sUAS News

by Grace Ditzler, SANDPOINT, Idaho – A North Idaho company’s new product is creating such a buzz the producers of ABC’s Shark Tank contacted the company to appear on Friday night’s episode. The Sandpoint-based company xCraft will present its X PlusOne drone on Shark Tank to more than nine million viewers. The patent-pending drone is unlike anything…

by Tristan Navera Dayton Business Journal While the Department of Transportation is moving ahead quickly with an idea to make drone operators register their craft with the government, Ohio’s emerging UAS industry has been more skeptical. The DOT announced this week it’s forming a task force to explore a system for drone registration ahead of the…

by There can be no doubt 180 / 250 / 280 size FPV quads are on trend, What caught my eye from in the new offering from Align was the lost model finder. That’s quite clever it must be using the smartphones GPS and mapping bluetooth RSSI or direction finding with the compass or both.…

by MAPPS, the only national association of private sector firms in the surveying, spatial data and geographic information systems field in the United States and a leader on the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the geospatial field, today announced it has accepted an invitation from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to be a…

by Helipix UAV, one of the UKs leading aerial photographic and surveying companies since 2008 are offering a 1 day intensive course on Commercial Aerial Photography. This will be held in Bracknell Berks UK on the 12.12.15. The classroom based course will cover the Law, Digital Camera Technology, Client Requirements and how to meet them,…

by UAV operator and consultant, Firefly Aerial Innovation, has presented to Airport Safeguarding Officers from airports across the UK to raise awareness of how commercial drones are operated. The first partnership of its kind within the UAV sector, the innovative and forward thinking UAV operator, based in Balsall Common, was invited to participate at a…

by DJI, the world’s leading manufacturer of professional and consumer drones, is pleased to announce the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has invited it to participate in its Unmanned Aircraft Systems Registration Task Force. U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx announced the formation of the task force Monday. DJI takes safety very seriously and has led the civilian drone industry…

by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and the ASSURE Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) have received the first group of FAA grant awards since the Center of Excellence was established in May 2015. The Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE) is composed of 21 of the…

by Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) create a powerful opportunity for flight departments to become even more relevant and impactful to their corporation’s bottom-line. Hazardous tasks like cell tower, flare stack, and wind turbine inspections that are normally performed by ground-based crews can now be accomplished more safely and efficiently by sUAS. Who in a…

by Sentera, LLC, a sensor, software, and drone company is making precise crop health and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) data affordable to every grower by enabling new and existing Phantom 3 Professional drones to capture NDVI data. Sentera’s Phantom 3 NDVI Upgrade seamlessly integrates Sentera’s proven Single Sensor with the popular DJI Phantom 3…

by Lehmann Aviation (www.lehmannaviation.com) released its new long range data modem, compatible with all L-A Series drones. With this new functionality, L-A Series drones (especially the LA300 for mapping and surveying) gain the same operational capabilities as their 4-5 times more expensive competitors. This new long range data modem can optionally substitute the WI-FI…

by Parrot have added autonomous flight to their tablet or smartphone controlled Bebop drone. Unveiled at our show in San Francisco, by Parrot CEO Henri Seydoux in 2014 The quadcopter featured inbuilt video stabilization. A first in its class. Using the FreeFlight 3 app waypoints create a route for the drone to autonomously fly. All…

by I woke up this morning and realized we had not marked the first year of 333’s in America. The straight forward process allows anybody with a PPL to apply for an exemption that permits them to operate RPA commercially in the NAS. This process was put in place as a stop gap. Off to…

by BY: BETH STEVENSON A newly created company is preparing to penetrate the unmanned air vehicle (UAV) services market by offering high-end sensing for commercial applications. Moving away from the typical offering of an electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) payload, new-start Iris, which began trading in July, is hoping to appeal to a market previously untouched by utilising…

by BY: BETH STEVENSON The UK’s Military Aviation Authority is preparing the release of an updated version of its regulations on unmanned air vehicles, which will draw on feedback from a first document that was released last January. Following the UK’s drawdown from Afghanistan – a theatre in which UAVs were operated in segregated military…

by If you have an opinion on mandatory RPA registration this might be the time to get it down in writing. Be quick though. Probably best not to be too rude or they will drop the comment. Also put it in writing as well, much harder for them to delete that. If enough people write…

by The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) has approved Public Display Technologies’ (PDT) Rocketmine Division as the first commercial RPAS operator for the South African mining sector. As of 16 October 2015, Rocketmine Aerial UAV Service provider received their Commercial Operating Licence for Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS). In May 2015 South Africa took the lead…

