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PUMA UAV Test Launch (PRNewsfoto/SolAero Technologies Corp.) A partnership between a number one solar-cell supplier and Johns Hopkins University might give a sunny forecast to longer drone battery life. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory lately awarded a contract to SolAero Technologies Corp. – maker of photo voltaic cells and aerospace-applied …

Drones are all over the place – floating over farm fields, diving into catastrophe scenes, exploring a probably life-harboring moon of Saturn (file scratch!). Wait. What?  No, you’re not struggling a post-holiday meals hangover – NASA might very nicely ship a drone to Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. Last week, the …

Back in August, DJI introduced a brand new iteration of the favored Mavic Pro, the Mavic Pro Platinum. As nicely as sporting a brighter paint job, the Platinum comes with a barely longer flight time and the promise of noise discount in contrast with the usual mannequin. At the time …

The FAA is among the many organizations which are encouraging of us that discovered a drone underneath the tree to take a little bit of time to study some suggestions security and in any other case earlier than getting airborne. The FAA posted the next data graphic to information new …

DroneShield has introduced its DroneGun MKII product has been licensed as compliant for human publicity, in connection with requests by potential governmental end-users, in relation to their procurement processes. EMC Technologies, a specialist SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) measurement NATA (National Association of Testing Authorities) authorized laboratory for world certifications, has …

A visitor submit by Part 107 Pilot and author Kara Murphy. Year after 12 months, vital enhancements in drone expertise make them extra accessible to creators in any respect talent ranges. Photographers and filmmakers that started off working from ground-level, or chartered helicopters for aerials pictures, are more and more …

Drone trade chief AeroVironment acquired an extravagant reward within the ol’ company stocking this 12 months – nationwide media publicity. CEO Wahid Nawabi appeared on CNBC’s Mad Money final week to tout the wonders of Quantix, a $16,000 hybrid plane designed to be used by farmers and different agricultural execs. …

It’s a uncommon factor to witness a historic second and know that it’s historic. But that appears to be what’s occurring in Los Angeles proper now. Derrick Ward has been working with the L.A. Fire Department to develop their drone program for a few yr, and when the current wildfires …

Christmas got here early for Alabama legislation enforcement after a non-profit donated a search-and-rescue drone final week. According to a report within the Montgomery Advertiser, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s workplace acquired a DJI Inspire drone from the Alzheimer’s and Autism Outreach Group to help the division in emergency responses – …

The drone trade strikes a mile a minute, which signifies that while you look again at a whole yr there’s a lot of floor to cowl. As we strategy the finish of 2017 we wished to take a second to look again at only a few of the main milestones …