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This survey, which is aimed at the worldwide UAS/RPAS/Drone operator community is now available in English, French, German, Italian & Spanish. This survey is an opportunity to make it possible for all drone operators to assure that their specific applications are taken into account. The objective of this survey is to: 1- Identify the market sectors in […]

One more feather in John Taylor’s cap. If you have been following this saga closely. Especially on Facebook, you will know that some folks are claiming that the FAA made use of the $5 pilots registry. John Taylor filed a FOIA request to discover the truth of the matter and the truth is they didn’t make […]

Katwijk, The Netherlands – Wednesday, July 5, 2017. The province of Limburg (Belgium) will soon begin using an Aerialtronics’ drone to assist police and firefighters in tasks such as crowd and traffic monitoring, search and rescue, locating illegal cannabis farms and conducting reconnaissance. Starting in January of next year, the province of Limburg (Belgium) will […]

UAV Factory USA is expanding and actively seeking a Sales Manager to coordinate B2B and B2C sales throughout the Americas. The company is going through a rapid business expansion phase and the position requires a professional leader, excellent team-builder and a mentor capable of developing a strategic vision and architecting the processes. This person will […]

SALINA — Airport management and unmanned aircraft systems students from the Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus are receiving national recognition for their interdisciplinary research on a current airport industry challenge. The Airport Cooperative Research Program, which is managed by the Transportation Research Board and sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration, has selected the team of Kansas State […]

DroneShield is pleased to announce that it has commenced taking orders for DroneSentry, and expects to commence production in the fourth calendar quarter of 2017. DroneSentry provides its users with a multi-method drone detection capability and includes and integrates radar, radio frequency, acoustic, thermal and optical (with a range extender) sensor detection, i.e. all the […]

Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)—or drones—allow capturing and analysis of agricultural data at high spatial resolution, including status of the land, crops and farm infrastructure contributing to more effective management. UAS operators are typically young entrepreneurs who invest in the equipment, learn the skills to use it, help analyse the data and interpret the findings for […]

Garware Wall Ropes Ltd. (GWRL), a leading manufacturer of technical textiles for the Indian and global markets, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Israel’s Aero-T showing intention to combine their capability for manufacturing and supply of advanced aerostats for Indian Defence. India’s vast borders comprising of 15200 KM of land and […]

The Mayday Parachute Deployment System by MARS Parachutes is the perfect solution to a multitude of UAV systems on the market today. This system monitors your flight envelope and will automatically deploy the parachute if the MAYDAY detects out of bounds activity such as a sudden fall, loss of a rotor or motor, or other […]

David Finnegan was recently named director, Remote Sensing/Geographic Information Systems Center of Expertise at the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory in Hanover, New Hampshire. CRREL is a component of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, headquartered in Vicksburg, Mississippi. In 2001, Finnegan began his career at CRREL as a contract scientist and […]

John Taylor has received an unusual Thanksgiving gift, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia today, issued its final ruling. in their words… “The FAA’s Registration Rule violates Section 336 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act. We grant Taylor’s petition for review of the Registration Rule, and we vacate the Registration Rule […]

DJI, the world’s leader in civilian drones and aerial imaging technology,takes very seriously a report that a drone may have caused the temporary closure of London’s Gatwick airport on Sunday, 2 July, as it flew too close to the runway. In past incidents, early reports of drone involvement turned out to be false. Nevertheless, we […]

A successful management buyout of Resource Group’s Aviation and Aerospace Resourcing business (including Contractair Ltd) and its Aviation Technical Training business has been completed. The management buyout team has been led by Stephan Hickman who has 19 years of experience running various businesses in the group and who has assumed the role of CEO. Joining […]

Jason Small – Verizon As another gust of wind hits the windows on my house I can see them start to bow inward. “I think we need to go downstairs,” I say to my wife. The 99 mph winds are battering the outside of my house and the siding is literally starting to peel away. […]

We cordially invite you to join us for the 2017 World Congress on Unmanned Systems Engineering – Conference and Exhibition at University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (27th and 28th July 2017). The Congress offers a chance to network with Unmanned Systems researchers, scientists, business professionals and end-users in a relaxing atmosphere. The Congress will attract […]

The Government of Malawi and UNICEF today launched an air corridor to test potential humanitarian use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones. The corridor is the first in Africa and one of the first globally with a focus on humanitarian and development use. It is centred on Kasungu Aerodrome, in central Malawi, […]

Phase 1 of DARPA’s Fast Lightweight Autonomy (FLA) program concluded recently following a series of obstacle-course flight tests in central Florida. Over four days, three teams of DARPA-supported researchers huddled under shade tents in the sweltering Florida sun, fine-tuning their sensor-laden quadcopter unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) during the intervals between increasingly difficult runs. DARPA’s FLA […]

