Neva is ready for development of heavy-duty aerial robots. Heavy duty aerial robots have made a major leap from wish-tech to becoming next generation real tech innovation after the success of early aeronautical engineering development work by Neva Aerospace. Having secured essential […]

Artificial Intelligence is the Apex technology of the information age and will impact absolutely everything in our workplace and lives. Goldman Sachs Researchers believe that “Today’s machine self-learning capability is the most far-reaching and significant advancement of the 21st century”. Simply put, our world today is moving beyond people instructing machines to operate by pre-programmed coding to a new era where people present problems […]

Sky-Futures, a leader in drone-based technology, and Bristow Group successfully conducted their first interoperability test between a helicopter and an unmanned aircraft at Galliano, Louisiana, achieving a major milestone in the companies’ joint efforts to implement a complementary service to clients in the Americas Region. The collaborative effort, which was the result of comprehensive planning […]

March 27, 2017 – DJI, the world’s leading maker of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), Monday proposed an electronic identification framework for UAS that would allow authorities in the United States to identify drone owners when necessary while also respecting their privacy. “DJI understands that accountability is a key part of responsible drone use, and we […]

The FAI and Freedom Drone Sports have signed a memorandum of understanding, signalling a new step in the development of drone racing as a sport around the world. The two organisations have committed to working together to help develop drone racing in a responsible and safe way. That includes licensing pilots, developing rules of racing, […]

CARMEL, Indiana, – PrecisionPoint Inc., a national provider of 3D reality capture laser scanning and SCAN-to-BIM Modeling solutions, is pleased to announce the hiring of Will Hirschfeld, an experienced Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS) pilot. Hirschfeld will assist PrecisionPoint as it enhances existing 3D documentation capabilities and expands into new services areas using sUAS technology, including […]

DJI, the world’s leading maker of personal and professional drones, is partnering with internationally acclaimed professional travel photographer and videographer Elia Locardi to kick off the DJI Drone Photography Workshop world tour in Lisbon, Portugal in May 2017. Elia will take participants to some of the most beautiful and picturesque destinations in the world to […]

We just released a new research report titled “Five Valuable Business Lessons Learned About Drones in Construction.” This is the first in a new series of white papers sponsored by BZ Media intended to share lessons learned in specific industries and how to maximize the value drones can deliver in those industries. This year, we […]

SkyOne, a tailsitter to add to the one to watch list. It looks very slick! It is a quad flying wing combo, much like the Shark Tank funded XPlusOne from xCraft. Sky X are a Canadian company with offices in Markham and Calgary the SkyOne is cleverly targeted at the linear inspection market. That to […]

No really, no you have to keep reading it’s the market. Also it is Friday, please feel free to discuss this one down the pub, GM. Tinki.nl, a Dutch dog website, and its partner Space53, an international test center for drones, developed two Dogdrones to fight dog poo. The two Dogdrones – Watchdog 1 (WD1) […]

SolAero Technologies Corp. (SolAero), a leading provider of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels, and composite structural products for satellite and aerospace applications, announced today that it had delivered its high performance, lightweight solar cell technology to the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) to power its Solar-Soaring UAV demonstrator. SolAero’s specially designed UAV-TJ high-efficiency solar cells […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. SRC is prepared to support the U.S. Navy with state-of-the-art technologies to combat the emerging UAS threat. The company’s Silent Archer counter-UAS technology will be showcased April 3-5, 2017, at the Navy League’s Sea Air Space Exposition in booth 2725. SRC’s counter-UAS technology is currently in production and has been used to […]

LOUGHBOROUGH, England & SAN JOSE, Calif. Intelligent Energy has signed a deal with PINC to supply its air-cooled fuel cell systems for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), marking Intelligent Energy’s first sale of fuel cell systems for UAVs as the Company moves forward with the commercialization of its technology. PINC uses UAVs to identify and orchestrate […]

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, today announced that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has continued to contract the company for Phase 2 of the Gremlins program. The Gremlins program seeks to develop innovative technologies and […]

