Unmanned Aerial Vehicle The latest drone news

Still trying to think of that perfect present?  Give what you’d most like to receive.   Here’s a quick guide to help you choose the best drone for each person on your list. The following is a guest post by commercial drone pilot and writer Terry Jarrell.  Choosing the perfect …

(Bloomberg) — As thousands rush to complete journeys disrupted by the recent drone incursions at London Gatwick airport, here’s a guide to how the aviation industry is responding, and what the long-term fallout might be. Managing Chaos Airlines have a legal duty to get travelers to their destination, no matter …

With a warm shout out to Clement Clarke Moore!  ‘Twas the day before Christmas, when across this great land, Drones were delivering and lending a hand;   I was working my drone job at the ole FAA, Checking out that drone pilots, our rules they obey;   ‘Twas Yuletide, I …

Drones are going to be used to help deliver medical supplies including vaccines to the remote villages of Vanuatu.  The just signed contract allows for the drones to be able to make two deliveries per day with the ability to fly up to 100 km and carry up to 2.5 …

Some news outlets still identify the drone operators as “Eco-terrorists.”  Others mention organized crime.  One poice chief suggested that the flying object causing complete chaos at Gatwick Airport last week might not even have been a drone.  The U.K. government and military, airport authorities and law enforcement have all committed …

US airports may be just as vulnerable as London’s Gatwick airport to the kind of illegal drone incursions that shut down the UK’s second-busiest hub this week. Counter-drone technology performed so poorly in US government tests in recent years that the systems couldn’t reliably identify rogue unmanned aircraft, casting doubts …

Passengers wait for flights at Gatwick Airport Friday. (John Stillwell/PA via AP) LONDON – London’s Gatwick Airport was operating without problems Sunday, but the fugitive drone operators who brought incoming and outgoing flights to a standstill over multiple days remained at large — and a potential threat — after police …

Drones are going to be used to help deliver medical supplies including vaccines to the remote villages of Vanuatu.  The just signed contract allows for the drones to be able to make two deliveries per day with the ability to fly up to 100 km and carry up to 2.5 …

I had hoped for a Christmas where the main stories about drones would be fun ones. You know, the ones where you’re allowed a little bit of schadenfreude as people have to climb a tree on Christmas Day to retrieve newly unpacked presents. Alas, it has not been that kind …

POLICE have arrested two middle-aged Gatwick drone gang suspects – after a cyclist was spotted “frantically” packing two drones into a bag near the airport. The man and woman, aged 47 and 54 from nearby Crawley, were held by cops on Friday night after another day of travel chaos caused …