UAS VISION
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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.
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
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
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
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
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
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and key government agencies involved in unmanned aircraft operations are expanding participation in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Executive Committee (EXCOM). Continue reading
Government and industry representatives have gathered at Wales’s Snowdonia Aerospace Centre this month to watch Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) take on a series of innovative missions. Continue reading