Cloud-based drone telepresence and data management company Cape has partnered with the City of San Diego for a public drone deployment that markets the city’s first UAS Integration Pilot Program (IPP)demonstration by the San Diego Fire Department. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
Cyberhawk Completes First ABS Class Survey and Inspection of an Oil Tanker
Cyberhawk has successfully completed the first full ABS Intermediate Hull Survey 4 on an oil tanker using UAVs. Continue reading
UgCS and Airborne Response Develop Improved Search Pattern
UgCS, a provider of mission planning software for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), together with public safety and disaster response UAS experts Airborne Response, have developed a comprehensive search capability for drones that will allow remote pilots to more effectively conduct search and rescue operations using the UgCS platform. Continue reading
Brisbane to Get 10 Drone Launch Pads
Drones are set to become a common fixture in the Brisbane sky, with 10 launch pads to be permanently rolled across the city. It follows a surge in demand from drone enthusiasts who have taken part in Brisbane City Council’s Australian first trial of the drone zone parks since December last year.
Embry-Riddle UAS Team Tracks Shoreline Erosion
Along the shorelines of Menard-May Park in Edgewater, Florida this week, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), or drones, flew high above the water capturing high-resolution images and video of this area of Mosquito Lagoon, which is part of the Indian River Lagoon system. Continue reading
Tunisia Drone Project to Bolster Agriculture
Tunisia has partnered the African Development Bank (AfDB) to launch a pilot project to use drones for data collection to enhance management of agricultural projects across the country. Continue reading
Shooting a Sunrise Portrait with a Drone-Mounted Flash
New Hampshire professional photographer Lee Germeroth describes how he used an aerial drone-mounted flash to achieve dramatic effects on a silhouetted subject. Continue reading
Bastille Day Security Enhanced by MQ-9 Reaper
The French Air Force operated two of its MQ-9 Reapers simultaneously in support of France’s Bastille Day events, one over Paris and the second over Cognac, on July 14th. The “French Reapers,” Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) built by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), assisted French authorities by providing airborne surveillance over the national celebration. Continue reading






