India’s leading e-tailer Flipkart is thinking beyond the horizon. It wants to use drones to deliver goods to rural areas. The catch is that civilian drones are not allowed in India but the Bangalore-based company, which has grown to be a giant in just seven years since its founding, is expecting to convince the government because it helps remote parts of the country. Continue reading
Lily Offers a Self-Flying Camera
The Lily quadcopter flies itself and can follow you at speeds of up to 25 miles per hour at a height of 10 to 30 feet. But Lily also has packs a nice camera that captures high-definition video (1080p at 60 frame per second). The Menlo Park, Calif.-based startup, Lily Robotics, doesn’t see itself as competing with drone makers like DJI. Instead, it wants to take on action sports camera maker GoPro. Continue reading
Unknown Surveillance Drone Crashes in Somalia
Unknown drone has crashed in a remote area in South-Western Somalia as cause of the crash is still unclear. Continue reading
Drone World Expo – Exclusive Board Member Interviews – Tony Carmean | Aerial Mob
To find out what inspires their interest in UAS and attracts the Advisory Board Members to support Drone World Expo, we scheduled a series of exclusive interviews.
Our second interviewee is Tony Carmean, CMO & Founding Partner, Aerial MOB, LLC. Tony oversees all aspects of marketing and overall business development for the rapidly growing company. Before forming Aerial MOB with his Partners in early 2013, Tony’s career included a 19 years in the media industry with a successful track record in business development and sports marketing. Tony has a key role in developing the unmanned aerial cinematography side of the Aerial MOB business model and has been instrumental in the company’s successful bid to become one of the first companies to receive am FAA exemption for use of unmanned aircraft on scripted closed set film productions. Continue reading
Cicadas – Swarming Mini-Drones
U.S. military scientists have invented a miniature drone that fits in the palm of a hand, ready to be dropped from the sky like a mobile phone with wings.
Senators, Congressmen, Praise New UAS Research
Members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives pledged to continue their support for a newly-designated FAA Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems that will research and develop technologies and policies for the use of unmanned aerial systems, or drones, in the United States. Continue reading
Secret Service Arrests Man After Drone Flies Near White House
The US Secret Service arrested a man who was flying a small drone less than a block from the White House on last Thursday afternoon, law enforcement officials said.
South Africa Introduces Regulations
New rules regulating the use of remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS), popularly known as drones have been signed by the Minister of Transport, Ms Dipuo Peters and will be officially be put into effect 01 July 2015
Director of Civil Aviation Poppy Khoza said the South African Civil Aviation Authority, a member of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) RPAS Panel, had engaged with a number of key role players such as operators, manufacturers, and other airspace users and after months of amendments and incorporating requests by various stakeholders a draft was approved by the Minister of Transport on 5 May 2015. Continue reading