Leading U.S. drone platform supplier PrecisionHawk has been working for 3 years to develop its analysis on flight past visible line of sight (BVLOS.)  Now, they’re able to go it on. As a number one member of the FAA’s Pathfinder Program, PrecisionHawk has been flying beneath a BVLOS waiver and …

By James from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (G-JNSH Robinson R22 Helicopter) [CC BY-SA 2.0] The crash touchdown of a Robinson Helicopter R22 in South Carolina final week, reportedly brought on by interference with a drone, has prompted the AMA to challenge an official assertion asking the general public not to soar to …

The Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) will host the annual AMA Expo East this week.  This yr’s even presents loads of curiosity for drone operators.  The occasion, introduced by ReadyMadeRC.com,  might be held on the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, New Jersey February 23 – 25. “The three-day expo will …

A student-led analysis group is taking the drone idea to the excessive seas to save lots of beleaguered sperm whales. Search and Help Aquatic Mammals UAS (SHAMU – sure just like the well-known whale) is a 11-person venture group comprised of University of Colorado Boulder aerospace-engineering college students. The venture …

U.S. -based industrial drone producer Harris Aerial has simply launched a gasoline and electrical hybrid cargo drone for prolonged flight capabilities. The Carrier H4 Hybrid isn’t Harris Aerial’s first providing.  The firm gives heavy carry drones capable of carry subtle sensors to universities and analysis establishments in abroad markets with …

Pilotless drones are persevering with to realize prominence within the industrial drone trade – and the enterprise neighborhood.  Leading automated drone firm  Airobotics was honored among the many Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Israel in Fast Company‘s world’s Most Innovative Companies rating this 12 months. Airobotics has been a …

Restoring energy to mountainous areas as soon as a hurricane has hit is a problem. The terrain tends so as to add critical issues to any restoration operation, significantly when energy strains run from peak to peak. According to Fast Company, Duke Energy has been utilizing drone expertise to reconnect distant elements of Ponce, …

The main drone advocacy group for the drone , the Commercial Drone Alliance, has printed its checklist of legislative priorities for 2018.  Among the highest priorities for the group: widespread sense regulation for hobbyist drones and faster motion on flight over folks, BVLOS flight, and assist for UTM (Unmanned Traffic …

Conservation Media makes use of drones to create tales about wildlife and nature. We needed to be taught extra about their work and the way they first bought began, so we sat down with proprietor and producer Jeremy Roberts to be taught extra. About Conservation Media Conservation Media has an …

A brand new examine in Nature Communications  finds that drone deliveries could be good for the surroundings. The examine was performed by researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Carnegie Mellon University, and located that utilizing drones as an alternative of vehicles would imply an general discount in power consumption …