What is being hailed as the world’s first commercial regular drone delivery service is beginning drop-offs in Rwanda. The operation uses fixed-wing drones that automatically fly to destinations in the central African nation. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
Facebook to Test Wireless Technology on Low-Flying Drones Above its Headquarters
The skies above Facebook’s Silicon Valley headquarters may soon be buzzing with the sound of quadcopter drones. That’s because the company plans to fly at least one small, wireless-beaming drone at an altitude of 400 feet around its headquarters in the coming months. Continue reading
White House Drone Workshop Proceedings
The AUVSI Foundation presents the proceedings of the August 2, 2016 “Workshop on Drones and the Future of Aviation,” an event co-hosted with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). The day-long workshop focused on the continued issues facing the integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into the national airspace system. Continue reading
Intel’s First Branded UAV – The Falcon 8+
Intel has introduced a company-branded commercial drone, the Falcon 8+, for North American markets, with the aim to lead in the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) market, particularly in the commercial segment. Continue reading
French Region Wants to be a ‘Drone City’
Nouvelle-Aquitaine was the first region in France convinced of the potential of a drone sector, creating the AETOS cluster in 2010. Within a few years thanks to collaboration between public authorities, innovative start-ups and SMEs, industrial players and universities, new solutions have been proposed in this fast-growing sector, with countless businesses using drones daily.
Trimble Sells UAS Business to Delair-Tech
Trimble has announced today that Delair-Tech has acquired its Belgium-based Gatewing Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) engineering and manufacturing business. Delair-Tech is a leading provider of long-range, fixed-wing UAS solutions for industrial inspection and asset management applications headquartered in Toulouse, France. Continue reading
Heliceo Offers World First in Geomatics
The DroneBox technology is scalable, patented, and designed to equip both plane and multi-rotor unmanned aerial systems, as well as terrestrial photogrammetric and bathymetric unmanned vehicle systems (UVS). Continue reading
Avianca Develops Drone for Aircraft Inspection
Avianca is internally developing an autonomous drone to inspect grounded aircraft for damage caused by lightning and bird strikes, the Latin American carrier says. Continue reading