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BY KRISTEN M. CLARK Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau As unmanned commercial drones continue climbing in popularity, so does the potential for accidents in which wayward devices might physically harm people or damage property. Under current Florida law, there’s nothing a victim could do about such an accident, so a Republican state senator from Miami said he…The post Drone operators in Florida could be held liable for any damage appeared first on sUAS News.

The “Fast50 revelation” award was given to Delair-Tech. It gives the perfect answer to the innovation and rapid growth capacity from the international professional drone leader. For over 15 years, the Deloitte In Extenso Technology Fast 50 gives support, years after years, to developing firms combining innovation and fast growth in High Technology. The fast50…The post Delair-tech awarded by the fast 50 of Deloite appeared first on sUAS News.

By Gina Velde Automated aerial mapping has transformed the way we survey large, inaccessible areas, yet the term ‘unmanned’ appears to reinforce outdated gender stereotypes all too common in both the aviation and geospatial industries. And as hobbyist and low quality systems with their associated safety concerns are becoming commonplace, the term falls short of…The post Let’s un-man the stereotype appeared first on sUAS News.

By Terry Miller, UnmannedRisk.com While federal insurance requirements exist for commercial aviation, no federal requirement exists for general aviation (GA) liability insurance. In other words, most privately owned and operated aircraft are not required to carry any type of liability insurance at all in the United States. In the U.S. most insurance is regulated by…The post Unmanned Aerial System Registration; Insurance As A Single Point Solution appeared first on sUAS News.

SHOTARO TANI, Nikkei staff writer TOKYO — Companies overlook young employees at their own peril, Danny Zheng, vice president of Chinese drone maker DJI, suggested on Tuesday in a speech in Tokyo. Addressing the Nikkei Global Management Forum, Zheng said he may well be the youngest speaker at the event, but at DJI he qualifies…The post Young and ambitious? Drone maker DJI wants you appeared first on sUAS News.

Smartphone Controlled PowerUp FPV Lets Users Take Flight With a Cockpit POV TEL AVIV ­ NOVEMBER 10, 2015 ­ 6:00 pm IST ­ Today PowerUp Toys announces the launch of its Kickstarter crowd funding campaign of the world’s first paper airplane drone with a live­streaming camera ­ the PowerUp FPV. Partnered with Parrot to manufacture the device,…The post PowerUp Toys Launches Kickstarter to bring Live Streaming Video to Paper Airplane appeared first on sUAS News.

Students at Canadian Universities have responded in record numbers to the 2016 Unmanned Systems Canada Student UAS Competition. A total of 18 teams from across Canada have registered for the event. First time competitors from Western, Guelph and McGill will add excitement and new input to this 9th annual challenge. In search of a greater…The post Student Unmanned Aerial Systems Competition- Record Registration appeared first on sUAS News.

Sentera, LLC, a designer of sensors, software, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), today announced it has been granted a Section 333 exemption from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate multiple types of commercially-available UAVs. Applications for these systems include crop survey, infrastructure inspection, geo-spatial mapping, and other aerial imaging missions. “We are excited to…The post FAA Grants Sentera 333 Exemption for Commercial Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Use appeared first on sUAS News.

November 4 and 5, 2015, RIEGL attended and presented at 3D Laser Mapping’s User Conference “Digital Information in 3D” at the Prince Philip House in London. At the event, the new RIEGL VZ-400i terrestrial laser scanner was officially launched in the UK! 3D Laser Mapping ( www.3dlasermapping.com ) is RIEGL’s long term partner and distributor…

“We panned the camera out over the Chesapeake, and there they were, four-and-a-half kilometers away” recalls Aerovel’s Tad McGeer. “It was our first day of demonstrating Flexrotor for the US Coast Guard.” Flexrotor, Aerovel’s exceptional unmanned aircraft, has caught the Coast Guard’s attention with its unique combination of small size, light footprint, VTOL, long endurance,…

Police are appealing for information to trace the owner of a radio-controlled drone which could be linked to an incident that resulted in the death of a police horse. Police horse Fimber died following an incident at West Yorkshire Police’s Carr Gate complex on the outskirts of Wakefield on Thursday, October 15. The 14-year-old horse,…

