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Colin Guinn 3DR We designed Solo so the drone you buy today will just get better. This latest software release is a big one, and it does what we want all of our releases to do: It makes every Solo out there a better Solo. The new Smart Shot functionality in this release — Multipoint…The post New Solo Features: Multipoint Cable Cam and Follow w/ Free Look appeared first on sUAS News.

I was surprised when Lily won an innovation award this week at CES, I am even more surprised at the amount of money they have to burn down. Forbes reporter Aeron Tilly reveals the numbers here Thirty four million dollars in pre orders! Some 45% of that coming from the USA alone. You can be…The post Lily takes $34 million in pre orders. appeared first on sUAS News.

The DC Area Drone User Group (a member organization of the Drone User Group Network) is raising funds to support legal challenges to the FAA’s recently announced drone registration rules, and other policies that are deeply concerning to users and prospective users of small drones. The Challenge In December 2015, the Federal Aviation Administration announced…The post DC area drone user group mount fund raising campaign. appeared first on sUAS News.

Jim Moore AOPA RC grounded in DC, federal court weighs cases The nation’s second highest court now has two cases before it challenging recent actions taken by the FAA to regulate aircraft weighing less than 55 pounds and flown by hobbyists. The legal tug of war between the FAA and enthusiasts (including the world’s largest…The post Drones vs. FAA appeared first on sUAS News.

Yet again, well done AscTec and Ars Electronica what is there not to like! Hey America, see whats possible! With 100 dancing drones Intel and Ars Electronica set a Guinness World Record for “Most Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) airborne simultaneously” – using 100 AscTec Hummingbirds. Dubbed Drone 100, the spectacle set a Guinness World Record…The post AscTec and Ars Electronica set new record 100 RPA fly in formation together! appeared first on sUAS News.

LAS VEGAS, CES 2016 – January 6, 2016 – ProDrone, the leading consumer drone manufacturer focusing on power and portability, today announced the introduction of their new Ultimate Flying Platform line with a static mount capable of lifting and integrating with several of the world’s most popular DLSR cameras. This marks the first time a … … Continue reading →The post ProDrone Introduces Ultimate Flying Platform with DSLR Capability on BYRD Drone appeared first on sUAS News.

LAS VEGAS—As hordes of hobbyists take to the skies with unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, the small pilot-less flyers have some defence experts worried—and others working on countermeasures. The Defense and Space division of aerospace firm, Airbus Group, has developed a counter-UAV system designed to detect and marginalize invasive drones. “All over the world, incidents…The post Drone pilots beware: Airbus introduces new anti-UAV system appeared first on sUAS News.

SkyPixel, the world’s most-popular aerial photography community run in cooperation with DJI, on Thursday announced the top aerial and drone images of 2015 to conclude a two-month global competition. The 2015 SkyPixel Photo of the Year went to “Surge,” a photograph of a lone swimmer shot by Kirk Hille. SkyPixel’s blue-ribbon judging panel selected his…The post SkyPixel Picks Best Aerial & Drone Imagery of 2015 appeared first on sUAS News.

From the no surprise here dept, flying over our show site as well!! (ed) By Simon Bradley What next for Solar Impulse if the plane completes its round-the-world flight this year? One idea is to develop solar drones to replace satellites, joining Facebook and Google in this experimental field. Solar Impulse pilot André Borschberg touched … … Continue reading →The post Solar Impulse may turn into stratospheric drone appeared first on sUAS News.

For 2016 Antonelli Law have lowered our legal fees for most FAA Section 333 petitions to $1,500. Custom manufactured UAVs and special airspace permissions are additional fees but are still very fair. For most Section 333 petitions, our accumulated databases of research from September 2014 when we filed our first petition is allowing us to…The post Section 333 petition fees lowered by Antonelli Law appeared first on sUAS News.

