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It is with concern that ARPAS-UK notes today’s reported incident involving the apparent misuse of a drone at Heathrow which was believed to have resulted in a collision with an aircraft on approach to the airport. Chairman Craig Lippett said “ If proved correct, this irresponsible activity undermines the high level of professional operations I…The post Association of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems responds to Heathrow incident. appeared first on sUAS News.

Following the incident yesterday when a British Airways aircraft collided with a drone on the aircraft’s final approach into Heathrow, the Baltic Air Charter Association has issued a call for immediate action on the use of UAVs. The fact that a passenger jet and drone collided brings into sharp focus the need for immediate legislation regarding…The post The Baltic Air Charter Association calls for immediate action on drones appeared first on sUAS News.

XFLY LLC, the industry-leading manufacturer of innovative robotic UAV drone technology and solutions, today announced the introduction of its all new xNav IFCN, an Intelligent Flight Control Navigator that ensures total ease of flight, efficiency, reliability and stability of UAVs in any situation – safer than ever before. With AI decision-making capabilities and a self-teaching…The post XFLY Introduces An Intelligent Flight Control Navigator (xNav IFCN) To Guarantee Safer And More Efficient UAV Operation appeared first on sUAS News.

Delta Drone, a leading provider of civilian drones for commercial use, is expanding their operation to the United States to offer solutions for telecommunication antenna inspections by drone. In order to successfully implement this major commercial development, Delta Drone America Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Drone SA based in Denver, Colorado, has partnered…The post Deployment of the Antenna-Inspection Solution in the US Market appeared first on sUAS News.

Its the spreading wings upgrade, receiving lots of social media attention today. DJI have done an excellent job of stealing the thunder from other NAB vendors. The bit of chatter that has caught my attention is the expense of filling it with multiple batteries. In the order of $900 a flight. Of course they are…The post DJI Matrice 600 appeared first on sUAS News.

The all-new DJI A3 series of flight controllers is ideal for demanding industrial and cinematic applications where reliability and customization is essential. With D-RTK GNSS, the controller boasts centimeter-level accurate positioning and triple modular redundancy when upgraded to the A3 Pro, giving the system unprecedented reliability. Using the all-new Ground Station, up to 5 aircraft…The post DJI A3 flight controller series. appeared first on sUAS News.

Its been a lovely Sunday in the UK, I wonder if anybody was out FPV flying in London. At lunchtime a British Airways flight was struck by what is alleged to have been a drone as the aircraft positioned to land at Heathrow Airport. The Met police released the following statement:- Detectives are investigating after an…The post RPA suspected of hitting British Airways A320 landing at Heathrow appeared first on sUAS News.

Already the worlds largest drone event with live flying demonstrations happening during the show, in front of crowds of 75,000 people. Stands with manufacturers from around the world and all the grown up flying to boot. They now introduce drone racing! Farnborough is the one to watch and very much inline with the UK’s progressive…The post FPV racing at Farnborough 2016 appeared first on sUAS News.

The Orlando FPV RotoRacers, a MulitGP league located in Florida will host the world’s first Formula Race F210, where pilots will fly the same model, the Walkera F210, on a “spec” formula race. This will put the pilots to a test of skill with the same radio transmitter, same racing drone. The winner gets to…The post Walkera FPV Formula Race F210 appeared first on sUAS News.

Brazil is building the world’s third largest hydroelectric dam on the Xingu River, a tributary of the Amazon. When complete in 2019, the Belo Monte Dam will generate 11,233 megawatts of electricity and distribute it throughout the country for both residential and commercial use. Brazil’s rapid economic growth over the last decade has created large…The post Bird Eye Drones is Helping to Build the World’s Third Largest Dam in Brazil appeared first on sUAS News.

NASA and its partners, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., Honeywell International and the RTCA Special Committee (SC)-228, are validating and advancing technologies that will assist the Federal Aviation Administration as they develop the regulations to allow integration of <a href=”http://go.nasa.gov/1dOi6Qz”>Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) into the National Airspace System (NAS)</a>. The upcoming flight test series will…The post NASA Preparing for Fourth Series of Flight Tests of Unmanned Aircraft appeared first on sUAS News.

Delft Aerial Robotics (DAR) announced today that it has expanded its portfolio to include a new company, CropZoomer. CropZoomer was founded as a joint venture between DAR, Aurea Imaging and 33 Investments in order to solve challenges in making sense of drone data in the large scale agriculture industry. In particular, CropZoomer will address the…The post CropZoomer Joins Delft Aerial Robotics appeared first on sUAS News.