Civilian drones have been around for years offering people the opportunity to do what they cannot normally do from the ground. Aerial photography, rescue missions, agricultural monitoring, air pollution watch, and even the all new drone racing. Two types of drones are mainly used today. They are helicopter-like machines and airplane-like machines. Both have advantages…

Blue Bear Systems Research (BBSR), the globally recognised specialists in the design, development, evaluation and implantation of unmanned systems, welcomes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the UK between 12-14 November 2015. The Bedford-based SME is keen to grow its business in the Indian market and has teamed with SASMOS of Bangalore and the…

Gaurav Sharma The future of the parcel and logistics business will rely heavily on investment in innovation, according to Royal Mail chief executive Moya Greene. Speaking at Confederation of British Industry’s annual conference in London, Greene said, “Our parcels business is the biggest in the British market. But we have had to learn and adapt.”…

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, announced today that construction has commenced on its new, five-and-a-half acre RPA training facility at Grand Sky Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) business and aviation park in Grand Forks, North Dakota. “Today’s…

Lorna Siggins If Santa Claus opts for drones over reindeer for deliveries this Christmas, he will only be permitted to use Irish airspace if he is on the State’s remotely piloted aircraft register. The new drone register, which will be one of the first of its kind in Europe, will be up and running by…

In January 2016 sUAS News will be releasing a round up of what has been happening in 2015. The guide will contain over 300 pages of information and all the 333 operators at time of release. It will available free online and sent to our email followers. I am looking for interesting white papers to…

A drone being used to smuggle contraband into the grounds of a prison has been recovered by guards, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has said. It is thought to have been flown in from outside HMP Manchester, formerly known as Strangeways, on Friday before being “successfully intercepted”. Police believe it was carrying mobile phones, SIM…

Stratasys Ltd. (Nasdaq:SSYS), the 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions company, today announced that it has teamed with Aurora Flight Sciences to deliver, what is believed to be, the largest, fastest, and most complex 3D printed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) ever produced. Unveiled for the first time at this week’s Dubai Airshow (Stand 206), the…

On December 12, 2015, Google will stop supporting Google Earth. Since DJI’s PC Ground Station software is based on the Google Earth API, we will also discontinue support for PC Ground Station. As a result, DJI’s Ace One WP flight controller and 900M Datalink, both of which rely on our PC Ground Station software, will…

Project Wing, which resides in Google[x], is creating an on-demand delivery system in the sky. Our aviation technology is on the leading edge, and pushes the boundaries of numerous technical challenges in sensing, autonomy, aircraft design, and contingency management. We’ve built a prototype to show how such a system can work and are now developing…

After a decade of working with the FAA and other stakeholders on safe integrating UAS into NAS, we are disappointed with the lack of tangible progress. This latest effort only serves to erode further the community’s confidence in an administrative process that has been ongoing now for 23 plus years (See attached graphic). 4910- 9X…

A new drone under development at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln could change the way wildfires are fought—and encourage the use of prescribed burns for conservation purposes. The Unmanned Aerial System for Fire Fighting is under development by a multidisciplinary team of UNL experts in drone technology, fire ecology, conservation and public policy. The Great Plains,…

Hoang Tran A second-year student at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law has launched a legal fight with the Federal Aviation Administration over the agency’s lack of speed in responding to his request for information on the agency’s regulations of drone aircraft. Albert J. Plawinski filed a complaint against the FAA in federal court in late…

It was reported that on Thursday morning a drone and a 1960’s Cessna 172 collided in the air over Costa Rica. It is alleged that the Cessna hit the drone with its right wing strut. This is NOT the wing but the strut supporting the wing. The result was chipped paint on the strut. Superficially, it looks like most of…

History was made when Ausley Associates, Inc. recently led the first simultaneous unmanned aircraft system (UAS) and tethered hexacopter flight in a Federal Aviation Administration’s Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems research flight test. As another first, the demonstration included the first transfer of a tethered hexacopter from a ground site to a…