The team behind UgCS is working on helping in making controlling drones with software easier and more intuitive. One of the recently implemented features in UgCS is the Click and Go mode. All the user needs to do is click on the map, place a point and the drone will automatically fly to it without…The post Click & Go Mode in UgCS appeared first on sUAS News.

Lets not quite loose our heads (see what I did there) over the eHang184. Its a fun diversion lacking in performance. A quick glance at Trade a Plane shows me I can purchase an R22 with 685 hours of life remaining for $85k this would allow me to take a friend at least 380km at…The post eHang 184 manned multirotor appeared first on sUAS News.

Terra Imaging is pleased to announce an exciting 2016, focusing on their new technology for Autonomous UAS, UAV and Drone Flight Navigation Systems specifically targeting the challenges of 3D structural, 3D facilities and 3D object modeling. Ed Gambler, Senior 3D Engineer for Terra Imaging states: “The biggest issue in 3D modeling of physical objects is…The post Autonomous drone navigation and “SLAM”, geospatial data processing appeared first on sUAS News.

BY LEVI PULKKINEN, SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF A man arrested at a Seattle airport on suspicion of smuggling military drone parts to China now faces federal charges. Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles claim Pei Qi “Paul” Ma worked with an American conspirator to smuggle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) parts. He did so, prosecutors say, while flouting U.S.…The post Military drone parts smuggler nabbed at Sea-Tac appeared first on sUAS News.

Speaking at CES today FAA Administrator, Michael Huerta claims 181k model aircraft have already been registered. About 181,000 RPAS registered is an interesting number as it might be all the AMA membership plus about 40k. But of course the AMA is encouraging its members to hold off registering their systems. So it might be fair…The post Michael Huerta FAA Administrator 181k people have already registered RPA appeared first on sUAS News.

My gob is truly smacked. Lily have won an award! That’s an award for a system that has yet to demonstrate its claimed abilities in the real world. There are plenty of small business that are working hard and building platforms that are making money for their owners. They don’t have crowd sourced funds to…The post Lily wins CES 2016 Innovation Award appeared first on sUAS News.

DJI, the world leader in creative aerial technology, announced at CES the enhancement of its two flagship drone series, unveiling the Phantom 3 4K and the Inspire 1 Pro Black Edition. The newest model in DJI’s Phantom 3 flagship series combines the best from previous Phantom models and the most-popular features of more advanced models…The post DJI Price reductions:- Phantom 3 – 4K appeared first on sUAS News.

Montreal, Canada: EnergyOr Technologies Inc., a leader in advanced PEM fuel cell systems for aerospace applications, has demonstrated the world’s longest multirotor drone flight in real-world operating conditions. On December 16th , 2015, EnergyOr’s H2Quad 400 flew for over two hours while recording 4K video, using a 3-axis stabilizing gimbal to control the camera. This…The post Energyor’s H2Quad 400 flies over 2 hours with 4K camera appeared first on sUAS News.

Qualcomm Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), Tencent (HKG:0700) and ZEROTECH announced and demonstrated a commercial drone based on the Qualcomm® Snapdragon Flight™ platform. YING is an innovative drone that uses the Snapdragon 4K capture to “supersample” the video image, providing a stabilized, corrected video and picture recording at 1080P as well…The post Tencent and ZEROTECH Unveil Commercial Drone Based on Qualcomm Snapdragon Flight Platform appeared first on sUAS News.

TRACE Intelligent Systems, developer of The TRACEr1 – a visually intelligent camera capable of following its owner almost anywhere and live-streaming captured footage to the internet – announced today, a partnership with the leader in 360-degree panoramic imaging, ImmerVision. Shareable Captured Video Made Truly ‘Immersive’ TRACE will integrate 360-degree panomorph optics and ImmerVision Enables 2.0 fully immersive content…The post TRACE develops Immersive 360-Degree Video Applications for use in both Commercial and Consumer Quadcopter Drones appeared first on sUAS News.

