Launching at a tower site near Vaughn, New Mexico, Insitu accomplished the first commercial beyond visual line of sight operation with an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) in the contiguous 48 states. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
Aeryon Partners with Microsoft’s In-Car Video Platform for Police Agencies
Aeryon Labs, a provider of small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) for military, public safety and commercial operators worldwide, has announced a technology partnership with Microsoft to include Aeryon SkyRanger within the new Microsoft Advanced Patrol Platform (MAPP) vehicle. Continue reading
FAA Authorises Tests for Workhorse’s Horsefly
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted a Certificate of Authorization (COA) to the Ohio/Indiana UAS Center and Test Complex, which will allow Workhorse Group and the University of Cincinnati to continue their joint development of Workhorse Group’s Horsefly parcel delivery drone. Continue reading
US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx Announces Unmanned Aircraft Registration Requirement
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and FAA Administrator Michael Huerta today announced the creation of a task force to develop recommendations for a registration process for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). Continue reading
Sneak Preview of Google’s New Delivery Drone
Watching baby steps of drone delivery, courtesy of Google X (5 miles in 5 mins is the promise) #zg15 pic.twitter.com/Xk2KyTRURP
— Aaref Hilaly (@aaref) October 19, 2015
This short video shows one of Google’s delivery drones gracefully drop a package at the company’s Zeitgeist confab taking place right now in Arizona. Continue reading
US Forest Service Explores Use of Unmanned Aircraft to Improve Firefighter Safety
Lockheed Martin and KAMAN Corporations demonstrated for federal officials how the remotely piloted K-MAX helicopter can be used to perform wildland firefighting scenarios, including cargo drops, single target water drops, and progressive line building with a bucket. The demonstration provided officials from the U.S. Department of the Interior and U.S. Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management the opportunity to evaluate the capabilities of the unmanned helicopter. Continue reading
Google Registers Two New UAVs with FAA
Earlier this month, Google filed paperwork with the Federal Aviation Administration for two new unmanned aerial vehicles, registering the craft to the company’s Boulder, Colorado., office, rather than its main campus in Mountain View, California. Continue reading
Droneport Project for Deliveries in Rwanda
A project aiming to deliver medical supplies to remote areas of Africa using unmanned air vehicles is gathering pace, as it prepares to select the systems that will be used for a pilot test programme in 2016. Continue reading