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QuestUAV have an amazing May offer that will be included with any quotes created in May 2017. They have a great special offer to cover all your operational needs. Buy any full QuestUAV airframe and get your choice of mission kit included free of charge (worth up to £1000) Mission kits are designed by QuestUAV […]

AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV), a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for both military and commercial applications, today announced that its Mantis i45 electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) gimbal sensor suite designed for the AeroVironment Puma AE (All Environment) small UAS is now in full production and shipping to customers. Unveiled last May, the i45 Mantis significantly […]

DroneDeploy, the leading cloud software platform for commercial drones, today announced a partnership with DJI — the global leader in developing and manufacturing drone and camera technology for personal and professional use to bring an all-in-one UAV system to construction enterprises. Available now from DJI’s online store, the DroneDeploy & DJI Construction Mapping Package includes […]

Cobham SATCOM has announced successful live video transmission trials over the AVIATOR UAV 200 low SWAP satcom terminal. Working independently with AnsuR Technologies in Norway and Barnard Microsystems in the United Kingdom, the satcom terminal has passed strategically important video data, a great value multiplier for BLOS UAV operational scenarios. Using Inmarsat’s recently launched SB-UAV […]

Edmonton International Airport (“EIA”) will be the first ever airport in the world to integrate a full suite of unmanned aerial system (“UAS”) services into their daily airport operations. Starting in Q2 of 2017, Clear Flight Solutions (“CFS”) and AERIUM Analytics (“AERIUM”) will focus on safely integrating UAS technology at EIA. The primary focus will […]

Now drone operators can stitch an unlimited number of photos, create maps without resolution limits and run algorithms to analyze their data for free PrecisionHawk, a leading commercial drone and data company, has opened access to its professional mapping and analytics software, PrecisionMapper, for free. By eliminating the cost barrier, operators have the flexibility to ‘bring […]

Commercial UAV specialists, Draganfly Innovations Inc.- today announced the development of the new additions to their product line. Like Draganfly’s existing offerings, these new products are purpose built to save time and money for operators while improving the quality of mission-critical data used within the many industries the company serves. The new handheld Universal Control […]

Sentera introduces its enhanced, affordable Phoenix fixed-wing drone product line, with variants to support the precision agriculture, mapping, and public safety industries. By pairing cutting-edge technologies with manufacturing efficiencies, Sentera’s Phoenix is a cost-effective solution that is easy to fly, accepts a variety of payloads, and covers more acres in less time than competitive options. […]

Rajant announced today advancements in its Kinetic Mesh® Wireless Network technology that will power in-air mesh networks, enabling drone manufacturers to strengthen drone-to-drone and drone-to-ground communications. Kinetic Mesh delivers communication and video backhaul capabilities, supporting public safety, border security, search and rescue, and site survey applications, among others. One of the first to capitalise on […]

AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV), a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for both military and commercial applications, today officially unveiled the new Snipe Nano Quad, a miniature (“Class 0”) and field-rugged unmanned aircraft system designed to support close-range intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. The first U.S. government customer delivery of 20 Snipe systems took place […]

Phase One Industrial, the first to deliver 100-megapixel medium format aerial cameras, today announced full integration of its iXU and iXU-RS aerial cameras with DJI’s M600 and M600 Pro drones. Built using DJI’s SDK, this is the latest drone platform supported by Phase One Industrial, as it continuously innovates inspection tools uniquely capable of addressing […]

Parrot is expanding in the commercial civil drone industry since 2012 via stakes and acquisitions in selected companies such as AIRINOV, MicaSense, Pix4D, senseFly as well as the creation of its specialized UAV service platform Air Support. The Group is combining a range of advanced and renowned solutions bringing high-value data and models meeting the […]

Aviation Charting Service (ACS) by Eagle Cap Software includes the tools and software necessary for operators and developers to add an aeronautical chart display—based on ARINC 424 data—to their ground control station (GCS) or situational awareness maps in order to facilitate beyond line of sight operations (BLOS). According to Dane Winchester, Co-Founder of Eagle Cap […]

The AsteRx-m2 and AsteRx-m2 UAS OEM boards were launched today by Septentrio, a leading manufacturer of accurate and reliable GNSS solutions. These two new OEM boards which bring the latest in GNSS positioning to the market with unmatched interference mitigation technology all on ultra-low-power. The credit-card sized AsteRx-m2 and the AsteRx-m2 UAS offer all-in-view multi-frequency, […]

This collaborative technology will detect gas and gamma radiation aerially to increase safety, improve mobility and streamline data analysis for professionals. Aerialtronics, a Netherlands-based commercial UAS manufacturer, and RAE Systems BeNeLux, a provider of gas and radiation detection systems, have announced an integrated technology partnership that will help keep professionals and the public safe from […]

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) published today a proposal to regulate the operation of small drones in Europe. All interested parties are welcome to comment this proposal from 12 May until 12 August 2017. The proposal provides a framework to safely operate drones while allowing this industry to remain agile, to innovate and continue […]

