A flight from Paris had a close call with a drone while landing at Dulles International Airport Thursday afternoon. The pilot of Air France Flight 54 reported to the tower crossing a drone about 100 feet above the Boeing 777. The tower then warned other pilots about the drone deep inside restricted airspace. Continue reading
UVS International Continues Its Federating Activity
This week, two additional national drone associations joined UVS International as partner organisations, namely:
– SBSL, Poland
– UAVA, Czech Republic Continue reading
senseFly Gets First Swiss Approval for Anytime BVLOS Operations
senseFly has become the first drone operator to be granted anytime Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) authorisation in Switzerland. The country’s Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) has granted senseFly permission to fly any of its eBee-branded mapping solutions beyond the visual sight of a drone’s operator, using observers, without the need to set-up a flight operation ‘Danger Area’ beforehand. Continue reading
Tethered Station for Unlimited Endurance Flights
Embention has released its latest development including highly innovative technology, the Tethered Station NM& TS150. This station permits the anchorage of an UAV to a ground station by using a cable.
Whistling Death “The Corsair”
If you’ve ever wondered how a fighter aircraft with a huge and noisy radial engine like the WW2 Corsair could end up with a nickname that refers to the whistling noise it makes in a high speed dive this is the video you’ve been waiting for. Crank up your sound system and listen to the whistle… Continue reading
Aeryon and DroneDeploy Partner to Deliver End-to-End Enterprise UAS Solutions
Aeryon Labs Inc., and DroneDeploy, a drone data platform, have announced their partnership to deliver integrated UAS solutions to end-users and service providers in the commercial/industrial market. Continue reading
‘Drastic’ Increase in South African Drone Traffic
The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) says over the last year, the number of registered remotely-piloted aircraft systems (RPAS), commonly known as drones, has more than doubled. Continue reading
Flying Submarine
InnoCorp, LLC has announced SubMurres – its unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) drone—transitioning from water to air to land without any individual or multiple deployments, fission of elements, (as in rockets), or complicated maneuvering. Continue reading