Please enable Javascript to watch this video DENVER — Colorado’s drone mystery continues and descriptions of drone sightings on the eastern Plains are offering a few clues about what may be occurring. Some have described the drones as having rotors. Others say they resemble small planes. Both may be correct. …
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Bell Textron unveiled an electric air taxi this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas – and it’s one of the coolest concept vehicles that we have ever seen. DRONELIFE caught up with Cary Cannon, Bell’s Chief Engineer of Innovation, on the show floor. “We have seen a big …
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For the drone industry, one of the big announcements at CES this week was from manufacturer Autel, with the announcement of the Evo II. We met Jeff Powell, Vice President of Autel Robotics on the floor. “Our rule to build tools that perform a task,” says Powell. We don’t innovate just …
Read More »In the aftermath of disasters, drones have already been used to map the destruction and help rescuers find possible survivors. Now a new system could take this to the next level, automatically analyzing drone footage to determine whether the people spotted are still alive. “We’re using computer vision, and what …
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This morning. at CES, U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and the U.S. Chief Technology Officer Michael Kratsios discussed the current state of innovation, and recent U.S. Department of Transportation initiatives to support the safe integration of new technologies into our country’s transportation systems. As we have moved from ports to …
Read More »As part of its efforts to safely integrate drones into US air space, the Federal Aviation Administration last month proposed a new rule that would require Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to be identifiable remotely. To understand why such a rule is needed, one only has to look to the sky …
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We caught up with Alex Pachikov, CEO of Sunflower about a month ago as he was getting ready for his announcement at CES this week. Here is what Alex had to say, but first a little about his product from their recent press release. At CES 2020, Sunflower Labs will …
Read More »So far, development of the electric vertical-lift aircraft that will enable our dreams of future urban air taxis has largely been the purview of small aviation startups. The “bigs,” Boeing and Airbus, have acquired or partnered with smaller firms, while automakers – who bring expertise in mass-production if not flying …
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socastcmsRssStartAnthony AlisocastcmsRssEnd iStock(DENVER) — In the latest bid to solve the question of mysterious drone sightings vexing authorities in northeastern Colorado, a state surveillance airplane loaded with sophisticated cameras and sensors was launched Monday evening. However, it did not detect any suspicious drone activity Monday despite a five hour-flight over …
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Delta Airlines CEO Ed Bastian kicked off the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas today. At one of the largest technology shows in the world, Bastian – named by Fortne magazine one of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders in 2018 – explained how the 94 year old company is …
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