Unmanned Aerial Vehicle The latest drone news

By Andrea Booher (This picture is from the FEMA Photo Library.) News and Commentary.  In the class of “this shouldn’t need to be said,” we’ll say it – drone operators ought to steer clear of the California wildfires in the event that they aren’t a part of the emergency response. …

The International Drone Racing Association (IDRA) has introduced that the corporate’s founder, Justin Haggerty, will take a full-time function as President & CEO this December, after not too long ago transitioning from the US Army. As a former Captain within the US Army and graduate of the United States Military …

Another identify has quietly proven up on the checklist of suppliers testing the prototype of the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC): Project Wing. Project Wing is often referred to as Google’s drone venture, though formally the program is a division of X Development LLC, mum or dad firm …

By User:Daderot (Self-photographed) [Public domain], by way of Wikimedia Commons Aerospace large Boeing will act because the lead donor in an $18 million challenge permitting MIT to assemble a brand new, up to date wind tunnel.  The substitute of the 79-year-old Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel with a brand new facility …

Drone innovators who wish to attempt their options at take a look at websites in Japan can do it right now – registering and getting authorization by way of cellular apps. Japanese e-commerce large Rakuten and main drone platform supplier AirMap launch Rakuten AirMap: a localized Unmanned Traffic Management Platform …

SkyPixel, an aerial images group run in cooperation with DJI, has chosen a few of the finest aerial tales submitted to the 2017 SkyPixel Photo Storytelling Contest. Here are three of them: The Rebirth Drying nature Drying garments in autumn The 2017 SkyPixel Photo Storytelling Contest continues to welcome entries till December 29, …

  American Robotics, a drone developer specializing in agricultural automation, has unveiled unveiled its flagship product, the Scout, a self-charging, self-managing drone system able to autonomously finishing up every day scouting missions. American Robotics  of their launch state that “By 2050, the world population is expected to grow to 10 …

One factor that a lot of the drone business – and regulators – can agree upon is the necessity for clear drone legal guidelines, enacted as rapidly as attainable.  It’s not a straightforward process, and among the many many complicated points that each business and regulators should perceive and tackle …

Although we generally gripe about the dangerous PR drones can get in the information, the fact is that main information organizations have contributed enormously to serving to push the drone trade ahead. In this text we’ll take a look at the completely different ways in which main information organizations like …

One of the primary schools to launch an FAA-approved drone training program for police and hearth departments plans to launch a three-day convention to construct on previous successes. Piedmont Virginia Community College is organizing the Second Annual Public Safety Unmanned Aerial Systems Conference in Crozet, Va., March 5-7. The convention …