sUAS News

Cardinal Systems, the producer of the Vr Mapping software, introduces VrUAS to the Vr Mapping Software. Cardinal Systems provides mapping software solutions for the handling of digital spatial data and is the developer and provider of the Vr Mapping software suite. Vr Mapping supports the use of UAS imagery and while much of this falls […]

For 10 years DJI has been dedicated to Imagination, Inspiration and Innovation. In that time, it has transformed aerial imaging from a niche into something that anyone can do with ease. By freeing people’s imaginations from the constraints of gravity, previously unseen moments of beauty have been revealed. This new view is celebrated in Above […]

#hellodigital, part of Highlands and Islands Enterprise, is working with national trade body ARPAS-UK on a week-long event which will bring the latest in drone technology to Inverness. ‘Drone Week’ is taking place from Monday 26 to Friday 30 September at the #hellodigital demonstration centre on Inverness Campus. Sue Wolfe, Business Development Director at ARPAS-UK, […]

There will be an estimated 600,000 commercial drones operating in the U.S. within the year as the result of new safety rules according to FAA Administrator Huerta. US Transportation Secretary Foxx says “We are in one of the most dramatic periods of change in the history of transportation“. Its common knowledge that the use cases for commercial drones […]

Sentera announced today their latest update to the AgVault™ 2.0 Mobile iOS app, featuring a battery-swap capability that enables operators to plan a flight of any size, that seamlessly accommodates any number of battery swap-outs. The feature monitors battery life, notes the exact coordinates where it left off, and returns to the operator when a […]

Octopus ISR Systems, a developer of advanced imaging and communications equipment for various UAV platforms, presented their latest innovation in micro gimbal technology, the Moving Target Indicator (MTI). Watch the footage from Epsilon 140 – the dual sensor, gyro-stabilized, micro gimbal payload. Previously unavailable on any micro gimbal, the MTI feature is now available in […]

Sporty’s Pilot Shop and Unmanned Safety Institute (USI) will now offer two online courses, the UAS Ground School Course and the UAS Safety Awareness Course, which provide comprehensive training for individuals involved in Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The UAS Ground School Course is a comprehensive training program, perfect for commercial operators and pilots of larger […]

Epson, providers of the Moverio® augmented reality (AR) smart eyewear platform, today announced a partnership with DJI, the world’s leading maker of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), to create new solutions for the Epson Moverio smart glasses and DJI’s suite of products and software development kit (SDK) that enhance the safety, productivity and capabilities of UAVs […]

SALINA — Kansas State University’s Polytechnic Campus is expanding its unmanned aircraft systems program to now include a weeklong course centered on the Federal Aviation Administration’s new Part 107 regulations. Designed to prepare professionals for remote pilot in command certification, Kansas State Polytechnic is offering a UAS commercial pilot training course from Monday, Sept. 19, […]

Sentient announced today that its Kestrel Land MTI and Kestrel Maritime software has now been deployed on over 1,000 systems worldwide. Developed by Sentient initially through the Australian Governments Capability Technology Demonstrator (CTD) program and enhanced in close collaboration with the Australian Department of Defence, most of these systems are deployed in support of the […]

LeddarTech, a developer of solid-state LiDAR technology, has announced the introduction of LeddarVu, the new platform for the next generation of the company’s Leddar detection and ranging modules. Presented during the InterDrone Conference and Exposition, the LeddarVu platform combines the benefits of a compact, modular architecture with high performance, robustness and cost efficiency towards high-resolution […]

Now this one looks like something DJI has to play catch up with. Making the Inspire look very much like yesterday’s news. Of course, as is becoming a familiar song from me, the platform is one thing the apps that support it another. It is also a matter of being in a manufacturer’s ecosystem. Once […]

First CHUCK and now SLAM dunk. Parrot have a sense of humour! An NVIDIA board with Ubuntu in the background. The future is coming fast! The development kit for autonomous navigation and obstacle avoidance for drones and robotic platforms Parrot, the pioneer in consumer and professional civil drones, announces an open development kit for the design […]

Skyward, the leading drone operations management platform, has announced Pilot Finder, the simple way for companies to connect with qualified pilots who meet their unique job requirements in a specified region. This new feature allows Skyward Business and Enterprise subscribers to search for pilots based on: ● Areas of expertise and services provided ● Total […]

The association of Australian Certified UAV Operators (ACUO) welcomes today’s announcement by senior Department of Defence capability planners of a plan for local design, development and rolling production of small military unmanned aircraft systems. The announcement, made at the Land Forces 2016 trade show in Adelaide, follows extensive lobbying by Australian industry, including ACUO, over […]

