People have been told by state and local agencies to stay indoors when the weather is frightful. However, we still have to get to work, go to school and shovel snow — and basically live our lives. I mean, we live in the Upper Midwest so we know what to …

LEHMAN TWP. — Up in the sky. It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s just a drone. And the word “just” doesn’t apply. Jared Reimer, from ABJ Drones, a New Jersey-based company that deals in the flying eyes in the sky, offered a presentation at the Penn State Wilkes-Barre …

For many people active in the tenders sector, the last number of months may have been a bad omen of sorts. There has been an unprecedented wave of tender cancellations particularly to do with government related tenders. Also coming down the pipeline was mobile network operator, NetOne, communicating a decision …

Image from video uploaded on YouTube by James Vincent There is a “sense of urgency” among security officials in the U.S. that they need systems and technologies to counter potential threats from unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), the head of security for the National Football League said Feb. 28. Development of …

In the next episode of FLIR’s DELTA Podcast, thermal expert Randall Warnas meets up with Romeo Durscher, Director of Public Safety Integration, DJI. Randall and Romeo discuss how public safety has been affected by thermal drones and Durscher answers the question “What industry will be the largest user of commercial drones in …

The FAA and U.S. DOT have clarified the travel policy for LiPO batteries – something that drone flyers need to know before traveling. Batteries Lithium ion batteries do carry a risk of fire – incidents reported to the FAA show that some problem comes up at least a couple of …

Jeff Herro, senior vice president for business development at Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, said the company expects to conduct the initial flight test of its unmanned “loyal wingman” combat jet in the first week of March, Reuters reported Thursday. Kratos built the XQ-58A Valkyrie drone to support aircraft teaming and accompany …

(MENAFN – GlobeNewsWire – Nasdaq) itemprop=”articleBody”>SAN DIEGO, Feb. 28, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that it has acquired an 80.1% interest in Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc. and FTT Core, LLC (collectively ‘FTT’), a leading …

Stratospheric balloon company World View Enterprises has tapped a drone-industry veteran to become its new CEO. The Tucson-based company named Ryan Hartman, former CEO of Boeing’s Insitu unmanned aircraft subsidiary, to replace co-founder Jane Poynter as chief executive. Poynter will remain as a strategic advisor and member of World View’s …

image courtesy SimActive Canada-based SimActive isn’t just a drone company.  But as one of the global leaders in photogrammetry, SimActive sees drones as a key element in democratizing mapping data. In 2003, when Philippe Simard and his younger brother Louis started SimActive, the Canadian army was engaged in Afghanistan, mapping …