A Japanese drone services start-up has chosen Queensland for its regional office after being inspired by the Palaszczuk Government’s drive to advance innovation and entrepreneurship across the state. Deputy Premier and Minister for Trade and Investment Jackie Trad said Terra Drone, a Japanese unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) provider, made the decision to come to Brisbane as a result of the Premier’s trade mission to Japan in November 2016. Continue reading
Aerial MOB Film Camera Drones Headed to Canada
Opening Number – Dancing with the Stars from Aerial MOB on Vimeo.*
California-based Aerial MOB, which supplies drone services for film and TV production, has signed an exclusive deal with William F. White International to see its flying cameras rented out in Canada. The deal with Toronto-based Whites, Canada’s largest production equipment supplier, will have Aerial MOB’s small, unmanned aircrafts systems, or drones, crossing the border to provide higher vistas and tighter shots on Hollywood movie and TV shoots. Continue reading
uAvionix Dime Sized ADS-B for High Traffic Density Drone Operations
uAvionix Corporation has announced the development and test of its smallest ADS-B transceiver yet. Weighing less than 1 gram, a dime sized ADS-B prototype module for drones with transmission power between 0.01-0.25 Watts could provide visibility to any aircraft equipped with ADS-B “IN” avionics from 1 – 10 miles away, and is small enough to integrate directly into professional and consumer-level drones. Continue reading
‘Droneboarding’ Takes Off in Latvia
Skirted on all sides by snow-clad pine forests, Latvia’s remote Lake Ninieris would be the perfect picture of winter tranquility — were it not for the huge drone buzzing like a swarm of angry bees as it zooms above the solid ice surface. The powerful three-meter-long (nine-foot) drone, sporting 16 spinning propellers, is fitted with long tow ropes with handles, the kind used in water-skiing. Continue reading
General Atomics Gets $12M MQ-9 Italian Contract
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $11,752,919 undefinitized contract action for Italy MQ-9 Contractor Logistics Support Phase V Program. Contractor will provide depot repair, life cycle sustainment, and software maintenance services for Italy’s MQ-9A fleet. Continue reading
AUVSI XPONENTIAL Announces Conference Program
The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) has announced the conference program for the upcoming AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2017, the largest trade show for the unmanned systems and robotics industry. As the regulatory environment has evolved to open up new opportunities, speakers from government, industry and academia will participate in more than 200 presentations and panel discussions addressing the potential for drones, robotics, and other unmanned systems. XPONENTIAL 2017 will take place at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center in Dallas from May 8 to 11, 2017. Continue reading
Pilot Spots Drone Flying 12,000 Feet Above Mumbai
The pilot of a GoAir aircraft, approaching to land at Mumbai airport on Saturday morning, spotted a drone flying at an altitude of 12,000 feet. The white drone reportedly had four rotors and was flying at a horizontal distance of about two kilometres from the aircraft. Continue reading
Amazon Patents In-Flight Transformer Drones
Amazon.com has patented technology for drones with retractable in-flight wings. Amazon originally filed for the patent in October 2014 under the name “in-flight reconfigurable hybrid unmanned aerial vehicle.” The hybrid foldable-wing design is covered in a patent that was published last Tuesday.