Get your hands on the real thing at sUSB Expo later this month, pingRX will be demonstrated. Electronics manufacturer uAvionix has introduced the smallest and lightest ADS-B receiver ever made. The new “pingRX” weighs 1.5 grams and requires 1/100th the power of conventional ADS-B receivers. It implements “Sense and Avoid” capabilities for small drones operating in…The post uAvionix Introduces Micro ADS-B Receiver For Small Drone Collision Avoidance appeared first on sUAS News.

Pafos Archaeological Park saw the modern meet the ancient world when a QuestUAV pilot and commander team used the Q-100 DATAhawk professional mapping drone to successfully complete a narrow-window operational survey. A mere 15 minute flight allowed the team to collect 410 high-resolution images (with a 3.5cm GSD) across a 1.1km2 region of this famous…The post World Heritage site surveyed by QuestUAV team in narrow-window mapping mission. appeared first on sUAS News.

Whilst the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority has sought to widely promote its new drone rules as a boon for industry, devils reside in the detail and safety stands to be compromised. What wasn’t widely publicised by CASA are its ‘new’ Standard Operating Conditions, which all operators of drones (known in the industry as Remotely…The post Australia’s New Drone Rules: New Devils in the Details appeared first on sUAS News.

It’s not just John “Hannibal” Smith that loves it when a plan comes together. This month we’re excited to announce two big launches: PREFLIGHT & PRO. PREFLIGHT One of our goals for Kittyhawk is to be the ultimate resource for pilots leading up to takeoff. This means being able to view real-time details about your…The post Kittyhawk Launching PREFLIGHT & PRO appeared first on sUAS News.

Hear it straight from the unmanned aircraft National Airspace System (NAS) integration super line up! We’ll hear from Micro UAS ARC industry co-chair Nancy Egan. The Micro ARC just wrapped up and made their recommendations to the FAA last week. We’ll get a timely firsthand account of what transpired and the recommendations made on our…The post Regulatory Line Up At The Small Unmanned Systems Business Exposition 2016 appeared first on sUAS News.

The Hive™, is a fully autonomous drone docking station, produced by Singapore start-up SwarmX It will now be offered in DNV GL’s smarter operations services bundle to all Southeast Asia renewable energy providers. DNV GL today hosted Norway Prime Minister Erna Solberg for an unveiling of the latest product in its smarter operations services for…The post DNV GL unveils its maiden collaboration with Singapore start-up SwarmX for smarter operations of wind and solar farms appeared first on sUAS News.

Chat with the boss at sUSB Expo later this month. Dr. Scot Refsland, Chairman of the IDRA is a speaker. Congratulations to all at IDRA. “Drone racing gives anyone the ability to fly like a superhero,” says Dr. Scot Refsland, Chairman of the IDRA. “Because everyone can experience the thrill of racing as if they were…The post FPV racing on ESPN appeared first on sUAS News.

Congratulations to the UAV Factory they are experiencing record growth. Year-on-year first quarter sales have increased over 300%, the number of employees growing to 57, the Penguin range of products is being exported to 43 countries. R&D and manufacturing facilities have moved to a new and more spacious location within a three minutes’ drive from Riga…The post UAV Factory record expansion. appeared first on sUAS News.

Sacramento, Ca. ( April 13 2016) The Drone Pilots Federation, an International organization, announced today that they have been formed as a non profit organization and neutral party to serve as a drone racing sanctioning body and as an educational and advocacy entity to assure the safe and responsible use of drones. Drone racing, as…The post Drone Pilots Federation formed to sanction International Drone Racing appeared first on sUAS News.

Dynamic Perspective GmbH announced today that it has selected ROTOR FX LLC of Los Angeles to be its service, training, repair and warranty center partner in North America for its lightweight DynaX5 stabilized gimbal technology. The DynaX5 represents a newest generation in high end gyro stabilization for cinematography or broadcast use with installation and setup…The post Light Weight and Lower Cost Aerial Cinematography Lands in USA appeared first on sUAS News.

AirMap, the world’s leading provider of airspace information and services for unmanned aircraft, today announced that it raised a $15 million Series A financing led by General Catalyst Partners. This new investment accelerates AirMap’s global development of an innovative suite of airspace management tools for drones. “Our commitment is to help make drones a part…The post Fast Growing AirMap Raises $15M Series A To Accelerate Development Of Airspace Management System For Drones appeared first on sUAS News.

In an era of declining budgets and adversaries’ evolving capabilities, quick, affordable and routine access to space is increasingly critical for both national and economic security. Current satellite launch systems, however, require scheduling years in advance for an extremely limited inventory of available slots. Moreover, launches often cost hundreds of millions of dollars each, due…The post XS-1 Program to Ease Access to Space Enters Phase 2 appeared first on sUAS News.

