Category Archives: Research

Droneresponders Releases New Guidance for Public Safety UAS Flight Training and Operations

The NIST Standard Test Method for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems is used to train fire rescue personnel for public safety UAS operations

DRONERESPONDERS has released new research findings designed to help improve efficacy and safety surrounding public safety drone operations. The report, Public Safety UAS Flight Training and Operations, was presented at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) headquarters on Monday, December 3 to a group of key government and industry stakeholders. Continue reading →

WavDrone to Begin Flight Testing at Griffiss Airfield

WavDrone, Ltd. a wholly-owned subsidiary of Universal Power Industry Corporation announced that they will begin comprehensive flight testing of its carbon-nanotube drones and drone intercept technologies at Griffiss International Airport, formerly Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, N.Y. Continue reading →

Hexacopter to Inspect Glass Facades of Skyscrapers

Researchers from the Shenyang Institute of Automation at the Chinese Academy of Sciences presented a drone, designed to repair and maintain skyscrapers, a type of building that is becoming increasingly common in large Chinese cities. Continue reading →

Encroaching Drones Usually Go Unseen by Pilots

Can you spot the drone in this video? The pilot of the aircraft could not see it.

Skilled pilots approaching a runway usually can’t see small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) encroaching on their airspace, and they virtually never detect motionless drones, a newly published study shows. Continue reading →

Roofing Drone Nails Down Shingles

An octocopter capable of attaching asphalt shingles to roofs with a nail gun has been demonstrated at the University of Michigan. Continue reading →

NASA’s UAM Grand Challenge

NASA has announced plans for a Grand Challenge series aimed at providing a proving ground where NASA, vehicle providers, airspace technology providers, and the public learn what it really requires to achieve urban air mobility (UAM) and operate air vehicles safely in an urban environment.. Continue reading →

HiDRON Stratospheric Glider Sets New Canadian Record of 111,400+ Feet

STRATODYNAMICS, in collaboration with UAVOS, have announced their latest successful record-setting stratospheric flight. The stratospheric glider named the HiDRON was released from a Canadian Space Agency scientific gondola at an altitude of 111,434 feet (33.9 km) and performed a four hour controlled flight and landed at Iroquois Falls Airport about 80 km from the Timmins, Ontario launch site. Continue reading →

MSU Student Uses Drone Technology for Soybean Research

Farming is practically part of Ashley Kuhlman’s DNA.

“I’ve always wanted to be in some sort of farming,” Kuhlman said. “I was always out in the field with my dad. Just to be able to watch things grow day by day is remarkable.” Continue reading →