Drone registration laws have been in effect in Ireland since 2015, however, they are due to get an update that will come into effect this year. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
Solar-Powered Drones Help Pojoaque Pueblo Monitor Vast Land Holdings
Wildflower International employees pose with their Silent Falcon drone at their office in Santa Fe. From left, Karen Sandoval, Laura Salazar, Michael Wahl, Rob Scism, all flight crew members, and Jenna deCastro the outside account executive for DOE.
Under a new partnership with Santa Fe-based Wildflower International, unmanned aerial systems made by Albuquerque-based Silent Falcon UAS Technologies will assist the Pojoaque Pueblo in managing its roaming herd of wild bison, map cultural sites on Pojoaque land, and improve fire control and search-and-rescue efforts. Continue reading
UAV-Based Thermal-Imaging Protocol to Find Toylike “Butterfly” Land Mines
A type of land mine called the “butterfly” has a particularly insidious reputation for two reasons: It is known for killing or crippling children who may pick up what looks a lot like a green plastic toy, and its mostly nonmetallic construction means it often evades traditional mine detectors. Butterfly mines’ light-touch detonators go off easily if stepped on by a fighter—or farmer—and their relatively small charge often maims people without immediately killing them. Continue reading
DroneUp and SkyWatch.AI Team to Provide Automated Insurance
DroneUp has announced that it is collaborating with SkyWatch.AI to provide on-demand, automated flight insurance coverage to Part 107 pilots when they execute commercial missions delivered in the DroneUp app. Continue reading
AgEagle Unveils New FarmLens Mobile App
AgEagle Aerial Systems, Inc. a provider of advanced drone imagery-based data collection and analytics solutions for the sustainable agriculture and precision farming markets, announced that it will extend the powerful reach and capabilities of its proprietary FarmLens platform to mobile devices with the launch of its new FarmLens mobile app. Continue reading
Trinity Flies 8km BVLOS in Disaster Control Exercise
In November 2018 the Quantum Systems Trinity performed an 8km long BVLOS flight within the framework of the CopKa disaster control exercise north of Munich. It is particularly worth mentioning in this context that the flight took place in the no-fly zone of the Munich Airport beyond visual line of sight. Continue reading
New Guinness World Record for Heaviest Load Carried by a Drone
FPT Industrial and Forvola broke the Guinness World Records for the heaviest payload lifted by a drone during FPT Industrial’s Tech Day event in Turin, Italy, on November 23rd. Forvola’s megadrone, with its 16 propellers, lifted a box full of FPT Industrial spare parts weighing 101 kg to a height of almost 1.5 meters for more than one minute and three seconds. Continue reading
Shell to Test AI-Enabled Drones at Houston Plant
Royal Dutch Shell PLC is testing how artificial intelligence-enabled drones could help prevent costly maintenance problems on expensive equipment while improving worker safety, said Jay Crotts, the oil company’s executive vice president and global chief information officer. Beginning early next year, the company will deploy several drones in a proof-of-concept project at the Shell Technology Center in Houston, which encompasses 1.2 million square feet and 44 buildings of laboratory and office space. Continue reading