Drones with loudspeakers have been swooping between apartment blocks in China ordering people to stay inside under the world’s strictest lockdown. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
Teledyne FLIR Debuts SIRAS Drone for Public Safety and Industrial Inspection
Teledyne FLIR, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated has launched SIRAS, a professional drone that includes a quick-connect dual radiometric thermal and visible camera payload. Engineered for data security, performance, and affordability, SIRAS is optimized for industrial and utility inspection, public safety, firefighting, and search and rescue missions. Continue reading
2022 New York State Public Safety UAS Summit
On August 16 and 17, NUAIR and the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services (DHSES) held their fourth annual New York State Public Safety UAS Summit, a two-day uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS or drone) summit designed specifically for New York State public safety officials. Continue reading
Steadicopter and Viking Drone Packaging to Transport Hazardous Materials
Steadicopter has announced its collaboration with UK-based Viking Drone Packaging – experts in the fields of packaging, UAS operations and the transport of dangerous goods – with the launch of a new capability for transporting critical equipment, including hazardous materials, by air. The multi-function payload container will be installed on the Black Eagle 50 E platform. Continue reading
DJI’s New Avata FPV Drone with Propeller Guards has 18-Minute Flight Time
DJI has introduced the DJI Avata, its second FPV (first-person-view) and first cinewhoop-style drone. It can hover like a traditional drone, accelerate like a racer, zoom in and out of tight spaces, and stop “in a fraction of a second”. If it happens to land upside down, the new Turtle Mode lets it flip back up and take off again. Continue reading
French Lab Gets BVLOS Waiver for Flights Between Sites
Swiss-based RigiTech and France’s largest laboratory group Biogroup, have obtained flight authorisations to begin regular Beyond-Visual-Line-of-Sight (BVLOS) flights between Biogroup’s laboratories in Bourgoin-Jallieu and Tignieu-Jameyzieu. Continue reading
Florida Utility’s New Drone Can Speed Hurricane Recovery
Florida’s primary energy provider is ready to launch a powerful new technology, just ahead of the busiest weeks of the Atlantic hurricane season: a new fixed-wing drone designed fly into tropical storm force winds and speed the restoration of electricity after severe weather. Continue reading
Bristow to Deliver UK SAR 2G with Schiebel Camcopter Capability
Bristow has been awarded a 10-year contract by the UK Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA) to deliver the Second-Generation Search and Rescue (UKSAR2G) programme. The contract includes the operational deployment of Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS. Continue reading