VITEC, a worldwide leader in advanced video encoding and streaming solutions, today unveiled MGW Pico TOUGH, its latest innovation in airborne encoding and streaming appliances. As the world’s smallest dual-channel H.264 HD/SD encoding solution, weighing less than 400 grams, MGW Pico TOUGH sets a new standard of performance for manned and unmanned airborne platforms, military…

CINCINNATI/CLEVELAND – A partnership in research and technology is taking place between two of the nation’s leaders in the unmanned aircraft systems industry. The University of Cincinnati recently signed a research partnership agreement with Dronewerx, LLC., a Cleveland, Ohio company that focuses on design and manufacture of high-quality unmanned aircraft frames and systems for the…

DJI acquires minority stake in Hasselblad Group, creating synergies between the world’s leading imaging technology companies Hasselblad Group, the leader in high-quality professional cameras, and DJI, the world’s most-innovative aerial technology company, today announced a corporate partnership through DJI’s acquisition of a strategic minority stake in Hasselblad. The partnership will allow opportunities and new ways…

It looks like we have a name now for the larger version of Facebook’s Aquila UAS, the Aquila 1A. Below is an extract from the FAA N-register and on the 26th of October 2015 Facebook’s Aquila 1A became an N-registered aircraft. The airframe is listed as being in the weight class of between 55 lbs…

3D Robotics Inc, headquartered in Berkeley, California has been quite popular with US drone operators looking to operate commercially in the United States. According to the FAA N-number database, N-registered airframes listed as being manufactured by 3D Robotics currently stands at 118 aircraft. That places 3D Robotics at number three behind, DJI with just over…

The Federal Bureau of Prisons (Bureau), Office of Security Technology has created a Request for Information (RFI) to seek information related to a solution regarding protection from unmanned air vehicles. The goal of this RFI is to obtain detailed to collect information to identify and assess the landscape of technologies and systems that can assist…

The 4th Annual K-TECH Conference & Expo is showcasing technology’s top minds to explore and demo the big ideas driving one of Asia’s most dynamic economies among 1,000+ business influencers, entrepreneurs and investors on November 12-13 at the Santa Clara Marriott. Dubbed yet again the most innovative country in Bloomberg’s Global Innovation Index, number one…

Probably not, but for billions of people across the globe that live without access to paved roads and bridges it would. Say NO to poverty and help us bring delivery drones to those who need them most, the poor and isolated. The FAA estimates that in 2015 more than 1 million drones will be given…

By J. Harry Jones POWAY — A new law approved this week in Poway bans the use of drones in the city during emergencies, when the unmanned aerial vehicles could interfere with helicopters and aircraft responding to a wildfire or other disaster. The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to enact the ordinance, which prohibits launching,…

In September 2015, Pix4D participated in a weeklong UAV training mission in Nepal, teaching engineering students at Kathmandu University how to use drones and image-processing software to create professional maps and models for a wide range of humanitarian and development purposes. Although drones and photogrammetric software for mapping applications are already being used in the…

by Leading unmanned aerial vehicle manufacturer EHang announced Wednesday the newest version of its popular Ghost 2.0 drone, which comes with virtual reality goggles. The drone will be available through the company’s website, Amazon, Fry’s and Hobbico electronics stores. Ghost 2.0 also packs several new features. A proprietary tilt-control system will allow users to steer…

by China based Da-Jiang Innovations Science and Technology Co., Ltd. (DJI) are the first company to break the magical 1000 registrations. There are now 1033 DJI platforms flying commercially in North America. All of them multirotors. It only seems a short while ago that the FAA were predicting 8000 licensed UAS total in the NAS how…

by The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has concluded its investigation into the sighting of an RPAS (drone) that was reported ‘too close’ to an Airbus A320 on Friday 25 September over Christchurch. It has not been able to identify the drone or find its owner. The Acting Director of Civil Aviation (CAA), John Kay says…

by Ready set go…. By next week all of DJI’s new video will be fact in the press all invented by DJI. A quad is two sticks and four motors, the brain behind it is the important part. DJI have always followed, granted they do produce excellent RTF products. The Inspire for most commercial purposes…