Turkey’s first flying car, Cezeri became the most notable product at this year’s Teknofest, the country’s top aerospace and technology festival visited by nearly 2 million people from Sept. 17-22. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
SAFIR Demos Viable Drone Traffic in Port of Antwerp
On Thursday September 26th, the SAFIR consortium held an Open Day hosted by the Port of Antwerp. A multitude of industrial and commercial drone applications were on display during live demonstrations. During the Open Day, the safety and economic viability of integrated drone traffic in a challenging environment was successfully demonstrated by the various use cases of the consortium partners. Continue reading
USPS Issues RFI on Drones for Mail Delivery
The United States Postal Service (Postal Service or USPS) is investigating the feasibility of utilizing unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) or drones as delivery vehicles for mail as an integrated part of its vehicle delivery fleet, as well as to provide image and other data collection services. Continue reading
DRONERESPONDERS Report Examines Foreign Dominance of US Public Safety Drone Sector
As a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers seeks to ban Chinese drone purchases by federal agencies, new research from DRONERESPONDERS – the world’s leading non-profit organization supporting public safety UAS – examines the perspectives of America’s first responders operating foreign-made, small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS). Continue reading
Robot Aviation Demonstrates SkyRobot FX10 for Polish Police
During September 11th-13th, 2019, The Department of Special Training of the Police Academy in Katowice, Poland, organised a seminar on: ‘The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in the Police and the way police officers deal with UAV operators who violate legal regulations’. Continue reading
Wing to Trial Deliveries with FedEx and Walgreens
Wing Aviation LLC, an Alphabet company, is collaborating with FedEx Express and Walgreens to launch a first-of-its-kind drone delivery service in Christiansburg, Virginia next month. The pilot program will demonstrate the many benefits of drone delivery to communities by exploring methods to enhance last-mile delivery service, improve access to health care products, and create a new avenue of growth for local businesses. Continue reading
DRONERESPONDERS Establishes International Advisory Council
The DRONERESPONDERS Public Safety Alliance, the world’s fastest growing non-profit program supporting public safety UAS, thas announced the creation of the DRONERESPONDERS International Advisory Council (DIAC) to serve the rapidly expanding constituency of international members joining the DRONERESPONDERS movement. Continue reading
HiDRON Stratospheric Glider Sets New Canadian Record of 111,400+ Feet
STRATODYNAMICS, in collaboration with UAVOS, have announced their latest successful record-setting stratospheric flight. The stratospheric glider named the HiDRON was released from a Canadian Space Agency scientific gondola at an altitude of 111,434 feet (33.9 km) and performed a four hour controlled flight and landed at Iroquois Falls Airport about 80 km from the Timmins, Ontario launch site. Continue reading