I am sure I have seen something like this before. I must be mistaken as the creation story points to it being all their own work. Perhaps this sort of thing is the very reason American companies are finding it impossible to compete in the multirotor market. I wonder if the flight controller in it…The post G10- Clone Wars appeared first on sUAS News.

DJI, the world’s largest manufacturer of consumer drones, streamed the first Facebook Live video from an aerial platform Tuesday as part of its partnership with the social media leader. The video was streamed during Facebook’s annual F8 developer conference in San Francisco, where a DJI Phantom 4 drone broadcast attendees in the Herbst Pavilion to…The post DJI Broadcasts First Drone Video Over Facebook Live appeared first on sUAS News.

The U.S. Senate is currently considering amendments to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act of 2016. We need your help today to ensure this proposed legislation fully protects the model aircraft community. Click here now to urge your Senators to support Senator Inhofe’s amendment number 3596 to the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2016. As…The post AMA Member Call to Action appeared first on sUAS News.

Today we published the sUAS Guide 2016 Q1 Update magazine, this is an update issue between main issues of sUAS Guide, with issue 2 coming out in early July 2016. In this update: – We cover some US regulatory issues, in the form of the FAA Micro UAS ARC and the related Final Recommendations report…The post sUAS Guide 2016 Q1 Update Magazine appeared first on sUAS News.

It was late summer 2015 when Ilya Nevdah faced a big problem. The Chief Technology Officer at AirDog should have been flying high — but suddenly, his company’s drones weren’t. AirDog had won raves for prototypes of its drones that are built for action sports athletes capturing themselves during their rides/session/sport, and its Kickstarter funding…The post How DJI Technology Saved AirDog’s $1.3 Million Kickstarter Campaign appeared first on sUAS News.

To balance out that Kickstarter gone wrong an Indiegogo from a company with form not sure why they need the crowdfunding though. They have an endorsement from the world drone racing champion so they are not playing.Size is everything these especially in the USA. The Atom lives up to its name by limboing under the…The post The Atom – The World Is Your Racetrack appeared first on sUAS News.

AerialGuard is an Israeli startup specializing in autonomous navigation for unmanned systems. Our patent pending technology is a combination of on-board sensors and processors for high level autonomy, integrated into a ground station for operator control and on the cloud for collective intelligence. We humans are generally good at improvising and our machines are generally…The post AerialGuard:- Advance Autonomous Navigation appeared first on sUAS News.

Another staff pick, which to my mind confers some sort of approval. This one designed by rocket scientists apparently. Comments on their Kickstarter page would seem to imply that all is not well. I don’t have shares in or even own a DJI anything but right now if you are looking to get into RPA…The post Kickstarter C-mi in trouble… appeared first on sUAS News.

Moog Inc. (NYSE: MOG.A) (NYSE: MOG.B) announced today that its Aircraft Group was selected by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) to supply the complete flight control actuation system for the Tern unmanned aircraft under development through a joint program between Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the U.S. Office of Naval Research. Under the…The post Moog Announces Contract Award From Northrop Grumman for Flight Control System on DARPA/ONR Tern Unmanned Aircraft appeared first on sUAS News.

Zapata Racing has achieved the dream of mankind and offers you the first video of Franky Zapata flying on the innovation Flyboard® Air. The Independent Propulsion Unit represents 4 years of hard work for a result exceeding all records: – Autonomous flight up to 10,000 feet – Top speed of 150km/h (93,2 mph) – 10…The post Flyboard, yes please appeared first on sUAS News.

A French tourist was arrested by police in Rome on Thursday afternoon after piloting his camera drone over the iconic Colosseum. Flying over the Flavian Amphitheatre might seem tempting, strict laws govern the piloting of remote aircraft in Italy. When the tourist brought the drone back down to earth at around midday, he was quickly…The post Potential €113,000 fine for French tourist in Rome appeared first on sUAS News.

DJI, the world’s leading commercial drone manufacturer, Friday launched a new social platform called “DJI+ Discover.” Users can access DJI+ Discover via an iOS or Android app. The mobile app connects people socially and professionally by enabling drone-pilots and drone enthusiasts to start conversations and meet up while also functioning as a professional marketplace for…The post DJI launches new social search and discovery mobile app appeared first on sUAS News.

Movidius, the leader in low-power computer vision, and DJI are bringing new levels of autonomy to DJI aircraft through a sophisticated vision-aided flight system. The technology debuted in DJI’s flagship Phantom 4 aircraft, giving it the ability to sense and avoid obstacles in real time and hover in a fixed position without the need for…The post Movidius and DJI Bring Vision-Based Autonomy to DJI Phantom 4 appeared first on sUAS News.

