The Parrot Group has decided to pull the plug out of drone service supplier Airinov, because of disappointing financial results.
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
YellowScan Appoints New US Distributor
YellowScan, a supplier of UAV LiDAR Solutions, has announced a new US distribution partnership with Frontier Precision, a company that has been dedicated to its clients for more than 30 years. Continue reading
Pioneering BVLoS Drone Flight Over Trans-Alaska Pipeline
Echodyne, a manufacturer of innovative, high-performance radars for government and commercial markets, announced that its EchoGuard airspace management radars were the ground-based sensor for the first-ever UAS mission to operate beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) flight without ground observers. Continue reading
Swiss Post Suspends Drone Delivery Service After Second Crash
For about a year, Swiss Post and Matternet have been collaborating on a drone delivery service in three different cities in Switzerland, with drones ferrying lab samples between hospitals far faster and more efficiently than is possible with conventional ground transportation. The service had made about 3,000 successful flights as of last January, but a January 25th crash into Lake Zurich put things on hold until April. Continue reading
Kespry and DroneBase Partner to Expand Bring Your Own Drone Program
Kespry, a drone-based aerial intelligence solution provider, and DroneBase, a global drone services company, have announced a partnership to enable insurance, mining, and aggregates enterprises across North America to expand aerial analytics implementation across their worksites. Continue reading
German Researchers Develop Unmanned Gyrocopter for Heavier Cargo
Drone gyrocopter over Cochstedt Airport, Germany
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is developing a new type of gyrocopter that gets rid of the pilot to provide more cargo space. The focus of the Automated Low Altitude Air Delivery (ALAADy) system, the ALAADy Demonstrator unmanned gyrocopter is designed to autonomously deliver heavier cargoes at low altitudes. Continue reading
Georgia Man Tried to Drop Drugs into a Prison
A Georgia man who was illegally operating an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to drop contraband into Autry State Prison has pleaded guilty for his crime, said U.S. Attorney Charles “Charlie” Peeler. Eric Lee Brown, 35, of Lithonia, Georgia pleaded guilty to one count of Operating an Aircraft Eligible for Registration Knowing that the Aircraft is Not Registered to Facilitate a Controlled Substance Offense before U.S. District Court Judge Louis Sands on Thursday, July 25, 2019. Continue reading
Uber Eats Successful Delivery Tests used 4G BVLoS Technology
Uber Eats successfully tested its first food delivery by drone recently, in a high-density urban area with the assistance of technology from San Diego-based startup ModalAI. As the drone carried its edible cargo, VOXL, a powerful yet light-weight computing platform with 4G cellular connectivity, helped keep it safely on the flight path, even when the drone was out of sight from the pilot-in-command. Continue reading