To incorporate drones in our lives in a good and safe way, we need anti-drone instruments. On 4 December the TU Delft Micro Air Vehicle Lab (MAVLab) will therefore host the first ever anti-drone competition DroneClash. During this competition participants use their own drone(s) to take down as many other drones as possible. They also […]

Uplift Data Partners, a leader in drone flight-operation management and data analysis, today announced the appointment of two key executives to augment its engineering and sales teams. The company is strategically positioned on the frontline of an industry revolution and has entered a stage of accelerated growth to meet market demand for its services. In […]

The one in which we discuss women in the drone industry with Carla Taylor, Rhianna Lakin Loretta Alkalay and Nigel King. Regulars, Bruce Simpson, Gene Robinson, Jonathan Rupprecht as ever chip in. Another one where we went over the hour. 00:52 Martek Marine and their €67M Maritime Drone Contract 03:17 Nigel King, QuestUAV what has […]

We are very pleased to announce that we have changed our name. HealthyDrones is now Airdata UAV. Same company, same great service, new name. Today we have launched under our new name, new brand, and new website – https://airdata.com/. Our new name and brand reflect our continued commitment to providing our pilots and fleet operators […]

The all new waterproof drone from QuadH2O is here, the HexH2O Pro v2. Redesigned to accommodate some of the industries best technology. Featuring the new DJI N3 flight controller, X3 4K camera/gimbal system, Lightbridge 2; giving you amazing high definition video downlink, ranges of up to 3.5km and of course, all controlled via the powerful DJI […]

The Drone Light Show, a division of Great Lakes Drone Company (GLDC), debuted their 25 drone aerial light show LIVE on March 20 and 21 of 2017, to an invite-only crowd. Amongst the audience of 60 people combined The Drone Light Show put on an aerial show spectacular! These multiple drones created designs with bright […]

DroneShield Ltd (ASX:DRO) is pleased to announce a sale of its FarAlert and WideAlert acoustic drone detection systems to a European (NATO member country) security integrator through the Company’s distributor. While the fact that the sale involved only one test and demonstration system means that the revenue from this sale is not material, the sale […]

As the sun sets on the consumer drone industry, well hovers just before setting in a plateau sort of a way. Oh, what a terrible analogy. DJI have released a video of one of the new Matrice 200 system doing what it was designed for, powerline inspections. The Matrice is hardened against EMI (Electromagnetic interference) […]

SmartPlanes is proud to announce that the SmartPlanes Freya UAV is included in the NASA UAS Traffic Management (UTM) R&D Technical Capability Level 3 (TCL 3) project, at the FAA-designated Nevada UAS test site. SmartPlanes is represented by its US distributor Carbon Autonomous. SmartPlanes already has a long-term plan for Beyond Visual Line Of Sight […]

DJI’s recently created NODE, Network of Drone Enthusiasts is calling for drone operators North of the US border to join. This in response to last week’s change in regulations in Canada. The new regulations make it very difficult to fly in built up areas. NODE was created to give a centralised voice to speak to power. […]

Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, today introduced four image platform bundles that enable management and analytics of all forms of imagery in a fraction of the time most desktop or enterprise image processing technologies require. Esri’s image platform bundles allow organisations to save time on detailed and precise image analytics, making these tasks […]

FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA – Evans Incorporated, the leading provider of Human-Centered consulting solutions, announces today the continuing expansion of its footprint as the driver of successful strategic initiatives by launching its comprehensive CAARMA™ Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Solutions Suite. The CAARMA™ UAS Solutions Suite delivers significant value to users across the aviation industry in its […]

Nicolas Labbit is defending his team’s hard work. Drone Control, LLC applied for and won patents for Intelligent Flight Modes, Course Lock and Home Lock in DJI speak and Absolute Control if you talk Parrot. These were granted on Valentines Day 2017. The action against Parrot and DJI kicked off last Friday, the 17th of […]

Jo Harris, female marketing consultant at QuestUAV wrote an article entitled “Drone Boys vs Drone Girls” on 22 Feb 2017. sUAS News received a complaint following the publishing of the article complaining that the article was “flagrantly sexist, male-centric and benighted”. The complainant went on the say “You owe your readers, both female and male, […]