Yardley, PA: Aero-Photos.ca has successfully achieved EXACT Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) safety, quality and risk management category 1 certification. Aero-Photos, a division of TriLink Aerospace Marketing, Inc., is the first Canadian operator to achieve the EXACT certification. The EXACT Program is a robust, standardized, international best practices certification program for commercial UAV service buyers and sellers […]

There is a total of 727 islands of various sizes spread across the vast area of Setouchi, spanning 450km wide. 138 of these, composing 20% of the total number, are populated, accommodating a maximum of 140,000 people. However, the smallest of these, with an area of no more than 0.4km2, accommodates one single family, and […]

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 aircraft integration of its new Certifiable Predator® B (CPB) RPA system has been completed at the company’s Poway, Calif., production facility and that the aircraft has been shipped to […]

AeroVironment’s Blackwing Unmanned Aircraft Vehicle (UAV) links manned submarines to unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs) while providing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) End-to-end system testing completed by Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport Rhode Island validates first UUV-to-submarine link via UAV data relay Blackwing’s tight integration into the US Navy’s submarine fleet using an open-architecture communication system […]

Acend Inc., a leading telematics, software and data science provider to the insurance industry, and DARTdrones, a national leader in drone training and consultation, have partnered to enhance Acend’s usage based drone insurance (UBI) risk scoring through the collaboration of technology and training. The implementation of Part 107 on Aug 29th has opened up the […]

Position Partners and Propeller Aero partner to offer seamless end-to-end Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) bundles that deliver survey-grade results. Their new RPAS bundles offer centimetre-level accuracy and a seamless, user-friendly workflow, and they’re now available from Position Partners. The bundles are designed specifically for surveying purposes, and combine aircraft from leading global manufacturer DJI […]

French startup Sunbird has an interesting product in its solar assisted glider. A claimed endurance of all day plus three hours into the night. It is certainly a very elegant offering and in aviation, that tends to be a good thing. The company has recently been looking for business in South America. Sunbird Managing Director, […]

DroneDeploy and Skyward, two global software leaders in the commercial drone industry, are partnering to bring enterprise­grade drone operations and data management to companies seeking to leverage commercial drones. The integration means that businesses across all industries will have seamless access to their DroneDeploy flight plans and logs in Skyward’s operations management platform, enabling increased […]

As a Engineering Project Manager in the DJI Silicon Valley office, you will be part of a growing, dynamic team responsible for the development of technologies and applications that will transform the unmanned aerial robotics industry, and with it the world. You’ll be project managing the development of our SDKs and mobile applications (software background […]

Airbus Group and Local Motors Inc. announced today the launch of the Phase II of their partnership. This new phase will focus on building the Airbus Drone Services Platform (ADSP). The ADSP is a digital distribution platform for drone-based apps and services. Phase II is a continuation of the companies’ joint work together, which commenced in April 2016 and resulted in […]

Boscawen, NH, September 6, 2016 – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently enacted rules that have opened up the commercial use of drone technology in the United States, and Boscawen-based BirdsEyeView Aerobotics was ready with a product called the FireFLY6 PRO, which started shipping last week. “The FireFLY6 PRO is the next step in our […]

AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV), a global leader in small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), today announced it is teaming with Australia-based XTEK, Sentient Vision and General Dynamics (GD) Mediaware to deliver AeroVironment’s Family of Unmanned Aircraft Systems to the Australian market. The team will offer the AeroVironment Wasp AE Micro Air Vehicle, designated as the RQ-12A […]

Remember that battery, well it might be fitted to a foldable quad after all. Called the Mavic apparently. or that might just be click bait for other folks fishing for clicks. I guess I have done that then! Images have been circulating for the last 10 days some with watermarks, some not. Rumour control has […]

Staff and students at Cranfield University have unearthed some amazing facts and footage while researching a heritage exhibition to mark 70 years since its formation as the College of Aeronautics in 1946. One piece of film shows Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, visiting Cranfield when he was awarded an honorary […]

Phase One Industrial has today introduced the Phase One 4-Band Solution. The solution incorporates an innovative batch-processing tool that automates and thus simplifies the four band aerial image generation process. Adding a fourth band of near infrared (NIR) image data to three-band colour (RGB) image data yields multispectral information that is very useful in vegetation studies […]

London, 5 September 2016: The Met Office has launched an enhanced and upgraded version of its OpenRunway® product to help airports and airlines operate as safely and efficiently as possible with the most accurate forecast information. New features include a mobile and tablet friendly interface, improved mapping and weather layer information and 24 hour forecast […]

Aerovision Unmanned Aerial Solutions (Pty) Ltd, a Cape Town based aerial surveying and remote sensing service provider are pleased to announce the launch of their fixed wing mapping platform, the ALTiMapper AV-01. Based on a well proven wing-type airframe, the ALTiMapper AV-01 is an extremely durable, affordable and easy to use UAV mapping platform that […]

