Measure has announced Measure Nationwide, a proprietary franchise system that will be working to convert existing commercial drone operators around the country into Measure franchisees. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
Woolpert Deploys UAS to Collect Imagery for Rural Roads Project
Woolpert has been hired by Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI) to collect imagery via unmanned aerial system (UAS), or drone, of haul roads throughout the Midwest. Continue reading
Lloyd’s Register’s Issues Guidance Notes on UAS
Lloyd’s Register’s first phase of its guidance notes for drones and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) is launched today, giving operators in the energy and marine industries confidence in using UAS for offshore, marine and onshore surveys and in-service inspections.
New Partnership for BVLOS for Power Line Inspections
The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) and Sharper Shape, an operator of automated Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)-based asset inspection, have formed an innovative partnership to demonstrate and develop commercial UAS beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flights for electric companies. Continue reading
GeoFIT Americas Adopts SimActive’s Correlator3D
SimActive Inc., a developer of photogrammetry software, has announced the purchase of its Correlator3D software by GeoFIT Americas, a subsidiary of Groupe FIT. The software is used for image processing from UAVs in sizeable mapping projects. Continue reading
Lufthansa Plane in Near Miss at LAX
A near miss between a drone and a Lufthansa aircraft landing at Los Angeles International Airport may give impetus to moves to regulate consumer drones more closely, including by using technologies like geofencing. Continue reading
New UAV Can Launch from Underwater
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, have developed an innovative unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that can stay on station beneath the water, then launch into the air to perform a variety of missions. Continue reading
Colorado Charter Airline Adds UAS Services
A Colorado-based private airline management and charter company has expanded into the unmanned aircraft systems industry. Mountain Aviation has announced it received a U.S. Federal Aviation Administration section 333 exemption to commercially operate UAVs through services tied to aerial mapping, agriculture support, industrial inspections, aerial video, search and rescue, energy system inspections and forestry monitoring. Continue reading