While this seems like an outrageous claim, it’s not any more outrageous than a lot of other claims people have made in the dronesphere. In any event, allow me to share a short story of how I captured the first iPhone aerial drone photo. At the time I had teamed up with a group […]

I am not a lawyer, but reading through the latest DJI Go App’s Terms of Use (24 May, 2017) some red flags get thrown up for me. There are several conditions in here that do appear to contradict each other (exceptions), and to a legal layman, like myself, they appear to leave little hurdles to be clarified […]

NM Group provides functional reporting for utility vegetation managers. Our service prioritises vegetation encroachments, reduces operational costs and ensures regulatory compliance. Vegetation analytics deliver functional information to help utilities better manage the risk posed by vegetation-related outages. We deliver the precise location of danger trees and potential infringement to improve vegetation management strategy. How the […]

Australian company Sentient has demonstrated its ViDAR airborne optical radar system to European maritime surveillance agencies, with a ViDAR equipped Insitu ScanEagle RPAS detecting and tracking small boats and people in the water on a trial at Huelva, Spain in May. Representatives of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), European Border and Coast Guard Agency […]

GEO Jobe, a leading GIS software and solution provider offering UAV mapping services, has been integrating UAV / UAS data capture into a number of projects enabling quick turn-around and cost savings for clients. What this means is that in addition to being experts in the ArcGIS / ArcGIS Online space we can offer our […]

I had to smile when the landing was made prominent in Martin Luis Gomez blog update which details the successful second flight of Aquilla. It took a little while for The Facebook internet drone team to fess up to the approach incident at the end of the first flight. Once again, go team Somerset ! Martin Luis […]

Margarita Mulero Pazmany, PhD Biologist at Swiss Ornithological Institute UAS operate at low altitudes (<500 m AGL) and in any terrain, thus they are susceptible to interact with local fauna. UAS performing target-oriented flight patterns, larger aircraft sizes, and fuel-powered (noisier) engines evoked the strongest reactions in wildlife. Birds are more prone to react to UAS […]

Full motion video (FMV) captured by the best-selling drones in the world can now be viewed, queried and used for professional mapping projects in Esri ArcGIS. CompassDrone™ will introduce DJI2FMV, a beta script soon to be rolled out as a web-accessible application, at the 2017 Esri Imaging & Mapping Forum in July. CompassDrone developed DJI2FMV […]

The Property Drone Consortium (PDC), a collaboration that consists of insurance carriers, roofing industry leaders and supporting enterprises announced today that Gary Sullivan and Bryan Corder were elected by the board at its April 2017 meeting to co-chair the organization for the next two years. Sullivan is serving his second term as chair and represents […]

PCS Edventures!.com, Inc., (PCSV) a leading provider of K-12 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs, took its first step towards the creation of the Scholastic Drone Racing League with the completion of the Idaho Drone Institute. As a component of a statewide grant funded by the Idaho STEM Action Center, the Idaho Drone Institute […]

Jani Hirvinen, JDrones CEO received a 2017 Global UAV Innovation Award at the Drone World Conference, Shenzhen China last week on behalf of the Ardupilot project. Shenzhen is the heart of drone manufacture in China and this show the largest commercial drone show in China. Speaking to me via Skype this morning Jani called the […]

Results of Drone Effectiveness Study show industry seeking support from commercial operators Many leading construction companies and Facilities Managers are reaping the rewards that come with drone surveying, but some are still seeking guidance on how drones help improve their business processes. So say the results of Sky Revolutions’ first interrogation of the market. Their […]

David Walters, the Software Development Manager for CQNet will be interviewed live on sUAS News today, Wednesday June 28 at 9 pm BST. CQNet is the proprietary software system for the unmanned technology solutions leader, Consortiq. It is the easiest, most efficient way to manage UAS operations. Walters will conduct a live demo and walkthrough […]

Chinese industrial drone manufacturer MMC has a view from the top of the drone industry. As it’s Shenzhen neighbour DJI has risen to market dominance in the recreational drone segment, MMC has achieved prominence in the commercial sector. With over 500% growth in the last few years, the company has sound funding, a global client […]

Solar panels, like any other artificial infrastructure objects, require periodical inspections. UAV equipped with thermal camera is the best choice for inspection, as in most cases it saves costs compared to manned aviation and saves time compared to visual control with handheld IR camera. UgCS Usually, photovoltaic (PV) solar panel field inspection requires use of […]

Microdrones is excited to announce that their popular md4-1000 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has been added to Transport Canada’s (TC) exclusive list of Compliant Unmanned Air Systems. One of only eight companies worldwide to earn this distinction, Microdrones’ accomplishment benefits clients across the globe – not just Canada. “This approval from Transport Canada (TC) for […]