Thalwil, Switzerland u-blox (SIX:UBXN), a global leader in wireless and positioning modules and chips, announces the release of the u-blox 8 GPS/GLONASS receiver platform. It complements the u-blox GNSS platform portfolio by addressing power sensitive usage, whereas the existing u-blox M8 platform continues to serve applications where navigation performance and highest accuracy are paramount. u-blox…The post u-blox releases u blox 8, a new GPS/GLONASS receiver platform for low-power devices appeared first on sUAS News.

Serious opposition to DJI, the Yuneec Typhoon H raises the bar in the prosumer drone market. Unveiled at CES by Intel Brian Krzanich it negotiated an obstacle course live on stage. To do that it uses Intels RealSense to map the area in which it is flying in real time. Also important, to me anyway as…The post Yuneec Typhoon H first mass market drone with Intel collision avoidance appeared first on sUAS News.

(Louisville, KY) – The first lawsuit regarding the rights of drone operators versus property owners has been filed in federal court. On Monday, Kentucky resident David Boggs filed a suit in The United States District Court of Western Kentucky asking the court to “define clearly the rights of aircraft operators and property owners” as they relate to unmanned…The post First Lawsuit to Clarify the Rights of Drone Operators and Property Owners Filed in Federal Court appeared first on sUAS News.

Northwest UAV (NWUAV), the largest manufacturer of UAV propulsion systems, announced today that it has formed a distributorship agreement with NASAM, a Greenwich Aerogroup Company. The agreement includes the distribution of NWUAV’s NW-44 UAV propulsion system, components, and services to the Japanese market. Under this agreement NASAM will be the primary provider of products, services,…The post NWUAV Signs Distributorship Agreement with NASAM appeared first on sUAS News.

LAS VEGAS – FAA Administrator Michael Huerta will discuss unmanned aircraft registration and provide updates on the agency’s work to safely integrate them into the National Airspace System (NAS). He will be joined by four key UAS Registration Task Force members. In moving ahead with safely integrating UAS into the world’s busiest and most complex…The post Administrator Huerta to Address Unmanned Aircraft Registration and Safe Integration at Consumer Electronics Show appeared first on sUAS News.

Ford and drone-maker DJI drive innovation in smart drone-to-vehicle software with DJI Developer Challenge DJI Developer Challenge designed to create a rapidly deployable surveying system for use by the United Nations in emergency zones; future applications could include agriculture, forestry, construction, bridge inspection and other work These types of mobility innovations are part of Ford…The post Ford Targets Drone-to-Vehicle Technology to Improve Emergency Services, Commercial Business Efficiency appeared first on sUAS News.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — PG&E is investigating what appears to be the first power outage in San Francisco caused by a drone on Sunday night. About three dozen homes in Bernal Heights lost power. “We heard a loud explosion,” Teresa Kennett said. Kennett said she and her neighbors believe a power pole at Peralta Avenue…The post Drone caused power outage in San Francisco’s Bernal Heights Neighbourhood appeared first on sUAS News.

Tiruvannamalai police have advised a foreigner, who had come to Sri Ramana Ashram, not to use an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that he had brought to the country. Police are also conducting inquiry to check his antecedents. A senior police officer said preliminary inquiry found nothing suspicious about him. Joseph Benjamin Murrel (27) of London…The post Police advise UK citizen not to use UAV appeared first on sUAS News.

Here we go with the CES announces. Parrot bring a new flying wing to the party which looks very promising. I think in the indoor flight testing shown briefly in the video below its tethered. If its not that bit is super impressive. Folks are saying Parrot have abandoned the quad whilst forgetting that they…The post Parrot Disco an FPV flying wing for all appeared first on sUAS News.

Congratulations to everyone at AscTec, a fantastic company that deserves every success. (ed) Exciting news! Intel has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the German drone developer and manufacturer Ascending Technologies –subject to customary closing conditions. Intel plans for the Ascending Technologies team to continue supporting their current customers while also collaborating with Intel’s Perceptual…The post Intel Acquires Ascending Technologies! appeared first on sUAS News.

