Iris Automation has been granted a second waiver for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) autonomous operations on behalf of the City of Reno, this time utilizing its Casia G ground-based solution. Continue reading
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Iris Automation and City of Reno Get FAA BVLOS Approval
Iris Automation, on behalf of the City of Reno and the Reno Fire Department (RFD), received the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) approval to fly a small drone autonomously beyond the pilot’s line of sight, without any visual observers or the use of additional ground-based detection equipment. Continue reading
Censys Technologies and Soaring Eagle Technologies Awarded Third BVLOS Waiver
Censys Technologies and Soaring Eagle Technologies, a commercial Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) service provider in the US, have secured their third BVLOS waiver, resulting in more efficient tech-enabled data acquisition. The waiver covers a 12-mile distance – the longest distance ever approved by the FAA. Continue reading
Delek Gets First BVLOS Approval for US Refineries with Percepto Drones
Percepto, a supplier of autonomous inspections by industrial robotics, announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations for Delek US Holdings’ refineries in Tyler, Texas and El Dorado, Arkansas. Continue reading
South Korean Tyre Manufacturer Invests in UTM
Next Century Ventures (NCV), the corporate venture capital fund of NEXEN TIRE, announced today that it has invested in ANRA Technologies, a supplier of air traffic control and commercial solutions in the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) industry, to further NCV’s goal of spearheading the mobility revolution. Continue reading
Swoop Aero Obtains BVLOS Approval in Australia
Melbourne-based drone logistics company Swoop Aero has obtained BVLOS (Beyond Visual Line Of Sight) approval for medical logistics operations in Queensland. Continue reading
HHLA Sky and Iris Automation Integrate Solutions for Large-Scale Drone Collision Avoidance
Germany-based HHLA Sky and US-based Iris Automation have announced an international partnership. By integrating their unique technologies, they improve two of the current most challenging tasks in drone operations beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS): to remotely, globally and simultaneously control over 100 industrial drones from a centralized control center – while increasing local air space safety by detecting and avoiding other unmanned or manned aircraft. Continue reading
UK’s Network Rail Completes 25 KM BVLOS Drone Flight
Network Rail’s air operations team have successfully flown a drone Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) for 25 kilometres over dry land – believed to be the furthest such civilian drone flight in Britain. Continue reading