sUAS News

by AVON PARK — Some see them as a threat to privacy and public safety; others see them as useful but remain wary. For John Byrd, professor of electronics at South Florida State College, and his student, Leo Mourao, they…Read more →

by Aaron Karp Recreational users operating unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs) near airports should be subject to criminal penalties, NAV Canada president and CEO John Crichton said. Both FAA and Transport Canada prohibit recreational UAV users from operating within 5 miles of…Read more →

by By David K. Li A drone crashed and exploded into flames this week on a quiet Hamptons street. The flying object slammed into the top of the Sag Harbor Variety Store in Sag Harbor shortly after 6 p.m.…Read more →

by By Mary-Ann Russon Singapore has successfully performed the world’s first delivery of mail by drone, conducting a test flight carrying a letter and a parcel with a T-shirt, which crossing from one island to another. While there have been…Read more →

by DEIDRE MUSSEN AND DAVID CLARKSON The Civil Aviation Authority has launched its first prosecution against a drone operator, in what could prove a test case. Simon Roy Reeve appeared in the Christchurch District Court on Thursday, where he denied…Read more →

by Police in Albania have arrested a man who claimed to have flown a drone carrying a nationalist banner over a stadium in Serbia last year during a European qualifier, in an incident that prompted fan violence and a diplomatic…Read more →

by Richard Verrier A dazed and bloodied student who had just been mugged stumbled down a darkened alleyway in a slum. He lifted his shirt, revealing a gaping wound, before collapsing on the ground as curious onlookers gathered around. Buzzing…Read more →

by BY GREG HACK Drones have flown out of the sci-fi movies and war zones into American business, and the area’s largest engineering firms are putting them to use in risky and forbidding settings. On Wednesday, Burns & McDonnell showed…Read more →

by Grand Sky, America’s first unmanned aerial systems (UAS) business and aviation park, announced it has partnered with UAS operator SkySkopes to produce a wide range of high-resolution imagery of construction activities at the park, which is being developed on…Read more →

by By Dennis Yusko and Casey Seiler A Troy man who has for months been testing the limits of his constitutional rights and the patience of police in several jurisdictions appeared in Albany City Court to face allegations he crashed…Read more →

by By Keith Laing Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) has filed legislation to make “reckless” drone flights near restricted airspace a crime. The measure, known as the SAFE DRONE Act, would make operating a drone within two miles of a restricted…Read more →

by Akin Oyedele Morgan Stanley analysts think GoPro’s new tiny camera was a flop, and now the stock is tanking. Shares fell more than 8% to an all-time low of around $27.52. GoPro launched the Hero4 Session in July, touting…Read more →

by Chris Megerian After rejecting other limits on drone use, Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Tuesday to expand privacy protections to prevent paparazzi from flying drones over private property. The bill, AB 856, changes the definition of a “physical invasion…Read more →

by The first browser-based simulation platform in the world can now be easily learned The growing community of private DIY Drone designers and manufacturers has inspired the creators of the first browser-based simulation platform in the world, SimScale, to support…Read more →

by One of the larger multirotors on the market and perhaps the coolest looking! The eight rotors mean it will keep flying if one fails and be home in time for tea and medals. I predict many copy cat smaller…Read more →

by ETH keep on impressing this time a flying robot looks at the big picture whilst a walker fills in the details. Flying and walking robots can use their complementary features in terms of viewpoint and payload capability to the…Read more →

by Cyberhawk Innovations, the world leader in aerial inspection and surveying using Remotely Operated Aerial Vehicles (ROAV), also known as UAVs or drones, has marked its busiest ever year in the renewables sector with the launch of a commercial scale…Read more →

by BY: BETH STEVENSON A research effort is looking to develop an unmanned air vehicle-based capability that will allow scientists and meteorologists to track the movement of weather as it develops. The Cloud-Map team, which consists of divisions from the…Read more →

by By Tom Simonite Facebook and Google compete intensely for your time online and for the ad dollars of corporations. But now the two companies are collaborating on efforts to use balloons and drone aircraft to expand Internet access to…Read more →

by A palm-sized, reconfigurable Linux computer that connects to the real world with ARM, FPGA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and 154 I/O for the price of a wireless-enabled Raspberry Pi snickerdoodle is a tiny computer built to be connected to the real…Read more →

by By Macy Egeland LA JUNTA, Colo.– Drones and unmanned aircraft systems are becoming more and more popular, and they are also causing problems for pilots in low-flying planes. Now, the Colorado Agricultural Aviation Association is conducting experiments to come…Read more →

by The Draganflyer Commander Opens Numerous New Commercial Use Cases with Enhanced Specification Including 45-Minute Single-Charge Flight, 100 Acre Coverage, and HD Aerial Data Capture. SASKATOON, SK & VENICE, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 6th, 2015 – Commercial UAV specialists Draganfly…Read more →

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 →