Airogistic LLC, a pioneer for developing UAV infrastructure products and services, has announced the product rollout of the DroneDome. The DroneDome is an outdoor netted shelter that allows for the use and testing of small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) in a controlled and personnel safe environment.
Multinational Law Firm Hires Gretchen West
Multinational law firm Hogan Lovells has hired unmanned aircraft systems advocate Gretchen West, who will provide business and regulatory consulting to the firm’s clients who use or seek to use drones commercially.
West, a nonlawyer with an MBA, joins the firm’s Silicon Valley government regulatory practice as senior advisor for innovation and technology. She joins from commercial drone software startup DroneDeploy, where she was vice president of business development and regulatory affairs. She expects to work quite a bit with Hogan Lovells’ clients in the energy, agriculture and mining industries.
UAV Inspection Services for Wind Turbines
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles to inspect wear and tear on wind turbines is coming into its own, and may well be a $6 billion business by 2024, Navigant Research reports.
Russia Developing Multirole Heavy UAS
Russia is developing a heavy drone that could be used both as reconnaissance and combat aircraft, one of its designers said in an interview Wednesday. Continue reading
BlueBird Unveils Enhanced ThunderB
BlueBird Aero Systems unveiled the enhanced version of its ThunderB tactical unmanned air vehicle at the AUS&R 2015 conference in Israel. Continue reading
MQ-1B Predator Accident Report Released
A total electrical failure caused by a short circuit led to the crash of an MQ-1B Predator in the Central Command Area of Responsibility March 1, 2015, according to an Air Combat Command abbreviated accident investigation board report released on Wednesday September 9th.
WW1 Dogfight – Fokker Monoplane vs Sopwith Biplane
Two of The Vintage Aviator Ltd’s rotary engine powered aircraft, a 1918 Fokker D.VIII monoplane, and a 1917 Sopwith Camel are shown here during a simulated dogfight at low level as may have been seen over the front lines during the closing stages of World War One in 1918. Continue reading
Petrack Drones Find Missing Pets
According ASPCA, every year, only about 17 percent of lost pets in shelters are reunited with their families. Return-to-owner rate for electronic searching and ID pets was over 45 percent.