UAV operator and consultant, Firefly Aerial Innovation, has presented to Airport Safeguarding Officers from airports across the UK to raise awareness of how commercial drones are operated. Continue reading
US DoT Seeks Public Comments on UAS Registration
In a surprise move, DOT just published a document,Clarification of the Applicability of Aircraft Registration Requirements for UAS and Request for Information Regarding Electronic Registration for UAS, to the Federal Register. DOT is soliciting recommendations on all aspects of the UAS registration process, including which UAS should be exempt from the registration requirement. Continue reading
MAPPS Joins FAA Registration Task Force
MAPPS, the only national association of private sector firms in the surveying, spatial data and geographic information systems field in the United States and a leader on the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the geospatial field, today announced it has accepted an invitation from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to be a member of the UAS Registration Task Force (RTF) Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC). Continue reading
NASA Plans BLOS Testing for UAV ATM Integration
NASA plans to carry out beyond line-of-sight testing of an air traffic management component for unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) in 2016, following on from a series of low-risk testing that took place last August. Continue reading
Aeryon Labs Gets $60 Million in Growth Financing
Aeryon Labs Inc., a manufacturer of small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) and mission control software, announced that it has closed a $60 million investment from Summit Partners. This investment will help the company realize its ambitious vision for the sUAS market, which sees widespread adoption across military, public safety and commercial operators worldwide.
Precision ag Upgrade for Phantom 3
Sentera, LLC, a sensor, software, and drone company is making precise crop health and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) data affordable to every grower by enabling new and existing Phantom 3 Professional drones to capture NDVI data. Continue reading
Russia Will Test Unmanned Tiltrotor Aircraft By 2016
State testing of the Granat-5 unmanned tiltrotor aircraft designed for the Russian Navy will begin before the end of the year, a spokesman of the developing company, Izhmash Unmanned Systems announced. Continue reading
Unmanned NOAA Hexacopter Monitors Health of Endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales
A NOAA Fisheries research team flying a remotely operated hexacopter in Washington’s San Juan Islands in September collected high-resolution aerial photogrammetry images of all 81 Southern Resident killer whales that showed the endangered whales in robust condition and that several appear to be pregnant. Continue reading