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, has opened its first Drones Research Lab in the US at its Seven Hills Park Innovation Center located in Cincinnati, OH, to address the rapidly expanding demand for unmanned aerial vehicles and business solutions across industries. The […]

Fortem Technologies, Inc. announced the close of an additional $5.5M round led by Signia Venture Partners and Data Collective (DCVC). Fortem Technologies, Inc. provides advanced radar systems and associated software systems for manned and unmanned aircraft as well as its own modern air defense system known as the Fortem DroneHunterTM. The Fortem TrueView Radar model […]

My alma mater, RAF Shawbury has produced a handy drone safety leaflet. It points out where operators might more likely find themselves in conflict with manned aircraft within low flying area 9. That is a region that surrounds several airfields connected with joint services helicopter flight training in central England. It is a tidy document, […]

Mobilicom has announced the release of the SkyHopper PRO UAV Data Link – the first in its SkyHopper family of products. This advanced commercial UAV communication system addresses mining & process industry, infrastructure inspection, security and surveillance, and delivery drone applications. SkyHopper PRO also offers the unique advantage of its ability to deliver technology on […]

The Valmie Resources Inc. (OTCBB: VMRI) team headed to Nevada this week where it conducted a successful test flight of one of the five commercial base units the company purchased from ALTI UAS. The test flight was held in conjunction with Praxis Aerospace Concepts (PACI). Valmie will be incorporating five of the featured aircraft as […]

We are searching for an entrepreneurial International Human Resources Manager to join our rapidly growing team. You will be responsible for providing human resources services to our offices worldwide in alignment with our policies. This position is located in Lausanne, Switzerland. Pix4D develops internationally-renowned software products which are designed to make drone-mapping for professionals more […]

On April 28th, the Swift 020, the first UAS featuring X-Blade Technology™ had a successful completely autonomous marine flight test excursion off the coast in Orange County, CA. The test, one in a series conducted by Swift Engineering, consisted of 8 consecutive fully autonomous launch and recoveries off a boat with an aft deck of […]

On behalf of the readership and community at large we decided that Mr. Miller should be recognized for his leadership in the commercial drone industry. One of the cornerstones of any industry is insurance. Without insurance, you can’t have financing or work in entertainment, construction, mining, energy or any other field that indemnifies itself against […]

Thirteen university student teams from across Canada competed in the Flying Phase of the 9th Unmanned Systems Canada UAS Student Competition hosted by Centre d’Excellence sur les Drones (CED) in Alma QC from 28 – 30 April. Congratulations to the winner, University of Toronto – UAV Division. The purpose of this annual competition is to […]

Gene Engelgau With new and stricter drone safety regulations being implemented around the world much of the sUAS market is now waking up to the idea that safety does matter. Aeromao has been on board since 2011, much earlier than most UAV companies. With new and stricter drone safety regulations being implemented around the world […]

Consortiq is seeking to recruit a Unmanned Aircraft Qualification (UAQ) course instructor with an interest in the dynamic and rapidly growing drone industry. With a significant presence in the United Kingdom, we are establishing a foothold in the United States drone training and integrated drone solutions markets. As such, we are seeking applicants who share […]

Drone technology is relatively new – but the clear success of drone implementation has led to rapid adoption in the energy industry. Leading commercial drone manufacturer MMC has now completed over 300,000KM of power line stringing across the globe. Tested in the dramatic landscapes of mountains across the Asian continent, rainforests in Indonesia, and challenging […]

Kespry, the leading aerial intelligence platform provider, announced today that technology industry veterans Jitender Aswani, Jim Allison and David Shearer have joined the company to deepen its leadership team as customer adoption and market momentum accelerates globally. Aswani joins the company as vice president of products and analytics. He brings twenty years of experience guiding […]

The new customer service of the German engine manufacturer is called 3W Engineering Services. This will not only be offered to existing and new 3W customers, but also to third-party customers and includes various service, test and measurement activities relating to engines and drive units and their further development. Since the increased demand for complete […]

Altavian is looking for a passionate data analyst to assist in photogrammetric data processing and organization on a part-time basis. The successful candidate will turn raw drone data into processed information, information into insight, and insight into business decisions for data customers and internal process development. Data processing analysts are responsible for routine photogrammetric data […]

These past several months, our engineers have been busy testing Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), or drones, on commercial 4G LTE networks at the Qualcomm UAS Flight Center in San Diego — testing key performance indicators (KPIs) such as coverage, signal strength, throughput, latency, and mobility under various scenarios on commercial LTE networks. Today, we are […]

senseFly, the world’s leading producer of mapping drones, today announces senseFly Corridor, a new platform enhancement that vastly simplifies the drone (UAS) mapping of linear infrastructure and sites. Corridor mapping is a common task for many geospatial professionals and crucial for the effective planning, design and analysis of linear infrastructure, as well as the monitoring of […]

There has been a lot of discussion in the past couple of years about just what the right technology is for tracking the swarms of drones coming our way in the next decade. Because uAvionix is a communications, navigation, and surveillance (CNS) company focused almost solely in the drone industry – we are wrapped right […]

