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The world’s first café using the tiny domestic unmanned aircraft as servers has opened in a Dutch university. The pop-up Drone Café will be serving up all weekend as part of celebrations for the “Dream and Dare” festival marking the 60th anniversary of the Eindhoven University of Technology. Continue reading
Legislation passed by the U.S. Senate could pave the way for the commercial deployment of drones in the national airspace, besides addressing safety issues by, for example, providing for a pilot that would find ways to lock down errant drones if they are close to airports. Continue reading
Sentera, LLC, a global provider of software, sensor, and drone technologies to the infrastructure inspection industry, has signed a distribution agreement with TESSCO Technologies Inc., a U.S. provider of product solutions required to build, use, and maintain Towers, Wireless Communications, Utilities, Mining, Oil & Gas, Renewable energy systems and Transportation.
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The inaugural launch of a ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle in Helmand, Afghanistan marked new intelligence gathering capability for the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces. Continue reading
Nearly a million acres of Douglas fir trees in the Pacific Northwest are dying of a disease that is spreading rapidly throughout the region. Continue reading
Produced by Finnish independent filmmakers Misty Friday Films, the chainsaw-wielding drone is the star of “KILLERDRONE! Flying chainsaw”.. Continue reading
In 2015, Canada released a Notice of Proposed Amendment (“NPA”), proposing a new risk-based regulatory framework for small unmanned aircraft systems (“sUAS”) that weigh less than 55 pounds (25 kg) and are operated within visual line-of-sight (“VLOS”). Although Canada and the U.S. have engaged to coordinate UAS activities and committed to establishing a mechanism to share experiences to align regulatory approaches (to the extent practical), the NPA sets forth a more complex framework for sUAS operations at various risk levels and may offer more flexibility to commercial users. The final rules are expected to be released this year.
Drone World Expo has announced partnerships with several leading groups whose members are commercial users, or are enabling commercial use of drones including the Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA), American Farm Bureau Federation, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and MAPPS. Drone World Expo will be working closely with these partners on various co-marketing and conference program initiatives leading up to the 2nd annual Drone World Expo event to be held November 15-16, 2016, at the San Jose Convention Center. Continue reading