As one of the most highly-anticipated films of the year, Transformers 5 is set to capture the imagination of moviegoers all over the world. But one company that is celebrating the release for a different reason is drone expert, Consortiq. As one of the most well-respected drone operators in the world, Consortiq was commissioned to […]

Rockwell Collins avionics have been selected for General Atomics Aeronautical Systems’ (GA-ASI) MQ-9B SkyGuardian™. Rockwell Collins will support GA-ASI to efficiently upgrade the proven Predator B Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) system to simplify civil airspace access. GA-ASI has selected the capabilities of the Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion® integrated avionics system for this unmanned aerial […]

Leonardo has partnered with the certified air operator Heli Protection Europe (HPE) to offer surveillance and reconnaissance services via the operation of remotely piloted air vehicles (RPAS) on behalf of civil customers such as police and emergency responders. Leonardo aims to provide services that involve the gathering and management of data for missions such as […]

The WienerCycle and WienerDrone will join the iconic Wienermobile, WienerRover, and WienerMini to ensure hot dog fans everywhere have a chance to try the new Oscar Mayer Hot Dogs – now with no added nitrates or nitrites (except those naturally occurring in celery juice), and no artificial preservatives in their meat. With that mission in […]

Every year, the outrageous results that are produced by uncontrolled fires become evident. For this reason, aviation and safety authorities from the different European Member States and the whole world are investing a lot of resources on firefighting and prevention. Nowadays, Spain already has in some of its regions a small fleet of drones and, […]

AkitaBox, a Madison-based facility management software company that automates maintenance, planning and inspections, will be working with PrecisionHawk, a provider of advanced commercial drone technologies, to integrate aerial data into the facility management workflow. The partnership was announced today at the Building Owners and Managers Association International Conference in Nashville, TN where the technology is […]

In its recently released Annual Safety Review for 2016, the United Kingdom’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch, have found that using drones at aviation accident sites is “very useful” to its aviation accident investigations. “The AAIB has found drones to be a very useful new tool at accident sites. They are very good for capturing the […]

Well done to the Ardupilot team, fifteen out of the top twenty finalists in the AUVSI Student UAS competition, were running Ardupilot. Positions one to six taken by the OpenSource autopilot. Only one commercial autopilot, the Piccolo made it into the top 20 at number 8. How things change! The 2017 SUAS Competition was held June […]

A community-based organization (“CBO”) that represents close to 25,000 drone users, the Drone User Group Network (“DUGN”) proposed changes to both the House and Senate versions of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization bills that will help spur innovation, preserve the privacy of the public, preserve the privacy of drone users, and enhance the efficiency […]

Geospatial company to sell and support Bentley mass data processing and design platforms throughout Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia.

Adam Conner-Simons | CSAIL CSAIL team’s system of quadcopters that fly and drive suggest another approach to developing flying cars. Being able to both walk and take flight is typical in nature — many birds, insects, and other animals can do both. If we could program robots with similar versatility, it would open up many […]

A drone data platform company and the world’s most popular drone control app have just partnered, connecting over a million drones to a global drone management platform. Mission Planner, created by Michael Oborne and the ArduPilot Developer team, now enables its users to more easily find the safest places to fly their drones, discover hazards […]

Unmanned Systems Group (Izhevsk, Russia) has successfully conducted joint flights of Supercam UAV together with manned aircraft (both equipped with automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) system) in conjunction with FGUP “GosNIIAS” on a drifting ice base in the Arctic. Rapid deployment of an aerodrome and a base for scholars and tourists was a priority task. Possessing […]

In December 2016, Pix4D and Parrot announced we would award a climate innovation grant to help foster innovation around the impact of global climate change. We received over 250 proposals from researchers across a range of disciplines. We selected six projects, chosen on novelty, scientific merit, and team experience. We also considered advanced degrees, formal […]

To have oil equipment operating efficiently and reliably is demanding, expensive, and requires performing these tasks: Monitor the equipment on a continual basis to detect failures or impending failures; Perform regularly scheduled preventive maintenance tasks to prevent or delay equipment failure; Plan for downtimes to replace or repair defective equipment. To perform these tasks is […]

Insitu today announced the successful integration of a 50-megapixel camera into its ScanEagle™ Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for delivering High Accuracy Photogrammetric (HAP) aerial imagery. This new capability is part of Insitu’s INEXA™ Solutions, a comprehensive suite of remote sensing products and information delivery services for enterprise customers, particularly mining and oil and gas operations. […]

Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER® S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) once again convinced with its outstanding maritime capability when successfully completing qualification flights for the French Navy from 29 May to 3 June 2017. The flight trials were performed from the deck of the Bâtiment de Projection et de Commandement (BPC) Dixmude, the newest of the French Navy’s […]