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Well, the FPV community is getting hot under the collar about another DJI FPV drone, like the one that Ian sold and Bruce uses as a paperweight but smaller, an FPV mini This all comes from images generated in China, one of the product lines up and one of the app pulled apart. If DJI’s […]

Nordic Unmanned has entered into an agreement giving the company control of 55 per cent of the shares in DroneMatrix, a leading drone technology company in Belgium. The investment will strengthen Nordic Unmanned’s position in Europe, complement existing solutions in every market vertical, and accelerates the growth and development of DroneMatrix. “The partnership with DroneMatrix […]

Well done to the confidential human factors incident reporting program (CHIRP) and in particular editor Rupert Dent. We need lots more of this in the drone industry. The constant improvement in the CHIRP report says to me that perhaps the RPAS world is starting to grow up. A relevant read wherever you are. Find the […]

Over the last few weeks, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has used Facebook advertising to target the general public in an attempt to educate potential drone users. Like the CAA, UAVNZ considers aviation safety of paramount importance and we want to see such initiatives happen. However, we have some concerns about some of the messaging, […]

ANRA Technologies, a leader in integrated airspace, mission management and delivery systems for uncrewed aircraft, today announced a new data migration service for enterprises transitioning to ANRA’s MissionManager drone operations and fleet management platform. Maintaining historical data is critical to every enterprise drone program for long-term analysis, planning and compliance. ANRA understands the vital importance […]

Cleveron Mobility, a company developing the technology of driverless autonomous vehicles, and the parcel delivery company DPD Eesti are known to be the first in Europe to deliver a package to a customer with a driverless autonomous vehicle. Thanks to its flexible cargo capacity and the capability of driving on public roads, it’s able to offer a […]

Mira Marquez According to the Federal Aviation Administration’s annual statistics, women comprised only 7.6% of registered Remote Pilots (aka licensed drone pilots) at the end of 2021. While it’s a slight increase from past years, there’s no question that the drone industry can and should make closing the gender gap a priority. At Skydio, we’re committed […]

ZIPLINE IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF A LOGISTICS REVOLUTION: WE DESIGN, MANUFACTURE, AND OPERATE OUR OWN FLEET OF AUTONOMOUS DRONES TO DELIVER VITAL MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO PEOPLE IN NEED WITHIN MINUTES, 7 DAYS A WEEK. TODAY WE DELIVER CRITICAL AND LIFESAVING MEDICINE TO THOUSANDS OF HOSPITALS SERVING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. JOIN ZIPLINE AND HELP US MAKE THIS […]

FlyingBasket Academy is an extension of our values and vision as a company aiming to deliver not just a training course, but a learning experience from the same team that conducts ground-breaking drone operations and innovates the way goods and materials are transported. Safety, regulation compliance, and skilled pilots are what make our startup a […]

(This is utter fluff and stuff from the UK Environments Agency, pollution due to sewerage pumping by privatised water companies is at an all-time high in the UK. Netting huge profits for said companies, this is one of those placeholder PR pieces that I am putting in to remind me when they said this. I’m […]

Germandrones GmbH is happy to announce a partnership with one of the leading LiDAR solutions providers: YellowScan. This partnership serves to further widen the spectrum of our solutions. The end result is a Germandrones’ offering that proves to be the perfect combination of performance, quality, and uncompromising accuracy. “We’ve spent years on extensive R&D. All in order […]

CUBEPILOT PTY. LTD. is a winner of this year’s iF DESIGN AWARD, the world-renowned design prize. The winning product, HerePro Multi-band RTK/PPK DGNSS, won in the discipline [Product], in the [1.22 Industry / Tools]. Each year, the world’s oldest independent design organization, Hannover-based iF International Forum Design GmbH, organizes the iF DESIGN AWARD. HerePro Multi-band […]

Filmmakers can now attain true creative freedom – controlling how they tell their story from an aerial perspective every step of the way with the EVOLVE 2. Designed by XDynamics, the innovators in professional aerial filmmaking equipment, the aircraft fosters a state-of-the-art shooting experience with unlimited conditions. This means that users can prioritize image quality. […]

