sUAS News

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 →

by Quick Summary of How to Check for TFR’s. Check to see if there is a TFR in effect for your area by going to www.tfr.faa.gov, using www.airmap.io, or calling 1800-WX-BRIEF. If there is a TFR in your area, find out WHEN…Read more →

by Regan Schoultz A drone had a near miss with a commercial flight in controlled airspace above Christchurch last night. The pilot of an Air New Zealand A320, with 166 passengers on board, reported sighting a Remotely Piloted Aircraft System…Read more →

by The company in charge of Australia’s largest African mahogany plantation has enlisted the services of a drone this week, to gather data on its trees in the Northern Territory. African Mahogany Australia (AMA) manages nearly 13,000 hectares of mahogany…Read more →

by A photographer from Kingsmead, Milton Keynes, who has launched a drone-based business offering aerial filming and photography, believes the technology will become ‘prevalent’ in the near future. Matt Thompson, 25, from Pembridge Grove, launched Aerios Media in July and…Read more →

by The Commercial UAV Expo, taking place October 5-7, 2015 in Las Vegas, is the must-attend commercial UAV show of the year for professionals responsible for UAS in these industries: Surveying & Mapping Civil Infrastructure Mining Construction Process, Power & Utilities…Read more →

by BY: ARIE EGOZI An undisclosed Latin American nation has awarded Elbit Systems a roughly $70 million contract to supply it with an integrated intelligence-gathering capability using its Hermes 900 unmanned air vehicle. The equipment – which Elbit says will…Read more →

by Scott Bordenkircher and Erik Ellis, Arizona Public Service Over the past five to seven years, bulk electric system companies outside of the U.S. have increased their use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in pursuit of increasing safety, improving efficiency…Read more →

by Ellen-Maree ElliotQuest Newspapers A DRONE that forced a pair or parent ospreys to leave their nest and their chick has been caught on camera. Wellington Point resident Paul Harper lives near osprey nest and caught the drone hovering near…Read more →

by THE scale and scope of the revolution in the use of small, civilian drones has caught many by surprise. In 2010 America’s Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) estimated that there would, by 2020, be perhaps 15,000 such drones in the…Read more →

by Marty Lachance goes through a pre-flight checklist while circling a small machine looking like nothing more than a homegrown electronics project of wires and parts. The 57-year-old Mendon resident begins flipping levers, connecting wires and checks if the exposed…Read more →

by By Rick Barrett of the Journal Sentinel Operating a small aerial drone over hundreds of acres of corn, Zach Fiene can receive detailed pictures of the crop on his iPad. From the images, or a live video, he can…Read more →

by Patrick contributes this week to the Journal of the National Association of Environmental Professionals. I’m stood in said field! PERSPECTIVES FROM THE FIELD: Environmental Data Collection and Unmanned Aircraft Systems Patrick Egan (2015). Environmental Practice, Volume 17, Issue03, September 2015,…Read more →

by AP:- TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency is reporting that the country’s army has unveiled a new locally-made reconnaissance drone that can stay aloft for up to six hours. The Tasnim report Wednesday says the drone dubbed…Read more →

by By Matt Egan After going public in June 2014 at $24 a share, enormous enthusiasm for the powerful GoPro(GPRO, Tech30) brand sent its shares skyrocketing to nearly $100. But valuations got out of whack with reality. The wearable camera…Read more →

by By Ian Duncan The Baltimore Sun An inmate serving a life sentence for a murder conviction has been indicted along with two other men in an alleged plot to smuggle contraband into a western Maryland prison using a drone, corrections…Read more →

by SAE International and the European Organisation for Civil Aviation Equipment (EUROCAE) have signed an updated Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC), which updates and strengthens the cooperation between the two standards developing bodies in providing necessary technical standards for the global…Read more →

by Alliance Lp Drones Ltd., has recently completed initial flight tests of H-2 UAV, a prototype of the solar-powered stratospheric unmanned aircraft currently under development to provide Internet and mobile communication infrastructures in remote parts of the world. H-2 UAV…Read more →

by Owner and operator of the National Grid, Transpower and local distribution company, Northpower today are reminding UAV operators to take particular care when operating unmanned aircraft near overhead transmission and distribution lines. The prompt follows two incidents in the…Read more →

by In a project with the Welsh Government and Snowdonia Aerospace LLP, QinetiQ will highlight the potential of RPAS applications in the areas of fisheries protection, flood risk management and coastal erosion monitoring. The initiative will be the first major…Read more →

by BY MICHAEL PLATT, CALGARY SUN Flying a drone requires coordination and sharp reflexes — but what the pilot clearly doesn’t need is common sense. That dangerous truth was proven once again on Tuesday morning, when yet another fool fingering…Read more →

by Drones are now on China’s list of goods whose export will be restricted in future. The Chinese trade ministry gave “national security” as the reason after images of a combat drone that had crashed in Nigeria’s north-easternmost state Borno…Read more →