BY KAZUAKI NAGATA The outlook for Japan’s drone market is promising and a recently enacted law to regulate flights of unmanned aerial vehicles will result in a safer user environment, according to the Japan chief of China-based drone-maker DJI. Allen Wu, who heads the Japan office of the world’s largest commercial drone-maker, said that as…The post Japan:- Key Chinese drone-maker sees promise in newly regulated Japan market appeared first on sUAS News.

In the past, someone wanting an aerial view of the Tri-State Mining District would have had to rent an airplane and hire a photographer. Kush Bhakta, a sophomore mechanical engineering major at Missouri Southern State University, has come up with a much more efficient way to monitor the ongoing cleanup at the region’s mining sites.…The post MSSU student using drone in mining district research appeared first on sUAS News.

COPENHAGEN, Phase One Industrial, a leading developer of aerial medium format camera equipment, today announced 100 MP CMOS-based medium format metric cameras available for aerial mapping and other demanding applications. The development of the Phase One iXU 1000 and the iXU-R 1000 camera systems marks a shift toward higher value for the aerial data acquisition…The post Phase One Industrial Announces 100 Megapixel Medium Format Metric Cameras for Aerial Data Acquisition appeared first on sUAS News.

DRONEWERX®, LLC. an Ohio manufacturer of advanced, high-quality unmanned aircraft systems for the first responder, public safety and infrastructure inspection markets, recently received a 333 Exemption (No. 13630) from the Federal Aviation Administration allowing the company to fly its entire product line of custom systems. One of the aircraft covered under this exemption is the…The post Dronewerx Receives 333 Exemption appeared first on sUAS News.

By Gerald Tenywa They are more associated with spying, but unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones), will soon be deployed in Uganda to help farmers increase agricultural output and enhance food security. A drone is operated using a remote control and flies using propellers. It can be fitted with a knapsack in case the operator…The post Uganda:- Gov’t to use drones to enhance food security appeared first on sUAS News.

By Sarah Leavitt, CBC News Students at Montreal’s École Polytechnique are hoping their drone will be the first to fly without a GPS or a human at the controls. The team is the only Canadian one still in the running for the top prize at the International Aerial Robotics Competition (IARC). Team Élikos has built a drone that is…The post Polytechnique students developing drone run by artificial intelligence appeared first on sUAS News.

The Ohio/Indiana Unmanned Aerial Systems Center in Springfield has received federal permission for projects ranging from scanning for invasive species near Akron to looking for ways to prevent rock slides in southern Ohio. The news comes at a time when interest in using drones for business and other purposes is expanding rapidly. The Federal Aviation…The post Springfield test center gets OK for drone projects appeared first on sUAS News.

Shenzhen, China –DJI, the world’s leading drone maker, Thursday launched a public beta version of its new geofencing system in North America and Europe. Geospatial Environment Online (GEO) will provide drone users with up-to-date guidance on locations where flight may be restricted by regulation or raise safety or security concerns. With this major upgrade to…The post DJI Launches Public Beta of New Geofencing System appeared first on sUAS News.

By Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune Mt. Ashland Ski Area officials have declared the area a “no drone zone.” Under a new policy that went into effect Dec. 23, people may not fly drones over the ski area without prior written permission from managers. “It’s not appropriate to have drones flying over crowds or chairlifts,” said Hiram…The post Mt. Ashland Ski Area bans most drone use appeared first on sUAS News.

NEW MIDDLETOWN, Ohio – A camera-equipped drone found in a New Middletown back yard remains unclaimed. Police say the drone was found in the yard of a home on Struthers Road. “It landed in the back yard next to a dog but it didn’t cause any problems with the dog,” Sgt. Ken Goist of the New Middletown Police Department…The post Drone found in New Middletown still unclaimed appeared first on sUAS News.