Altus is proud to announce their partnership with Taiwan based specialist manufacturer InnoFlight. Joint development projects are highlighted by the commercial version of the Cerberus-R triple redundant autopilot system. Altus’ requirements for a robust and reliable flight control system for their commercial applications have seen them move on from their previous dual redundancy system to […]

The three systems of unmanned helicopters meant for the Chinese Customs, and ordered by Jolly have been delivered from Linköping today. It has been further agreed that CybAero will send a flight team to China to train the end-customer’s staff and to be on-site for the implementation of the final part of the FAT (Factory […]

Coeur d’Alene, ID, September, 2016 – xCraft launches into the commercial UAV market with their new x2 Drone. The x2 is a transitional VTOL with new proprietary software that allows start ­to ­finish autonomous missions. This functionality fills a hole in a rapidly growing industry. The x2 takes off and lands vertically and transitions to […]

UgCS just released a new version of their ground control software for drones – UgCS 2.9 Update 1. UgCS currently supports most DJI drones, Pixhawk and many others. It allows creating complex automated routes for drones with ease and can be used for both – professional and hobby purposes. Along with changes in UgCS desktop […]

According to AOPA, over 2,400 applications have been completed in IACRA for remote pilot certificates since Monday when Part 107 rules took effect. Further to that 16,000 people have completed the FAA’s Part 107 small UAS online course. If you are looking for Part 107 information AOPA has done a great job of laying it […]

Zephyr is a result of a long and intense development effort, and we are excited to finally make it available to the sUAS community after integrating functions and capabilities suggested by more than 50 enterprise customers and drone professionals who participated in Zephyr beta trials,” said Kyle Bishop, CEO of Little Arms Studios. “As proven […]

SYPAQ, a leading Australian Systems Integrator, today officially launched its Australian designed and manufactured range of products for the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance community. Released under SYPAQ’s registered Corvo brand, the initial range includes its flagship Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), the Corvo H6M, as well as the modular Corvo P1 and P2 Video Processing systems, […]

MetaVR announces that starting this fall, Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) Utica, NY, campus will use MetaVR visuals and donated small Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in its new UAS simulation and training lab. Earlier this year, MVCC purchased 6 MetaVR Virtual Reality Scene Generator (VRSG) licenses and 6 Battlespace Simulations’ Modern Air Combat Environment (MACE) […]

Well it had to happen to make the Christmas rush. Multirotors are being released left right and centre. The Yuneec Breeze being my current favourite. GoPro has just posted this new teaser video. I suspect on launch GoPro’s website will see a great deal of traffic. Change is in the air. 9.19.16 at gopro.com. Shot […]

Parrot has made a new eBee to carry the Sequoia. At $10990 USD quite an investment. It is made for farmers and announced right after Part 107 which makes it more straightforward to operate commercially. It uses the same pitot/light stalk as the Disco. Perhaps CHUCK is inside as well. The eBee SQ is an advanced […]

A former crowd-funder has come back. This time with folding arms. I will say I have a soft spot for tri copters. They have a more floaty feel than and are easier to orientate. All in all a much nicer flying experience. They are also saving power by having one less motor. Their weakness though […]

The first meeting is on the 16th of September. Intel CEO and pilot Brian Krzanich will serve as its chairman. Speaking earlier this year, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta said. “Innovation in unmanned aircraft systems is moving at the speed of Silicon Valley. So it only makes sense that we asked a Silicon Valley leader to help us […]

EPIC Creative, a full service advertising, communications and video production agency located in West Bend, Wis., is proud to announce it obtained a Section 333 exemption from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for commercial use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly referred to as drones. The Section 333 exemption permits the company to commercially operate […]

Unmanned Services Inc. has become the first commercial drone operations company in the state of Kentucky that is allowed to provide nighttime flights. The Lexington­based unmanned aerial services company was one of the first in the country toreceive the FAA waiver for nighttime operations for small unmanned aircraft systems. By being able to operate at […]

In 2016 UAV Ground School launched as the country’s first dedicated FAA Part 107 UAV Ground School program (www.uavgroundschool.com/uav-pilot-courses). Official testing for the FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot certification began this past Monday 08/29 and the FAA reported that over 1,500 individuals took the FAA certification test on the first day. In recent months UAV […]

Well done to Jonathan, his client Red Raptor has been granted a Part 107 night waiver from the FAA to operate nationwide in Class G airspace. Waivers issued on Monday, the day came into force were previously applied for by 333 operators and members of the FAA Pathfinder program. It is not yet known how long it […]

In Valour Consultancy’s recently published study, “The Future of Commercial and Industrial UAVs”, sales of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) used for commercial and enterprise purposes will be worth $3.4 billion by the end of 2016. The popular hobbyist market is become a “must-have” tool for a number of business use cases or service provider solutions, […]