Kongsberg Geospatial, an Ottawa-based developer of real-time geospatial visualisation software, announced today with uAvionix, a California-based company that creates lightweight ADS-B transponders for unmanned aerial vehicles, that the two companies will be integrating Kongsberg Geospatial’s IRIS UAS Airspace Situational Awareness Display with uAvionix’s PingStation ADS-B receiver. Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast, or ADS-B transceivers help […]

SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce a fully-integrated solution with Tianlifa, a major firm in the Asian surveying market for over 20 years. The partnership results in a high-end mapping product featuring the new China Star drone from Tianlifa and SimActive’s Correlator3D™. “We wanted the best available software for […]

Technology development is the most important force driving mankind forward. As great high-tech innovations are changing people’s lives, the drone industry is booming than ever before. Among them, JTT UAV is a dark horse that the drone industry should not ignore. JTT Technology was the first Chinese partner to work with Little Ripper, an Australian […]

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is expanding its optronics (EO/IR) family with new payloads designated for tactical UAV’s, robotic vehicles and drone applications used by ground and homeland security forces. The new EO/IR payloads are developed by TAMAM, the inertial navigation and electro-optical house of IAI, and will be displayed at the LAAD Defense & Security […]

The SF Drone School Research Center recently announced the acquisition of it’s night waver for part 107 sUAS research at Treasure Island. “This waiver will give us the ability to expand our testing capabilities for companies working on applications and innovations that will help them grow market share. Someday commercial drone operators will be able […]

Hionos will bring unprecedented safety systems to drone racing by providing its autopilot firmware, which complies with the highest level of safety in aeronautics – DO-178C with the highest level of certification and testing (DAL-A). Safety is the guiding factor for the executive teams of both Freedom Drone Sports™ and Hionos and it is crucial to the international […]

Rueil-Malmaison, France, SBG Systems is proud to announce the new Ekinox 2 Series, a new generation of the SBG’s advanced and compact inertial navigation systems. With new accelerometers and gyroscopes, Ekinox 2 attitude accuracy has been enhanced by a factor of two while improving resistance to vibrations and integrating the Beidou constellation. Ekinox 2 Series: […]

“Growing up, I saw the technological world unfold in front of me. Single products disrupting entire industries. Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, all built companies that changed the world. And I thought that the best way to become a player in this game, was to go to university. That’s where I’ll learn how to […]

If you pre-ordered a Lily Drone and are now after a refund, you should take a look at Prime Clerk. Lily was the oversold and underdeveloped media darling of 2015. Lily was conceived in the UAV world’s Bermuda triangle, Berkeley California. The place good drone ideas seem to go to disappear. Almost 62,000 customers pre-ordered Lily, and […]

We are looking for a talented native English speaking Content Marketing and Communications Expert to join our growing team in Lausanne. Pix4D develops drone photogrammetry software and products that enable tens of thousands of professionals around the world to process, visualize, assess and edit their own maps and 3D models.As a member of the marketing […]

RESTON, Va., March 16, 20 Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) Flight Service has created an unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) service that helps safeguard the airspace by sending automatic notifications of unmanned aircraft operations to relevant groups. The Leidos UAS Notification Service is being tested as part of the Federal Aviation Administration UAS Pathfinder Program with Burlington Northern Santa […]

Cyberhawk Innovations, the world leader in aerial inspection and survey using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), is taking part in a live drone demo showcase during this year’s CeBIT in Hannover, Germany. The showcase will highlight the diverse commercial applications of drones, providing attendees with a unique insight to UAV technology, its potential and how it […]

Multiple reports are reaching us of between 50 and 70% of Yuneec USA Inc staff being laid off. Parent company Yuneec International is a Chinese aircraft manufacturer owned by Tian Yu and based in Jinxi, Kunshan, a town in Jiangsu. They are better known for their man carrying electric aircraft. In 2010 the two-seat E430 won […]

Over my integration tenure, I’ve seen a lot of experts come and go, and have heard how the FAA would never regulate model RC flying, rockets or drones. Plenty of braggadocio from those champions on how they were going to clean the FAA’s clock and assurances that whatever the outcome common sense would prevail. Are […]