Authorities are looking for the pilot of a drone that flew into power lines Monday in West Hollywood and knocked out service to hundreds of Southern California Edison customers, officials said. Continue reading
FAA Announces UAS Registration Task Force Members
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta today announced the membership of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Registration Task Force. Earl Lawrence, Director of the FAA’s UAS Integration Office, and Dave Vos of Google X will co-chair the group. Continue reading
Drone World Expo Announces Town Hall Meeting
Next month’s long anticipated Drone World Expo will offer three keynote sessions, which will be open to all attendees. The two newly announced sessions are Drones For Good: Using UAS To Stop The Slaughter of Rhino and Elephants in Africa, scheduled for Wednesday, November 18th at 9:00 am; and the DWE Town Hall Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, November 17th at 3:45 pm. These two sessions join the opening morning keynote Avoiding the Traffic Jam: A Government and Industry UTM Update(Tuesday, November 17th at 9:00 am), all taking place at the San Jose Convention Center. Continue reading
Army Blimp Breaks Loose Over Pennsylvania
An unmanned Army surveillance blimp broke loose from its mooring in Maryland and floated over Pennsylvania for hours Wednesday with two fighter jets on its tail, triggering blackouts across the countryside as it dragged its tether across power lines. Continue reading
B-2 Stealth Bomber Air-to-Air Footage
Exclusive: never before seen High Definition air-to-air footage of a USAF B-2 stealth bomber.
Designed and built by Northrop Grumman. Continue reading
Anti-Poaching Surveillance Trials in Tanzania
Martin UAV LLC and Aviation Unmanned LLC, out of Addison, TX successfully deployed two of its renowned fixed-wing unmanned systems in support of Bathawk Recon and the Tanzanian National Park Authority (TANAPA).
First Fully Licensed Film Industry Drone Operator in SA
Drone Crew has received its Remote Operator Certificate (ROC) from SACAA on 23 October 2015, and is now fully licensed to operate (RPAS) drones in South Africa.Drone Crew (Pty) Ltd is the first fully licensed RPAS (drone) operator in the South African film industry, and the 3rd fully licensed operator overall (the others being in Anti Rhino Poaching and Mining sectors). Continue reading
ScanEagle Conducts Railway Monitoring with BNSF
Launching at a tower site near Vaughn, New Mexico, Insitu accomplished the first commercial beyond visual line of sight operation with an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) in the contiguous 48 states. Continue reading