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by WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday proposed a record $1.9 million fine against an aerial photography company for flying drones in crowded New York and Chicago airspace without permission. SkyPan International Inc. of Chicago operated 65 unauthorized…Read more →

by The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announces the largest civil penalty the FAA has proposed against a UAS operator for endangering the safety of our airspace. The FAA proposes a $1.9 million civil penalty against…Read more →

by A woman in Devon said she has been left shocked and scared after seeing a drone’s camera peering into her front room while she drank tea. Christina Daw, a town and district councillor, says her and husband Peter now…Read more →

by BY GILLIAN RICH, INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) and General Atomics are expected to benefit from the military drone market expanding to $10.4 billion by 2024 from $6.4 billion now. That represents growth of 5.5% each year for…Read more →

by SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Due to the popularity of recreational drones, there will be a temporary flight restriction in place prohibiting the use of drones in the skies above San Francisco during Fleet Week beginning Thursday, according to…Read more →

by A Russian company is creating new payloads for unmanned aerial vehicles to improve surveillance using the spectral radiation emitted by objects. Rostec, the Russian holding company, identified the company as United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation, or UIMC. “The technology we…Read more →

by Jenna McLaughlin A group of activists flew a drone over a key National Security Agency complex in Germany on Friday, dropping leaflets encouraging the intelligence workers inside to quit in protest over invasive surveillance. The site of the drone…Read more →

by BY KATHERINE CLEMENTINE 33-year-old Richard Brunner, of Reighton Road in Hackney, was fined £1,225 after pleading guilty to three offences contrary to sections 166 and 167 of the Air Navigation Order 2009 at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday (October…Read more →

by Drones can fly autonomously but you still need trained (expensive) operators to bring them into the field, swap and charge batteries, perform pre-flight checks and download the captured data. Skysense, San Diego based and Qualcomm backed company, has built…Read more →

by Commercial Drone Operators Deliver 2D mosaics and 3D models to your customers faster The DroneData rendering cloud allows you to earn faster without the need for high-powered GPU desktop computers or expensive virtual instances with annual commitments. Our cloud solution carries…Read more →

by The AERIGON™ aerial remote camera platform, outfitted with a RED Dragon camera, was used by the Natural History Film Unit (NHFU) to capture some of the sweeping overhead images for the latest Taylor Swift video, “Wildest Dreams”. Staged as…Read more →

by Almost every day of our lives, we calculate risk from walking in a dark kids room avoiding a BFLE (barefoot LEGO event) to picking the line at target least likely to need a price check. if you are a…Read more →

by AG-Wing small unmanned aerial system has covered the whole Easter Island in about a week, 41,250 acres in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. The operation was conducted to obtain high resolution orthomosaics and digital surface models of the island to…Read more →

by By Aaron Morrison California Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed Saturday three pieces of legislation that would have criminalized civilians’ flying aerial drones over certain public and private spaces, the Los Angeles Times reported. Despite alarm over close-call collisions with firefighting…Read more →

by CHRIS GARDNER Drone pilots have been granted council permission to fly their aircraft over public Hamilton spaces so long as they respect other users. But most of the city is still in restricted airspace because of its proximity to…Read more →

by by Bill Carey The aviation standards organization supporting the FAA in developing the technical criteria for allowing large unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to fly in civilian airspace has achieved a “significant milestone” in that effort. Preliminary requirements for…Read more →

by BROOKLYN, NY (WABC) — The Brooklyn teacher who flew a drone into a U.S. Open match in September has been sentenced. Public school teacher Daniel Verley, whose model aircraft crashed into an unoccupied area of the tennis stadium, was…Read more →

by By Bette McFarren Pilots who spray crops are concerned for their safety in the presence of drone operations but appreciative of the accurate mapping of crops made by the drones. Constantin Diehl explained the safety measures that are taken…Read more →

by In five months of operation, the NGO Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) saved over 8.800 lives in the Mediterranean. By spotting and monitoring distressed vessels, Schiebel’s Unmanned Air System CAMCOPTER® S-100 assisted in the rescue and contributed significantly to…Read more →

by Insitu has received three export contracts for its ScanEagle unmanned air vehicle that will see it deliver the system to Cameroon, Kenya and Pakistan. Under the USA’s Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programme, Cameroon and Kenya will receive one ScanEagle…Read more →

by Denver, CO – The Coalition of UAS Professionals (UAS Coalition) was founded to serve as the voice of small business within the unmanned aerial systems (UAS) industry. Primed for dramatic growth, much of the multi-billion dollar UAS market will…Read more →

by Steve Creedy Australian authorities need to intensify efforts to raise public awareness of the rules surrounding drones before the proliferation of the machines causes a fatality, a leading provider of risk management and operations software has warned. Avinet chief…Read more →

by By Tyler Waldman It wasn’t that long ago that Terry Kilby could fly a drone on jobs without much worry about paperwork or federal interference. But, though federal rules bring legitimacy, they also come with headaches. Kilby and wife Belinda now have to…Read more →

by Minneapolis, MN, October 1, 2015: Sentera, LLC, a drone, sensor, and software company, today announced the launch of its OnTop™ Platform for desktop and mobile applications. The proprietary software solution provides the cellular and broadcast tower industry with a…Read more →

by Delair-Tech is the chosen long range UAV and analytics platform for the biggest R&D project about Precision Agriculture. With a total budget of 4.5 million dollars, the project wants to better precision agriculture setting and testing automatic image processing…Read more →