The next next generation of Qualcomm® drone technology is coming to this year’s CES in Las Vegas. The Qualcomm Snapdragon Flight drone platform will demo new technologies and systems including the autonomous navigation system — the intelligence to perceive objects in flight paths for safer and more reliable navigation. Watch the video for a sneak…The post Snapdragon Flight at CES 2016 – Sneak Peek appeared first on sUAS News.

Far from science fiction, the ability to seemingly control things with your hands is no longer the fantasy that stories like Star Wars once imagined, thanks to a research team in Taiwan that has created technology akin to using The Force. The Taiwanese technology researchers at PVD+ have written an algorithm for the Apple Watch…The post Using The Force? No, it’s an Apple Watch flying this drone appeared first on sUAS News.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that obliges all private owners of unmanned aircraft weighing over 250 grams to register them with the Federal Air Transport Agency. According to the new act, which comes into force at the end of March 2016, people or companies who own and use unmanned aircraft systems (also…The post Russia introduces obligatory drone registration appeared first on sUAS News.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) Russian President Vladimir Putin signed on Wednesday a bill, which amended country’s Air Code and created legal framework for usage of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in Russia, a law published on Russia’s legal information website said. The law introduces norms on certification and registration of drones and specifies requirements on the security of their flights. All the…The post Putin Signs Amendments to Russia’s Air Code Regulating Usage of UAVs appeared first on sUAS News.

by: Ashley Forest LAS VEGAS (KSNV News3LV) – Metro police wants to remind the community of the recent changes in Nevada law regarding unmanned aerial vehicles also known as drones. Metro Police sent the following statement: “Nevada Assembly Bill 239, SEC 18.2b, states that it is illegal to fly an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) within…The post UAV’s not allowed along Las Vegas strip for News Year’s Eve appeared first on sUAS News.

A DRONE last seen flying towards the dual carriageway in Salisbury has got lost. The JJRC H5P Quadcopter Drone was seen heading in the direction of the Castle Street Roundabout, according to a posting on Facebook, and may have ended up in the Hamilton Road area. The owner had been using the drone in Wyndham Road at around 4:45pm.…The post UK:- Lost drone over Salisbury appeared first on sUAS News.

– The meeting resolved to elect Elisabeth Carelind, Authorized Public Accountant at KPMG, as the new auditor to replace Helena Lundquist, who has left the audit industry. – The meeting resolved in accordance with the board’s proposal to amend the company’s articles of association as follows: (1) that the company’s business description include the operation…The post Extraordinary General Meeting of CybAero AB (publ) on December 30, 2015 appeared first on sUAS News.

Small-deck ships such as destroyers and frigates could greatly increase their effectiveness if they had their own unmanned air systems (UASs) to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and other capabilities at long range around the clock. Current state-of-the-art UASs, however, lack the ability to take off and land from confined spaces in rough…The post Tern Moves Closer to Full-Scale Demonstration of Unmanned VTOL Aircraft Designed for Small Ships appeared first on sUAS News.

Police in Belleville, Ont., are warning drivers that drones could become a growing hazard on the road after one of the airborne devices crashed into the grille of a moving vehicle on Monday morning, causing $1,000 in damage to it. Sgt. Kosta Brindakis told CBC News the privately owned drone crashed head-on into a westbound vehicle on Old Madoc Road around 10:30 a.m. No one…The post Belleville drone vs. vehicle crash ‘probably won’t be the last’: police appeared first on sUAS News.

Two Israeli citizens have been detained by police in Rome for allegedly flying a drone over the Vatican. Airspace over the capital was closed to drones at the start of the Catholic Holy Year, or Jubilee, earlier this month over fears the remote-controlled aircraft could be used in a terrorist attack. Police patrolling the Vatican…The post Two detained for flying drone over Vatican appeared first on sUAS News.