As the 2016 wildfire season begins, federal agencies are again alerting industry and the public that the use of private drones (Unmanned Aircraft Systems or UAS) over or near active wildfire operations puts firefighters at risk and hampers their ability to protect lives, property and natural resources. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
Johns Hopkins Crash Drones to Expose Design Flaws
New research by a Johns Hopkins computer security team has raised concerns about how easily hackers could cause these robotic devices to ignore their human controllers and land or, more drastically, crash. Continue reading
Usage-Based Insurance for UAS Market
Usage-based insurance (UBI) is exploding as a phenomenon in the auto industry. Now, Acend, a telematics, software and data science provider, will deliver that same groundbreaking service to the unmanned aerial systems (UAS) market. Continue reading
Innovative Drone Technology to Tackle Deforestation
A UK start-up is developing a high tech concept that it believes will one day enable it to plant one billion trees every year, contributing to efforts to tackle global deforestation and contributing towards greater overall sustainability. Continue reading
Ehang to Test Passenger Drone in Nevada
The Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) and the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems (NIAS) have executed a historic teaming agreement with EHang, Inc., a technological innovation company specializing in Research & Development, manufacturing, and sales of intelligent aerial vehicles. The agreement will provide the foundation for collaboration between NIAS and EHang in the areas of flight testing, training, and development at Nevada’s FAA UAS Test Site. Continue reading
Autonomous Parachute System for Drones
Start-up company SkyFallX unveiled a fully autonomous parachute system for drones last year. The purpose of the system is to reduce danger to people and property on the ground. The company is now seeking strategic partners to help enter mass-production. Continue reading
DroneDeploy Users Map 3,000,000 Acres
At the Drones Data X Conference in San Francisco, Mike Winn, co-founder and CEO of DroneDeploy, announced in his keynote that our users had achieved a new industry milestone: 3,000,000 drone mapped acres across 120 countries.
Camcopter S-100 again Supports Refugee Rescue Missions in the Mediterranean
After the successful 2014 and 2015 operations, Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER S-100 continues its substantial support of the Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS), a global search-and-rescue charity organization. Continue reading