DJI and the European Emergency Number Association (EENA) Thursday announced an official partnership that will seek ways to integrate the use of drones into first-response missions. Over the next year, the world’s leading aerial-platform maker and EENA expect to gain deeper understanding of how aerial technology best adds value to emergency-service providers in different scenarios,…The post DJI and EENA Partner to Promote First Response Missions appeared first on sUAS News.

Doing the rounds on social media here in South Africa. Racing driver and designer David Parel, who is signed for Kessel Ferrari had a bit of a surprise. He was sat on the fifth floor minding his own when he had a visitor. “Sitting at my desk and a drone came crashing through my window…The post Drone crashes through Cape Town 5th floor window appeared first on sUAS News.

JOUAV is committed to R&D ,production and sale of high-reliable and high-performance UAVautopilot system and avionics. CW-20 VTOL fixed-wing UAV features hybrid configuration of combining the characteristics of fixed wing and multi rotors UAV,such as Vertical takeoff and landing, long endurance time , high speed and long range Application for aerial mapping, aerial surveying , aerial photography, aerial…The post JOUAV CW-20 appeared first on sUAS News.

AAUS in association with CivSec Australia will be hosting a free conference and educational seminar at CIVSEC 2016. The event will be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre on June 1, 2016. The morning conference will focus on the utility of unmanned systems in civil security applications. Key note speakers include Anthony Patterson (Cobham), Peter Smith (Textron Systems), Dr Derek Rogers (Saab Australia), Dr…The post CivSec 2016 – Free Conference and Seminar appeared first on sUAS News.

Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), has recently announced amendments to the regulations governing the operation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs, more commonly known as drones). Australian UAV is of the opinion these amendments need further consideration for their potential safety impacts, as they threaten to increase the risk of serious accidents. Such an outcome would be a setback…The post Australian UAV’s Comments on CASA’s Proposed Sub 2kg Drone Amendments appeared first on sUAS News.

On Wednesday April 20th at 2pm EST, Kongsberg Geospatial, a software company that produces geospatial visualization software for air traffic control and defense applications, is holding a webinar with Dr. Allison Ferguson, Director – Research and Education Partnerships from PrecisionHawk and Mr.James Power, Air Vehicle Operator for the County of Renfrew Paramedic Service, to discuss…The post Webinar: Technology to improve UAS pilot situational awareness appeared first on sUAS News.

The premiere of manned flights with the world’s first certified Multicopter, e-volo’s Volocopter VC200, marks the beginning of a new era in urban mobility. For the first time humans’ dream of personal flight as a daily routine becomes attainable. As such it not only offers more widespread use in conventional aircraft domains, but brings us…The post Dawn of a revolution in urban mobility – first manned flight of the Volocopter VC200 appeared first on sUAS News.

They have done it again, Festo thinking out of the box. Both gripping and flying have long been a topic for the Bionic Learning Network. In the FreeMotionHandling, Festo has for the first time combined both areas. The indoor flying object can manoeuvre autonomously in any direction, independently picking up and dropping off items where…The post Festo FreeMotionHandling appeared first on sUAS News.

Autonomous Systems Cooperative ( ASC ) is pleased to announce the formation of a new consulting organization dedicated to serving the commercial UAS industry. This new company brings together a rich assembly of skills to assist businesses and research groups take advantage of the growing drone revolution. ASC is capable of offering a full range of services from rapid assistance with simple problems,…The post The Autonomous Systems Cooperative takes flight appeared first on sUAS News.

Two months after the announcement of the first investment of Airbus Ventures in the US-based motor vehicle company Local Motors, the two companies have launched their first joint pilot project for the co-creation of the next generation of commercial drones. The kick-off for this new crowdsourced way of teamwork, planned for this coming April, will take the form of…The post Airbus:- When crowdsourcing meets aerospace appeared first on sUAS News.

A research effort associated with DARPA’s Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program recently conducted the first successful flight tests of a shoebox-sized, plug-and-play system designed to enable manned and unmanned aircraft to automatically detect nearby aircraft and avoid potential mid-air collisions. An unmanned air vehicle (UAV) repeatedly used the technology demonstration system to detect…The post Success Seen in System Designed to Help Aircraft Automatically Avoid Mid-Air Collisions appeared first on sUAS News.

During a visit to the Sagem (Safran) plant in Montluçon today (Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region), French Minister of Defense Jean-Yves Le Drian witnessed the official announcement of the French army’s new “tactical drone system” (SDT) program contract. Vincent Imbert, Deputy director of the French Defence procurement agency (Direction Générale de l’Armement), handed the SDT contract to…The post Patroller: the French army’s new tactical drone appeared first on sUAS News.