As part of a broader strategy to aggressively combat wildfires, the U.S. Department of the Interior has awarded a Call When Needed contract to four U.S. companies for small-unmanned aircraft systems services. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
Israeli Company Flytrex in FAA Pilot Program
Israeli drone logistics company Flytrex has teamed up with the North Carolina state government to participate in a groundbreaking Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) pilot program that will bring Flytrex’s food-delivery drone technology closer to rollout in the United States. Continue reading
The Future of Search and Rescue
The drone threads its way through the disaster area, beneath ceilings and power lines, through narrow corridors, sewer pipes and hallways. Bodies and survivors lie under rubble. When it’s not feeling its way through tight confines, there’s wind to contend with. Continue reading
MIT Researchers Use VR to Prevent Drone Collisions
Training drones to fly fast, around even the simplest obstacles, is a crash-prone exercise that can have engineers repairing or replacing vehicles with frustrating regularity. Now MIT engineers have developed a new virtual-reality training system for drones that enables a vehicle to “see” a rich, virtual environment while flying in an empty physical space. Continue reading
Croatia Relaxes Drone Laws
Drones and companies using drones for video and photo footage has been a boom business is Croatia over the past few years. However, due to extremely tight restrictions put in place by the Croatian Civil Aviation Agency (CCAA) more and more calls have been coming from drone users to relax some of these rules. Continue reading
Norwegian Technology Improves Emergency Preparedness
Telenor, Andøya Space Center and Robot Aviation are joining forces to develop and test Norwegian unmanned aerial systems in order to improve preparedness in Svalbard. Continue reading
NCDoT Joins FEMA Drone Working Group
Drones are an increasingly integral part of all emergency response operations, so the North Carolina Department of Transportation is working to make sure North Carolina’s drone operators are prepared when disaster strikes. Continue reading
FAA Integration Pilot Program Awardees in Detail
Last week U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao that USDOT has selected 10 state, local and tribal governments as participants in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Pilot Program. Continue reading