Reno-based drone company Flirtey has completed the first multi-drone delivery demonstration with a single pilot under the Federal Aviation Administration’s Drone Integration Pilot Program. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
Xcel Energy Operates BVLoS for Ongoing Inspections
In one of the most significant advancements of unmanned aircraft under development by a U.S. utility, Xcel Energy is operating drones beyond visual line of sight during ongoing inspections of transmission lines near Denver. Continue reading
Impossible Aerospace Raises $9.4 M Series A for Two-Hour Flight Time Electric Drone
Impossible Aerospace has announced a $9.4 million Series A funding and unveiled the US 1, an electric commercial-grade drone with a flight time of up to two hours. Continue reading
DJI Phantom Crashes Inspecting Sinking Millennium Tower in San Francisco
The aerial inspection of a cracked window at San Francisco’s tilting Millennium Tower came to a crashing halt when the drone dropped from the sky, nearly missing pedestrians below. Continue reading
UAV Navigation Integrates FCS in Record Time
UAV Navigation has just released a case study demonstrating its ability to is able to deliver a cutting-edge Flight Control Solution (FCS) in the shortest period of time. Continue reading
Oxford Town Council Launches Commercial Drone Services
Oxford Direct Services (ODS), the service delivery and commercial arm of Oxford City Council in the UK ,has announced that it is to start providing drone-based services to include roof and building surveying, land mapping, aerial photography and filming. Continue reading
EagleView Invests in PrecisionHawk
PrecisionHawk Inc., a provider of drone technology for the enterprise, has announced a partnership with EagleView, a provider of aerial imagery and data analytics for government, insurance and commercial sectors. Through this partnership with PrecisionHawk, EagleView will collect at-scale insurance claims imagery via drones by leveraging PrecisionHawk’s global network of drone pilots, Droners.io. Continue reading
DroneInsurance.com and AirMap Partner on Drone Insurance
REIN‘s DroneInsurance.com, a digital drone insurance portal, is announcing its collaboration with AirMap, a leading drone airspace management platform. The relationship allows drone operators to seamlessly access DroneInsurance.com’s offerings within AirMap for Drones, AirMap’s iOS and Android applications, providing a streamlined option to add insurance coverage as part of AirMap’s pre-flight planning workflow. Continue reading