by Robin Martin, Taranaki Reporter The first unmanned helicopter certified to spray chemicals in New Zealand could ultimately save back-country farmers thousands of dollars but it comes with a hefty price tag – and a safety warning. The Yamaha RMAX…Read more →

by The economic advantages of Structure from Motion (SfM) mapping without any ground control points have motivated us to investigate an approach that relies on accurate camera exposure positions instead of Ground Control Points (GCP) for geo-referencing purposes. Our…Read more →

by Mitch LeClair It wasn’t a bird, and inspections didn’t use a crane. No, the flying object was a drone gathering data near bridges this summer. The Minnesota Department of Transportation conducted studies at four structures using an unmanned aerial…Read more →

by Strat Aero plc, an aerospace company, announced the appointment of Tony Dunleavy to the board as chief executive officer. Mr. Dunleavy is PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP trained international accountant with more than 30 years of Corporate Finance, Business Development, Financial &…Read more →

by Aaron Karp A top FAA official said as many as one million small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) could be sold during the upcoming US holiday season. “The talking point is that there will be a million dronesunder people’s Christmas…Read more →

by Remotely piloted aircraft (RPA), commonly referred to as ‘drones’, are becoming increasingly popular, particularly those fitted with camera equipment, which allow both professional and amateur operators to capture aerial footage like never before. While the vast majority of operators…Read more →

by At WeWork Berkeley, there’s an office decorated with empty beer steins, and another occupied by a massive beanbag chair. In yet another, mannequins sport colorful bridesmaid dresses. But Queen B Robotics still manages to make their workspace stand out.…Read more →

by By Matt Howerton ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Balloon Fiesta officials are once again asking visitors to not bring unmanned drones or unmanned aircraft systems in fear they may disrupt the safety of this year’s event. Officials took a hard stance on drones…Read more →

by Southern roading company Fulton Hogan has begun using a six-bladed hexi-copter drone fitted with a video camera to survey North Otago’s eroding coastline. The survey is for the Waitaki District Council, which will use the footage to find and…Read more →

by Real-Time Innovations (RTI) is introducing a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) DO-178C Level A Certification Package for Connext DDS Cert, designed to help companies reduce the time, cost, and risk required to develop, integrate, and certify a safety-critical distributed application. This…Read more →

by Is your company interested in designing, marketing, and selling your very own brand name parachute recovery system for Unmanned Vehicles? Parachute systems are going to start becoming a must have in the commercial drone industry/market. At CAD Drones LLC…Read more →

by By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED and ANDREW ROSS SORKIN The business of drones has ascended into the stratosphere, as investors have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into the tiny unmanned aircraft in hopes of turning them into…Read more →

by The industrial slabs of Hong Kong. A ceremonial center in the Mexican jungle. Science. Anti-science. Teleportation. Goons. Opposing forces. A menacing international space agency. A Type III alien civilization. An element not of this planet. The dawn of a…Read more →

by The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is seeking offers for an unmanned aerial vehicle turnkey project for its Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine. The scope of monitoring services by UAVs will include but not be limited…Read more →

by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles/Systems (UAV/UAS) may be known by a number of names, to include model aircraft, drones, or remote-piloted aircraft (RPA). UAV/UAS operators include aviation hobbyists, as well as commercial operators who wish to use new and emerging technology…Read more →

by ClearBoost enhances your FPV/UAV/Drone video reception so you see less static and can fly further. Since the beginning of FPV and Drone technology, intermittent dropouts and range limitations have been issues we’ve all had to live with. Celestial Reach…Read more →

by DRONING Sistemas Aéreos (www.droning.es), an Spanish company dedicated to RPA design and manufacturing, launches its new high-performance RPA DE820 to operate in different areas as environmental, agricultural, inspection and surveying. Being a genuine development, it is tailored to best…Read more →

by FAA approved drone technology company, Soaring Sky, believes that drones are the future of journalism. As leaders in drone technology, Soaring Sky was one of the first to conduct live broadcasting from a drone in the nation. The company…Read more →

by By Stephen Babcock When Terry and Belinda Kilby started their drone photography businessElevated Element, Terry Kilby was building drones and controllers in his garage. He still has plenty of controllers and use for those original UAVs, but these days…Read more →

by (CNS): Small unmanned drones are now part of the tools used by the prison service to battle the practice of throwing drugs and contraband over the perimeter fence of HMP Northward, and it appears likely that they will also…Read more →

by John Weekes Drone operators say a culture of “hysteria” around unmanned aerial vehicles threatens to ruin New Zealand’s chances of benefiting from the technology. Friday’s reported near-miss between a remotely-piloted aircraft system (RPAS) and an Air New Zealand plane…Read more →

by Topcon GB & Ireland, the positioning partner for geo-businesses, has added a new unmanned aerial system (UAS) to its product range to give customers greater precision and flexibility for survey and mapping applications. The Falcon 8 has been created…Read more →

by Survey Objectives and Deliverable Items The purpose of this survey was to achieve a high accuracy topographic map and Digital Elevation Model (DEM) of a study area in a foreign country that: (a) was managed by an independent and…Read more →

by By Tim Lamden For The Daily Mail and Lucy Crossley for MailOnline Four planes flying close to major British airports have been involved in potentially fatal near-misses with drones in the the last month. The incidents recorded in recent…Read more →

by Grant Taylor The owner of a mystery drone spotted hovering near Domain Stadium during the Eagles preliminary final clash on Saturday night says he did not breach any air safety regulations. The sight of the unmanned helicopter had Channel…Read more →