TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Navy unveiled a vertical takeoff naval drone with the capability to fly horizontally and land on water, dubbed Pelican-2, on Saturday morning in a ceremony where a homegrown Inertial Navigation System (INS) was also put on display. Iranian Army Commander Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi and Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein …

Sierra Leone on Friday launched West Africa’s first drone for good corridor to help in fast and efficient health care delivery of medical supplies. A drone corridor is an airspace where drones and drone solutions can be tested for use to support different sectors. With support from UNICEF Sierra Leone …

Drone aerial imaging over Chicago. Courtesy of Helios Visions Hey, Chicagoland – ready to learn about drones? Check out the newly released Guide to Flying Drones in Chicago – courtesy of hometown UAV firm Helios Visions. Authored by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University professor Ryan Gibson, the complimentary web guide informs both …

Source: Hoverfly More than a year after launching a new product line, tether-drone firm Hoverfly Technologies announced a golden benchmark this week – selling its 50th LiveSky system to an unnamed federal customer. Due to the contract’s security terms, company officials can’t reveal the mysterious customer, but a law-enforcement or …

From the battlefield to your backyard, drones are becoming more commonplace and the potential benefits of drones are considerable: They save lives in natural and man-made disasters, support law enforcement, contribute to safe infrastructure maintenance and management, and streamline agriculture management to name a few. By far the largest part …

DRONELIFE will join the global drone community in Amsterdam next week for Amsterdam Drone Week and the EASA High Level Conference on Drones.  It’s a fascinating show in a beautiful city.  Amsterdam Drone Week is an opportunity for businesses, customers, inventors, financers and stakeholders in drone technology to come together …

UK drone pilots must register their details with the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) by the end of 29 November or face a fine of £1,000. Anyone responsible for a drone which weighs more than 250g (8.8oz) must register it with the regulator online. The drone operator must be over 18 …

image: courtesy Altohelix In proclaiming Thanksgiving Day in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln said, “the year that is drawing towards its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from …

IntelligentUAS Some things are holiday classics,  two things that come to mind in my household for Thanksgiving are the song Alice’s Restaurant first published by Arlo Guthrie in 1967 and the cooking the Thanksgiving Dinner with a Drone video.    First published by us several years ago,  here it is …

A student of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, Mr Oluwaseyi Falola, has developed and put to flight a Unique Heliosat (Drone). Using remote control, the drone climbed a specific height and directed to the task assigned to it.  According to a statement by the Deputy Director, Corporate Communications, …