Sharper Shape Group, Inc., a pioneer in powerline inspection solutions for the utility industry has completed a $18.0 million Series B round, with participation from the Michael Harvey Trust as lead investor. The investment will support Sharper Shape’s ambition to enhance its Shaper CORE Living Digital Twin (LDT) offering, delivering improved safety, efficiency, accuracy and operational cost saving […]

Aloft Geo Portal Brings New Drone Airspace Mapping Functionality to State, Local and Commercial Stakeholders SILVER SPRING, Md., May 2022 – Aloft Technologies today announced the introduction of the Aloft Geo Portal that aims to close the gap between FAA airspace rules and local ground rules for drone operations nationwide. Verified users of the portal will be able […]

Weiterstadt, Germany – German drone delivery pioneer Wingcopter is delighted to announce that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued the Special Class Airworthiness Criteria for the Wingcopter 198 US unmanned aircraft. This approval marks a critical milestone in the certification process of Wingcopter’s flagship eVTOL delivery drone in the U.S. With the Airworthiness Criteria, […]

Do you want to be part of an organisation at the cutting edge of air transport and urban air mobility? Do you want to join the team designing and building the platforms which will enable drones and eVTOL aircraft to get airborne? Do you envisage a world where automated drones zip from hospital to hospital […]

CHESTERFIELD/VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA- As part the “Drone Tech Gateway” program, Drone Logistics Ecosystem is setting up a partnership with Chesterfield County, Va., to stimulate innovation, standardization and cross-border commercialization of drone delivery technologies and products. Chesterfield has introduced limited use of UAS technology in the past two years. It created a workgroup consisting […]

Cepton, Inc. and Lidar News will host a free webinar on Tuesday, May 24th, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. PT (1:30 p.m. ET) to discuss how lidar can enable higher levels of accuracy and efficiency of smart infrastructure applications, with examples of real-world deployments. To register CLICK HERE. Cepton Director of Product Management and Marketing Klaus […]

PERTH, AUSTRALIA: Orbital Corporation Ltd (‘Orbital UAV’, ‘the Company’) is pleased to announce ithas signed a Memorandum of Understanding (‘MoU’) with Anduril Industries Asia Pacific Pty Ltd, aUS-based defence products company transforming U.S., Australian, and allied military capabilities withits advanced technologies. The MoU establishes a collaborative agreement between Orbital UAV and Anduril to work on […]

INVOLI and the Swiss Federation of Civil Drones (SFCD – Drohnenverband) are pleased to announce a collaboration to promote the use of drone Remote ID trackers among SFCD members. The collaboration will extend to offer INVOLI’s air traffic surveillance infrastructure to provide air risk collision mitigation services to drone operators in Switzerland, in compliance with […]

Today, Skyroads, a company developing intelligent systems to scale advanced air mobility safely and efficiently, announced its partnership with Urban Movement Labs (UML), a trusted third space to rapidly deploy and scale data-informed, community-driven and tech-enabled mobility solutions. As a leader in transportation technology, Los Angeles invests more than $13 billion a year on transportation projects […]

Ondas Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:ONDS), a leading provider of private wireless data, drone and automated data solutions through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Ondas Networks Inc. and American Robotics, Inc. (“American Robotics” or “AR”), announced today that American Robotics received a new purchase order from The Scotts MiracleGro Company (“ScottsMiracle-Gro”) for its autonomous, FAA-approved Scout Systems, which will provide the company with daily […]

Pixy SM is specially designed to integrate the leading professional M300 RTK drone with the full-frame mirrorless Sony α7R IV camera, offering an unbeatable combination for precision aerial mapping missions. EASY MOUNTING-INSTANT DEPLOYMENT With Pixy SM, the most powerful drone and superior sensor are now perfectly combined for industrial operations, making your entire system clean […]