by 3DR, North America’s largest consumer drone manufacturer, launched a new third party product partnership program called “Made for Solo” at GITEX Technology Week in Dubai. The Made for Solo program supports companies that want to leverage 3DR’s Solo TM “Smart Drone” platform and its open hardware bays and dual computer processing power. Made for Solo…

by Rajnish Singh Violeta Bulc is worried about Europe’s aviation industry. The European transport Commissioner can see major turbulence ahead; “The aviation sector is affected by poor profitability and faces major challenges in an ever-changing global environment.” The fear is that, with the industry’s competitiveness under threat from external carriers, the EU’s ‘direct connectivity’ is…

by Alta Devices will introduce the new “Solar for UAV Index” which is designed to assess solar technologies for fixed wing UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) applications. This new index accounts for many of the issues that a designer must consider. Included in the new measurement system are power to weight; properties of the solar cell…

by Two Bayraktar Unmanned Aerial Systems composed of four ground control stations and six planes will be provided to Turkey’s General Directorate of Security, the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM) announced on Monday. The SSM said that an agreement with Baykar group was signed on October 15 on the purchase of Bayraktar tactical UAV systems…

by This course is designed for anyone, 16 years and older, that wants to fly small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) for fun or as a new career after the FAA opens the skies to commercial use. Students learn to fly, are taught about the different types of flight systems and, most importantly, acquire insight into…

by Borrowing heavily on other projects Googles Project X team seem to have discovered transitions are hard and stable hover with so much vertical area to weather cock also difficult. The tail sitter has gone. Anybody care to bet this is running a KK2 board and OpenAero VTOL firmware? Probably a Piccolo in there but we…

by New Task Force to Develop Recommendations by November 20 WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and FAA Administrator Michael Huerta today announced the creation of a task force to develop recommendations for a registration process for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The task force will be composed of 25 to 30 diverse representatives from…

by Causing quite a stir, if you are in the USA and in the unmanned world its perhaps worth watching. We suspect its to announce a working group to handle the registration of UA at the point of sale. Not really sure how that will work as many are shipped in from China direct. Jonathan…

by Remember Skypan, the company facing the largest civil penalty the FAA has proposed against a UAS operator for endangering the safety airspace.. This is the response posted on their website. It can’t be the full legal one. There is no such thing as privately owned airspace, correct me if I’m wrong @suasnews. http://skypanintl.com/about_new.html A. SkyPan…

by BY: ARIE EGOZI Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has teamed with South Korea’s Hankuk Carbon to offer a Front Engine Panther (FE Panther) version of its 67kg-class (148lb) vertical take-off and landing unmanned air vehicle. To be showcased at the Seoul International Aerospace and Defence Exhibition from 20-25 October, the FE Panther is powered by…

by Aerialtronics, the international manufacturer of high performance multirotor aerial platforms, are pleased to announce the appointment of two new distributor partners in the UK. Under the partnership, the companies will develop a UK distribution network for Aerialtronics’ flagship Altura Zenith unmanned aircraft system and their product line. MRL are safety, risk and resilience specialists…

by We’re excited to provide a much-anticipated update on our production process and the launch of HEXO+. We realize many of you have been anxiously awaiting this update. Thank you for your patience. In advance of sharing our most recent news, we needed to wait for a range of answers from our team in order…

by The folks that bought smart phone controlled powered paper aeroplanes to the mass market, PowerUp are Kickstarting with Parrot an FPV version. It boasts WiFi live streaming with a range of over 300 ft using a MIMO Antenna supporting 2.5 and 5Ghz Ultra wide-angle 360° rotating camera to capture and stream forward-facing, rear-view and…

by “Intertelecom” goes on in using innovations in his work. In cooperation with Drone.UA enterprise, the operator became the first one who adopted drones for inspection of the base stations and telecommunication antennas. Previously, visual inspection and testing of technical condition of the objects required human resources. Using the drones will allow upscalling to the…

by Allison Sylte and Raquel Villanueva, KUSA CASTLE ROCK – A nearly 30-year-old horse that has been missing since Thursday was found Sunday morning. The drone searching for the horse Saturday used infrared cameras early Sunday morning and spotted the horse just after 7:30 a.m. He also goes by the nickname ‘Hou.’ “It’s short for ‘I…

by [Oklahoma City,] we have a problem. Oklahoma City is where aircraft registration gets processed. The aircraft registration process still involves carbon copy forms, which must be filled out perfectly and sent in for an aircraft to be registered. They are extremely, I mean extremely, picky on registration based upon my experience. (If you need help…

