Glenn Cullingford, chief pilot for the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District, directs the unmanned aircraft, a fraction of the size of the helicopters and planes buzzing at Florida Keys Marathon Airport . Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
Japan Tests Drone Delivery to Islands
A quadcopter built by a Nagoya-based company has completed a trial run to see if unmanned aircraft can be used to transport goods from Kagawa Prefecture to an island in the Seto Inland Sea.
Quadcopter Drinks Waiters in Singapore
A restaurant chain in Singapore has demonstrated flying helicopter drones being used to deliver food and drinks from the kitchen, right to customers’ tables. Continue reading
Netherlands Companies Collaborate on Inspections
Bureau Veritas and Skeye BV have signed a preferred supplier ship related to inspection work executed with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV’s).
Indian Police Seize Drone Operated by Chinese National
A Chinese national was interrogated by police after they seized a drone which he allegedly tried to fly at Chennai’s popular Marina beach without permission. Continue reading
Phantom Safety Upgrade Rolled Back after ‘Flight Behaviour’ Issues
DJI recently an update that added some new safety features, including GPS geofencing that stops the drone flying about near sensitive places: like the White House. However, it has paused the roll-out of the update after a few reports that “unanticipated flight behaviour after updating” to Phantom firmware v3.10.
Hobby UAS as Terror Weapons
If you want to understand why the government freaked out when a $400 remote-controlled quadcopter landed on the White House grounds last week, you need to look four miles away, to a small briefing room in Arlington, Virginia. Continue reading
MIT’s Entry in Dubai’s ‘Drones For Good’ Contest is a Drone Swarm that can Land on Water
When a team from MIT’s Senseable City Lab flew to Dubai this weekend to participate in Drones for Good, a contest hosted by the UAE government, they brought a swarm of five amphibious drones in tow.