Airbus has selected MAGicALL to supply the motors of the electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft CityAirbus NextGen. Airbus’ eVTOL prototype will be equipped with a tailored version of the MAGiDRIVE, the newest generation of electric motors manufactured by MAGicALL. The detailed customisation of CityAirbus NextGen’s electric propulsion system will enable the prototype to […]

Sentera, Inc., the industry-leading provider of real-time insights and drone technology for the agricultural industry, today announced that it has received a patent for its Spot Scout technology, which follows a multi-step process to use drone imagery to understand crop health and performance, providing key analytics like Stand Count and Tassel Count. “Increased demand and […]

SAN DIEGO – 10 May 2022 – To further extend the versatility of its MQ-9B line of Remotely Piloted Aircraft, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announced today that it will begin developing a short takeoff and landing (STOL)-capable MQ-9B aircraft, which includes the SkyGuardian® and SeaGuardian® models. GA-ASI is taking on this revolutionary engineering effort to meet […]

Lightweight, portable and powerful, DJI Mini 3 Pro is embedded with a full range of features as the first high-end product of the DJI Mini series DJI, the world’s leader in civilian drones and creative camera technology, today releases DJI Mini 3 Pro, its most powerful lightweight and portable camera drone. Weighing less than 249 […]

Remote, Australia About Wing: Wing is reshaping the future of delivery. We are an on-demand drone delivery service that can deliver food, medicine or other items within minutes. We’ve also developed an uncrewed traffic management platform to safely route drones through the sky. Our service is faster, safer and produces far less pollution than traditional […]

As the monsoon season starts with ample rainfalls, XAG is actively scaling up the use of its agricultural drones in Vietnam to make rice production more sustainable. Faced with the soaring prices of agricultural inputs, Vietnamese farmers can now employ drones from XAG to grow more rice using fewer resources. From direct seeding, pesticide spraying to fertilizer […]

AirData welcomes Skyward customers a special program to ease the transition for Skyward customers looking for a smooth migration away from the Skyward platform. We are here to help Skyward customers who are unexpectedly rushed to find a way to continue their operations uninterrupted. Please reach out to discuss a smooth migration.”— Eran Steiner, Founder […]

Well done to YouTuber Darren McHardy for getting hold of a Mini Pro 3 and posting the first reviews before the official launch, he deserves all the review views! I suspect a few DJI shills will be getting firmly out of shape.. For industry inspections, DJI has finally caught up with Asctec and Parrot being […]

Drones, today, are a tried and tested technology in a number of industries. However, with the plethora of opportunities that it brings along comes an ever-increasing demand for talent and experience. Although countries such as the United States, Germany, China, and the United Kingdom have already made significant strides in terms of drone numbers and […]

Sentient global growth strategy and blue-chip partnerships demonstrate significant appetite for its industry-leading maritime ViDAR sensors Ambitious global maritime deployment of ViDAR focus at INDO PACIFIC 2022, showcasing Australian disruptive tech pioneer and innovator Sentient Vision Systems and world debut for ViDAR Surface INDO PACIFIC 2022 – Sydney, Australia [Sentient Vision Systems: Booth # 4C16]: date: […]

The First Responder UAS Indoor Challenge is the agency’s sixth prize competition aimed at advancing the use of unmanned aircraft systems indoors for first responder situational awareness. BOULDER, Colo. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is launching a new prize competition series to advance the use of unmanned […]

Another large platform was lost to human factors, not spotting that the airframe was 4000′ too high on its final approach was quite a thing. LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. – — An Air Combat Command Accident Investigation Board completed its investigation into an RQ-4B that crashed into a field near Grand Forks Air […]

DATE: 15 June, 2022 LOCATION: DARTeC at Cranfield University (invite only) and online START TIME: 10:00 am END TIME: 2:30 pm The Airspace of the Future consortium led by Thales are hosting their final showcase event at the DARTeC facility at Cranfield University. The project partners are: Thales, Cranfield University, Cranfield Airport Operations, Inmarsat, Altitude […]