On 24 October 2016, the operator (pilot) of a Lockheed Martin Stalker eXtended Endurance (XE) unmanned aerial system, configured in vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) mode, prepared to conduct a demonstration flight at Mount Disappointment, Victoria. The previous day, the operator had loaded the latest autopilot software onto the aircraft’s main autopilot. One mission goal […]

Representatives from FAI gathered with experts and organisers from around the world to exchange experiences from the recent past years and to discuss upcoming drone racing events in 2017/18 and plans beyond on a global level. Topics on the agenda saw a report from the FAI on its role and involvement in international developments on […]

Silent Falcon UAS Technologies, a manufacturer of long range, long endurance, silent, solar-electric powered UAS, announced today it has partnered with Ascent Vision, specialises in precision-imaging Gimbal Sensor Technology, making Ascent Vision their preferred supplier of gimbaled payloads. “The Silent Falcon UAS can easily integrate a wide variety of payloads, and we’ve integrated five (5) […]

Today, we are happy to announce our Pix4Dmapper Desktop 3.2 release. The new version has great advancement in stability and usability – Upload desktop projects to cloud is now 10x faster; Camera parameter correlations are displayed in the quality report for easier troubleshooting and assessment; New key output: tiled level-of-detail mesh is available in osgb […]

HAZON Solutions (“HAZON”), the national leader in drone inspection services, announced today the launch of the HAZON Drone Management System (HAZON DMS). HAZON DMS is a secure, web-based management tool providing every drone operator, whether a hobbyist with a single drone or a large corporation with hundreds of drones, a way to safely and efficiently […]

Skyline UAV based in Australia are now offering a UAV Banner Towing service. This is something a friend of mine has done with real helicopters over London and it’s a right faff with amusing outcomes when you have to cut away. This goes straight into my very impressed folder. If you know flying wings you […]

Edgybees, an augmented reality technology company, Tuesday launched a new augmented reality (AR) mobile application that is compatible with DJI drones, including the Phantom 3, the Phantom 4 and the Mavic Pro. Developed using DJI’s software development kit, the ‘Drone Prix’ is the first ever AR mobile app created specifically for DJI’s aerial platforms, allowing […]

British-based expert drone consultant, Consortiq, is securing its global status as it announces the opening of its new office in America. Based in Annapolis, Maryland, this strategic move allows the company to neighbour Washington D.C, a central East Coast drone innovation hub. Sending its aerial expertise overseas, this new expansion enables it to work closely […]

Starting January 1, 2020, you must be equipped with ADS-B Out to fly in most controlled airspace. Download the Equip ADS-B Google Earth map to look at the location of ADS-B rule airspace at your home base and where you fly. Pan and zoom to different locations and turn on the various capabilities the map […]

DroneDeploy is the leading drone software platform, enabling customers in farming, construction, and mining, to understand the world from the air. We’re a small and dynamic team, taking on the hardest engineering problems in the industry, while maintaining a clean and accessible design. We’re looking for a lead designer to help us build out and […]

Northwest UAV is now developing a NW-88 Twin-Cylinder Multi-Fuel Engine for 2017. Using design elements from the NW-44 Engine, the NW-88 Engine will bring the world class NWUAV reliability and efficiency to a new category of aircraft. McMinnville, OR: Northwest UAV (NWUAV) has initiated development of their new NW-88 Twin-Cylinder Multi-Fuel UAV propulsion system based […]

A big fanfare from around the world last week as Kevin Finisterre revealed that DJI had initiated no-fly zones for war-torn areas. DJI drones are being used to drop primitive ordinance with deadly results. Fast forward one week and CNN reporter Gabriel Chaim used the old tinfoil trick to cover the GPS on his DJI […]

With a legacy of delivering reliable, robust, and highly accurate small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS), NASA has awarded Black Swift Technologies (BST), a specialized engineering firm based in Boulder, CO, the contract to develop and deliver a purpose-built scientific platform to explore volcanoes in order to improve air traffic management systems and the accuracy of ash fall measurements. BST […]

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that its inventors have been granted a patent for transferring packages between drones during flight. The invention described in US Patent No. 9,561,852: In flight transfer of packages between aerial drones helps to extend the range of drones that are delivering packages from a warehouse to a customer’s home. IBM […]

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) today unveiled the Cadence® Tensilica® Vision C5 DSP, the industry’s first standalone, self-contained neural network DSP IP core optimized for vision, radar/lidar and fused-sensor applications with high-availability neural network computational needs. Targeted for the automotive, surveillance, drone and mobile/wearable markets, the Vision C5 DSP offers 1TMAC/sec computational capacity to […]

Speaker Series happening May 4th & 5th Golden Gate Club, 135 Fisher Loop, Presidio, San Francisco, 94129 This year’s line-up will deliver more top-notch content for the drone businessperson. Among the roster of drone experts and news makers this year are Kevin Finisterre, Department 13 (who just broke the world wide DJI Syria and Iraqi […]