by By JOSEPH SERNA The Los Angeles city attorney’s office charged a man Tuesday with obstructing a peace officer for allegedly flying a drone too close to a police helicopter. Martin Sheldon, 57, was charged with two counts of obstructing…Read more →

by by Romain Dillet GoPro founder and CEO Nick Woodman confirmed that a GoPro drone was on its way in an interview with our own Matt Burns at Disrupt SF. “Development is on track for the first half of 2016.…Read more →

by 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 confirmed plans to open a RPA Training Academy in Grand Forks, North Dakota. GA-ASI has…Read more →

by Monarch, Inc completed the first stage of a project this week to aerially survey and 3D map the 19th-century ghost mining town of Bodie, California. Part of the California State Parks system, Bodie is an original California Gold Rush…Read more →

by NYC is about to be invaded by drones! Get ready for the Aerial Sports League “dSports Open” at the World Maker Faire. It’s going to be the biggest drone sports event ever held on the East Coast –…Read more →

by By Bob Martin Albuquerque (KRQE) – KRQE News 13’s latest high tech tool is an FAA-approved unmanned aircraft system, or drone, called Sky Drone 13. The model KRQE uses is called an ‘Inspire 1’ and is built by DJI. It’s equipped with an ultra-high definition…Read more →

by Canadian ProAV dealers and systems integrators will have their very first opportunity to see and learn about the business building capabilities of Drone Video Systems (DVS) if they take the time to attend the Toronto stop of the Stampede Fall…Read more →

by Count down the hours, this one is going to be pundit fact latest tech within 24 hours. The concept project will enter the halls of look whats possible and generate thousands of column inches of BS. Some pretty pictures…Read more →

by What makes this one different, it changes it’s own batteries! When it needs more power it flies home and picks some up. There is a video that shows the back pack hanger called the Helideck, but not an actual…Read more →

by Introduction of a regulatory framework for the operation of drones The drone industry is diverse, innovative and international. It has an enormous potential for growth with the associated possibility to create jobs. To ensure a safe, secure and environmentally…Read more →

by Plextek Consulting is well under way in its work for the UK government to develop a number of technologies that will allow unmanned aerial vehicles to operate in urban environments. Under the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory’s (DSTL) three-year…Read more →

by by Rebecka Allen On September 15 the TRAN Committee adopted, as amended, British Conservative Jacqueline Foster’s report on the safe use of remotely piloted aircraft systems in the field of civil aviation. Apart from one vote, the own initiative report…Read more →

by At around 6pm, a Finnair pilot radioed in to the control tower at Hamburg airport that he had spotted the drone at a height of around 250 metres, passing just 30 metres away from his Embraer E190 aircraft, which…Read more →

by Swedish unmanned helicopter company CybAero, which is listed on Nasdaq OMX First North in Stockholm, has gained a new shareholder. Subversive Capital, a US fund, has acquired the remainder of California-based AeroVironment’s CybAero holding. “We are delighted that Subversive…Read more →

by CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – An upcoming meeting hosted by the Lone Star Unmanned Aircraft Systems Center will share details about opportunities for innovation and research with unmanned aircraft systems. The meeting will be held on Friday, September 25…Read more →

by Grepow Battery Company, which is located in futian district, Shenzhen, releases the latest UAV battery, Tattu Plus! As drones is becoming more and more common to people. Aerial photography has together become common in people’s daily life. Meanwhile, for…Read more →

by Elevated Element, a leader in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) photography, made three announcements this week, the biggest being the launch of another Baltimore-based UAV-focused venture, Aerial Array. First the company announced that Elevated Element was recently granted an FAA…Read more →

by KOBE – A drone was found Saturday on the roof of recently renovated Himeji Castle in Hyogo Prefecture, municipal officials said. The multirotor drone, measuring about 60 cm on all sides, was found damaged on the roof tiles of…Read more →

by It is the next step in a craze that has literally swept over the country – drones. The flying robots give some of the best bird’s-eye views available and one Shropshire company has developed a way to give a…Read more →

by LEWIS PANTHER Coronation Street bosses have their own air force on standby to make sure the anniversary live episode is not interrupted by a prankster with a drone. Executives met with security advisors to ensure the smooth-running of the…Read more →

by The newest winner of a prestigious scientific award at Nevada’s Desert Research Institute is a former military pilot and pioneer in the research of drones who was told a decade ago she was wasting her time studying unmanned aerial…Read more →

by As the US Air Force copes with retaining drone operators due to the stress of the job, a new ad posted in Air Force Times encourages drone pilots to disobey orders, Russia Today reported. Posting an ad in Air…Read more →

by By Lewis Kendall Chronicle Staff Writer The drone banked sharply in mid-air, its controller unable to right the small craft’s course as it crashed into the backstop netting like some kind of intoxicated bird, much to the delight of…Read more →

by Jesper Starn If you’re planning a drone fly-by at any of Sweden’s reactors, think again. The Nordic region’s biggest producer of atomic energy will from Oct. 15 add nuclear plants to a list of sites including airports and hospitals with…Read more →