In the five days since Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed a few minutes after taking off from Addis Ababa, killing all 157 people aboard, regulators around the world have grounded the Boeing 737 MAX 8. That’s a reaction to the fact that the circumstances of this disaster match those of …
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It took a Canadian drone operator to explain to me the devilish detail in the Canadian drone regulations first proposed in 2017: the list of “compliant aircraft.” The regulations have been updated and changed since then, but the concept of a single list of aircraft that were considered compliant with …
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Lifting off from Marina South Pier in Singapore with 3D printed consumables from Wilhelmsen’s onshore 3D printing micro-factory, the Airbus Skyways drone navigated autonomously along pre-determined ‘aerial-corridors’ in its 1.5km flight to Eastern Working Anchorage. The drone landed on the deck of the Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO)’s Anchor Handling Tug …
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(photo by Beth Wynn / © Mississippi State University) Mississippi State University is flying high for two reasons. 1 . The men’s basketball team is looking to make a tough showing tonight against the SEC-leading Tennessee Vols.* 2. The school’s Raspet Flight Research Laboratory has acquired two TigerShark XP3 drones. …
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We often think of drone deliveries as being most useful in remote, hard-to-reach locations. Usually, that involves providing a cargo-carrying alternative in rural areas or a link to places cut off by natural disasters. But ‘hard-to-reach’ can also apply in some of the world’s busiest ports. A drone delivery project with …
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image courtesy Dedrone Counter drone technology firm Dedrone recently completed a nine month study on the subject of drones over correctional facilities. The results are frightening – and demonstrate exactly why the industry needs counter drone technology to be implemented over prisons and other sensitive facilities. If you really want …
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FAA compliant platform makes drones trackable and accountable with black box flight recorder, software and services for pilots, regulators and insurance companies Humacao. Puerto Rico (PRWEB) – Red Cat, a leading provider of distributed data storage, analytics and services for the drone industry, today announced the beta release of its …
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image licensed by CC2.0 You could see this coming, and now it’s an official announcement. AirMap has partnered with drone detection technology provider Fortem Technologies to provide a solution that will allow cities to detect all drones in the air, both cooperative and non-cooperative. These will be shared with the …
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While many whitepapers are good only as a substitute for Sominex, Kittyhawk has written one well worth reading carefully. “Remote ID & Drones” (download for free here) takes views from all over the industry to unpack the hot topic of remote ID for commercial drone users, explaining both what it is …
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Amid severe labor shortages, the use of unmanned aerial vehicles to perform human tasks is sure to grow, and DJI, the world’s biggest drone-maker, is ready to respond, the firm’s Japan head said. Drones for industrial uses ranging from agriculture to infrastructure maintenance and security are becoming more popular, said …
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