SHOTOVER, the maker of high performance stabilization platforms, has announced the debut of the SHOTOVER U1, a professional grade unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for the broadcast, motion picture, law enforcement and industrial survey markets. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
New Technology Identifies Safe Landing Sites
Senseable, a small danish drone technology developing company announced it has successfully finished the first round of tests of a new drone safety system, designed to guide drones or small aircraft to a safe landing site if technical problems arise during flight. Continue reading
US Expects 400,000 Consumer UAS Sold at Christmas
Hundreds of thousands of unmanned aircraft are expected to be sold between Black Friday and the end of the year, providing a boon for the nascent industry — and a headache for aviation safety officials. Continue reading
Drone Operations Network Launched in UK
Future Aerial Innovations has announced the launch of its Drone Operations Network. The operations model coupled with Future Drone Cloud, its cloud based technology, enables any commercial business in any sector to commission multiple fleets of drones at any one time. Continue reading
Highway Patrol Helicopter in Close Call
James Cameron Backed Innovation Competition Winner
A drone which can withstand bad weather on film sets has won an emerging technology competition. Movie mogul James Cameron threw his support behind C-Prize, a Callaghan Innovation-led competition aimed at developing the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) sector and boost New Zealand’s position as world-leader in the development of the cutting-edge technology. Continue reading
Australian Operator Focusses on Inspections
When a tiny hobbyist drone revealed the damage inside Christchurch Cathedral in New Zealand, just after the 2011 earthquake, very few had an inkling of the enormous potential these flying objects had to emerge as a major commercial infrastructure inspection tool. Continue reading
Add-on Scans Disaster Zones to Locate Survivors
A technology firm has developed a small robot module that clips on to any small drone and can be used to search for survivors from the air in a disaster zone. Continue reading





