RaptorMaps—a startup that’s developed drones to provide analytics on crops and make agriculture more sustainable—has won the 2015 MIT $100K business competition.
Drones Banned from 81 Tokyo Parks
The Tokyo metropolitan government has prohibited people from operating drones in all metropolitan parks, officials said. A total of 81 parks and gardens managed by the metropolitan government are subject to the ban, which also prohibits people from bringing drones into the parks.
P-51 Mustang at Flying Legends 2014
This is a film about French based P-51 Mustang Moonbeam McSwine which took part in the Flying Legends Air Show 2015 at Duxford in the UK.
FAA Launches National Capital Region No Drone Zone Campaign
U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced a public outreach campaign for the National Capital Region around Washington, D.C. to reinforce the message that the District of Columbia and cities and towns within a 15-mile radius of Ronald-Reagan Washington National Airport are a No Drone Zone. Continue reading
NASA Cohosts Forum on Managing the Expanding UAS Traffic
NASA and the Silicon Valley chapter of the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) are partnering to cosponsor the 2015 Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Traffic Management Convention: A New Era in Aviation, July 28-30, at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California. Continue reading
DARPA TERN Programme Produces Spin-Offs
The Tern program, which seeks to develop long-range drones that can launch from the deck of a ship, has already got a couple of spinoffs.
Textron Systems Launches End-to-End Unmanned Systems Training Catalogue
Textron Systems Support Solutions, a subsidiary of aerospace and defense firm Textron Inc., has announced the introduction of its new unmanned systems training course catalog. Building on the company’s decades of experience and millions of service hours devoted to training and deploying skilled unmanned systems operators and maintainers around the world, this new catalog offers a comprehensive range of unmanned systems coursework.
IAI and Sky Sapience Partner on Tethered Hovering Aerial Systems
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Sky Sapience have signed an agreement for the development, marketing and production of new tethered hovering aerial systems.