by To be honest, who wouldn’t want a challenging job at a promising, young enterprise in a growth industry? Make career at Ascending Technologies and support the UAS technology leader in fields of development, production and worldwide distribution of UAS drones. Apply for one of the open jobs @ Ascending Technologies today! Since 2002 the…

by Clay Dillow Burglars have stolen more than $100,000 in merchandise from North America’s largest drone retailer. In the early morning hours of Sept. 28, five hoodie-clad individuals approached a Studio City, Calif., storefront. Using power tools and blowtorches, the group quickly smashed a reinforced window and cut its way through a steel…

by DARPA solicits proposals to enable manned and unmanned air systems to rapidly, securely, and automatically share information across diverse waveforms and networks despite adversary jamming. Modern airborne warfare is becoming increasingly complex, with manned and unmanned systems having to rapidly share information in a volatile environment where adversaries use advanced, commercially available electronic systems…

by BY: JAMES DREW Lockheed Martin has displayed an evolved version of its ‘Terminator’ loitering unmanned air vehicle, which it is offering for the US Army’s long-running terminator Lethal Miniature Aerial Munition System (LMAMS) programme. Company officials declined to discuss the loitering munition – which was on show in model form at the Association of…

by MICHAEL BURKE RACINE — The owner-operator of a runaway drone that crashed at Batten International Airport last weekend owned up to the mishap Thursday. Sunday morning a pilot found a broken, four-propeller Cheeson CX-20 drone on a taxiway near the center of Batten Airport, as The Journal Times reported on Wednesday. Airport Manager…

by Cinema Libre Studio has acquired Rotor DR1, a post-apocalyptic sci-fi feature film developed and produced by a community of drone enthusiasts and will be releasing it on DVD, Blu-Ray and Video on Demand as of October 20, 2015. Executive produced and directed by Chad Kapper, Rotor DR1 grew out of the Flite Test community…

by The National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE) announced today the formal establishment of an Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Committee. The newly minted committee will be tasked with monitoring the trends and regulatory environment associated with rapidly evolving UAS technologies and making recommendations to NATE members and the wireless infrastructure community on best practices when…

by The 2nd Annual New York City Drone Film Festival will be held from March 4th through March 6th 2016. The three-day event will feature a dynamic slate of interactive panel discussions, guest speakers, screenings of nominated films and the annual awards ceremony. The festival will return to the Directors Guild of America Theater for…

by Air traffic controllers at NATS managed the first flight by an unmanned aircraft in controlled and unsegregated airspace, in what is being hailed as a UK first and major milestone in the development of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for civil and commercial use. The first flight took place on Wednesday 30 September, with Thales’s…

by By Matt Coyle Drone pilots have been warned by police after an historic monument was damaged. One of the remote aircrafts crashed into the Wallace Monument in Stirling and left a window damaged. Police have now issued a warning to the public about the use of drones and have reminded people to use them…

by Joseph Serna Flying a drone too high, too close to people or at an airport in Los Angeles could soon land you six months in jail and a hefty fine. In a unanimous vote Wednesday, the L.A. City Council approved an ordinance that mirrors the Federal Aviation Administration’s civilian drone regulations and makes it…

by The Natural History Film Unit (NHFU), based in Botswana, relied on the AERIGON UAV to capture aerial images of predators and prey for BBC Natural World’s The Return of the Giant Killers – Africa’s Lion Kings. The result is ground-breaking 4K footage of lions as they track their buffalo prey in the wild and…

by If in a civilian/commercial UAS application the aircraft is the most visible part, it is not always well understood how critical its design can be for the intended missions of the system. The R^2 based on the rhomboid wing concept started as the answer for a very specific requirement. After the first prototypes…

by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), radars, and electro-optic and related mission solutions, today announced that it has been awarded a full-rate production contract by the U.S. Army for 19 Improved Gray Eagle (IGE) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to be delivered by September 2018. “We are…

by By Jason Blevins The Denver Post A California start-up with $10 million in venture capital funding has partnered with Copper Mountain and Winter Park ski areas to offer drone video services this season. Cape Productions on Tuesday announced nine resorts — including Copper and Winter Park — as partners in the company’s plan to…

by SALINA — Kansas State University Salina and industry partner Westar Energy are advancing unmanned aircraft systems, or UAS, education, training and research with the creation of a new flight facility. The UAS Pavilion, constructed on K-State Salina’s campus, is one of the largest enclosed unmanned flight facilities in the nation. Measuring 300-feet-long by 200-feet-wide…

by UAS Drone Corp., a developer of unmanned aerial systems for the law enforcement and first responder market (the “Company”), announced that Grant A. Begley, a drone technology development and policy leader, has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors. During Mr. Begley’s long career in the industry, he served as Corporate Senior Vice…