Last week, a team from the New York Power Authority joined some Ontario Power Generation representatives to fly a drone around the Robert Moses Dam and St. Lawrence spillway as part of NYPA’s research into launching its own drone inspection program. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
Groundbreaking Arctic UAS Tests at Pendleton
Prior to its scheduled launch in 2018, the ArcticShark—a groundbreaking new unmanned aerial system designed to collect the world’s most sophisticated atmospheric data in the Arctic—will undergo flight testing at Pendleton UAS Test Range. Continue reading
Draganfly and Surefire Partner to Offer Night Search and Data Capture Solutions
Draganfly Innovations has announced that they have signed an agreement with SureFire LLC to integrate and test their LED technology as a complete system with Draganfly’s UAV’s.
Oil Spill-Mapping Swarms of Drones
Inspired by bird and insect behaviour, engineers create software to enable teams of common UAVs to work together. Continue reading
Harris to Help Develop First US BVLOS Network
Harris Corp. has received a two-year grant to help develop a first-of-its-kind solution to enable beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) operations for unmanned aircraft systems. Continue reading
‘Bee’ Drone is a Robotic Flower Pollinator
A student in Georgia wanted more people to understand the significance of bees to human life — so she created what’s essentially a “bee drone” to be a functional teaching tool that couples technology and design. In North America alone, honeybees’ role in pollination enables the production of at least 90 commercially grown crops, including apples, blueberries, melons and broccoli. Continue reading
First BVLOS Operations in Canada
Today, Ventus Geospatial, a C-ASTRAL BRAMOR gEO, ppK and gAS operator, will be conducting the first Transport Canada (TC) approved UAV test flight beyond a pilot’s visual line of sight (BVLOS) in non-military airspace. Continue reading
Leonardo to Supply Radar for French Army Patroller
Leonardo has been selected, after an international competition, by Safran Electronics & Defense to provide the PicoSAR AESA (E-Scan) radar for its Patroller UAV. The radars will be used by the French Forces, which selected the Patroller in April 2016. Continue reading