A new unmanned aerial vehicle offering up to two hours continuous flying time and capable of carrying a payload of up to 10kg has been released by Terra Drone Corporation. Continue reading
China to Open a Drone Factory in Saudi Arabia
China will construct a new facility to produce unmanned aerial vehicles in Saudi Arabia, following a recent visit from Saudi King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud Salman. Continue reading
FAA 2017 Unmanned Aircraft Systems Symposium
Michael Huerta FAA
The Federal Aviation Administration’s 2017 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (“UAS”) Symposium opened on March 27, 2017. Through the first two days of the conference, the FAA has focused on its efforts to work with UAS industry stakeholders to facilitate the integration of UAS into the national airspace system (“NAS”). Continue reading
New Report Reveals Drone Industry Trends Across 160 Countries
DroneDeploy revealed its third Commercial Drone Industry Trends Report, representing analysis of more than 10 million acres mapped by drone users in more than 160 countries across all seven continents. The original report, released a year ago, provided the first insight into global trends in commercial drone use based on real-world mapping data. Continue reading
Northrop Firebird Tests UAV Collision Avoidance System
Northrop Grumman’s Firebird optionally manned demonstrator has completed an early shakedown of the anti-collision system intended to make the skies safe for unmanned and manned aircraft.
US Army Tests Dual-Rotor UAS for Casualty Evacuation
Dragonfly Pictures Inc.’s DP14 Hawk, a dual-rotor unmanned aerial system, could play a role in a U.S. Army effort to one day use drones to evacuate wounded soldiers from the battlefield. Continue reading
Schiebel CAMCOPTER Approaches Manned-Unmanned Teaming Operations
Schiebel and Patria have been working together to integrate Patria’s sophisticated Compact Airborne Networking Data Link (CANDL) communication network onto the CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS). Continue reading
uAvionix Releases Remote Identification White Paper
Only two days after our previous article on Remote Identification (RID) predicting it was the “next big hurdle for drone regulations”, AUVSI released a “Call for Papers” on the subject. Naturally, we felt we had some thoughts to contribute. Continue reading