Fluke Networks aims to improve technician safety and streamline tower maintenance workflows by adapting its Wireless Work Advisor tool to drone technology. Continue reading
New Specialized Vineyard Drone in Napa Valley
VineView-SAI, Inc., a St. Helena-based remote sensing company established in 1999, is partnering with SkySquirrel Technologies Inc. (SST), a commercial Unmanned Aerial System (drone) company based in Nova Scotia, Canada, to develop their Aqweo (*) agricultural drone.
DARPA RFI to Create Airborne Aircraft Carriers
DARPA is interested in exploring the feasibility of small UAS airborne launch and recovery approaches for providing distributed airborne capabilities from existing air platforms. The agency envisions a large aircraft that, with minimal modification, could launch and recover multiple small unmanned systems from a standoff distance. Continue reading
DJI’s Frank Wang Talks to The Wall Street Journal
DJI CEO Frank Wang, creator of the Phantom drone, speaks from the company’s Shenzhen, China headquarters about DJI’s start and the future of unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
SenseFly’s eXom Uses Vision & Ultrasound for Precision Flight
In this clip SenseFly’s eXom is flying 100% autonomously, without being remotely controlled and without the use of GPS. It is using its onboard vision and ultrasonic proximity sensors to stabilise, hold and correct its position, while the artificial intelligence built into its autopilot enables it to execute pre-programmed movements in sync with the music. Continue reading
US Offers Ravens to Ukraine
The United States has offered to supply to Ukraine three RQ-11B Raven unmanned aircraft systems in a potential deal worth more than $3 million, a diplomatic source said last week.
Drone-on-a-Leash
Sergei Lupashin, who has created a clever little device called the Fotokite. Essentially, he put the camera drone on a leash. Continue reading
FAA Ruling on sUAS by Year End
After years of waiting, a Federal Aviation Administration official said the agency was close to releasing a ruling that would give commercial entities greater access to fly small unmanned aerial system in the domestic airspace. Continue reading