Operational radius of 10 km – 6 mile (314 km² – 121 mile² area) or optional 30 km – 18 mile, in any case with live video day and night for the best surveillance drone. With 50 minutes day and night full operation flight time guaranteed and 1 hour with best conditions, enjoying VTOL feature, we pushed […]

(New Brunswick, Canada) – AVSS has announced that the company has developed a Parachute Recovery and Flight Termination System for the DJI Mavic 3 and Mavic 3 Cine, referenced as the PRS-MAVIC. The PRS-MAVIC is intended to enable complex flight operations for commercial operators and will be sold for $1,900 USD. The company is now accepting […]

Instant delivery means getting supplies exactly where they need to be, as soon as they’re needed. Starting in 2016, the Government of Rwanda partnered with Zipline to tackle the countrywide challenge of unequal access to blood products and wastage. We started with a hypothesis: that centralizing storage and delivering product on-demand, where and when needed, […]

Gremsy, a leading manufacturer of camera gimbal stabilizers for drones, is pleased to announce their partnership with Auterion, the autonomous mobility platform and key member of the PX4 Open Source community, to bring to market a deeply integrated gimbal solution for Auterion powered and MAVLink compatible drone platforms. The new introductory lineup, Gremsy PE, allows end users […]

At Elroy Air, we are building autonomous vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) cargo aircraft systems that will change the way the world moves goods. Transporting cargo by air has so much potential! It’s much faster than by land or sea, but before recent developments in perception, autonomy, electric powertrain and aerospace materials – air transport […]

Global-scale ecosystem degradation with biodiversity loss, and increasing carbon in the atmosphere, is one of the world’s greatest challenges. At Dendra Systems, we are a fast-growing start-up, developing the most powerful tools to enable ecosystem restoration today. Responsibilities The role involves preparing and conducting UAV mapping and planting operations for Dendra Systems in sometimes remote […]

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) published means to show compliance with the “enhanced containment” provisions for drones, allowing the applicant to simply declare compliance without the need to apply for a design verification report. Drones operating close to densely populated areas or airports are required to be equipped with systems preventing the drone […]

The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has opened the application window for those manufacturers of drones and drone components, who may have crossed the PLIeligibility threshold for the full financial year (1st April 2021 to 31st March 2022). Such manufacturers may submit the application form at https://www.civilaviation.gov.in/application-pli-scheme. The MoCA order dated 4th May 2022 is at: https://www.civilaviation.gov.in/sites/default/files/Application%20for%20PLI%20scheme%20for%20drones%20and%20drone%20components.pdf The deadline for […]

BlueHalo and its Titan Counter-Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) Team are pleased to announce a $4M order of Titan Counter-Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) kits by the Department of Defense. The award is in support of an elite unit within the conventional U.S. Army, and will be used to defeat enemy drones on the battlefield abroad and at secure locations in the United […]

Advanced Navigation, one of the world’s most ambitious innovators in AI robotics, and navigation technology has today announced the acquisition of Vai Photonics, a spin-out from The Australian National University (ANU) developing patented photonic sensors for precision navigation. Vai Photonics share a similar vision to provide technology to drive the autonomy revolution and will join […]

PABLO AIR (CEO Kim Young-Joon) is developing a suitable business model to comply with US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations, expanding the drone delivery network across the United States, and promoting logistics and medical drone delivery services starting in New York State. In January of 2022, PABLO AIR signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Northeast UAS Airspace […]

Zenith AeroTech, a leading developer of heavy-lift tethered aerial vehicles (TAVs), announced today that it will be exhibiting its Quad 8 TAV and Ground Power Unit for the first time at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC), held May 17-19, in Tampa, Florida. Designed to meet warfighter operations, such as overwatch, over-the-hill communications, force […]

Applicants should be proficient at flying fixed-wing piloting and FPV, as well as maintenance, building, and repair. This job opportunity is in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, salary DOE. Applicants must hold a valid Part 107 Airman’s Certificate. Contact Tony White tony.white@galaxyuas.com for more information.