During a discussion panel at this week’s Commercial UAV Expo in Las Vegas, FAA attorney Dean Griffiths revealed Part 107 waiver statistics – and they don’t look good. As of last month, the FAA had received 912 requests for Part 107 waivers – and had issued 23. They had disapproved or …
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Eos Systems recently released a photogrammetry software package created specifically for drones. This past week, the Canadian firm announced the launch of PhotoModeler UAS 2016. The suite creates 3D imagery, maps and measurements from images transmitted via drone and integrates them with full geographic coordinate systems support. “Photogrammetry has been …
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The Latest Mavic Pro Shipping Update We’ve been following the continued delay of DJI’s new Mavic Pro very closely. We speculated that there was more going behind the scenes than the company was letting on, and it looks like we were right. We’ve been contacted by many Mavic Pro pre-orderers, …
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It’s that time of year again. The weather’s getting colder. Obscure relatives loom on the horizon. A tidal wave of food and good will is headed your way. All you have to do is buy a few gifts for your nearest and dearest. But sometimes inspiration can be hard to …
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Mark Bathrick, of the US Department of the Interior, should know what it takes to succeed in commercial drone business. He runs a department that is one of the United States’ leaders in use and integration of UAV technology. His department runs a project managing over 500 million acres and using …
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Sky-Futures, a developer focused on the drone-based industrial inspection market, has announced that their in-house software, Expanse, is now commercially available. Expanse, the drone-based industrial inspection platform, assists organizations with viewing, understanding and managing their assets. Sky-Futures clients have been using the software, which has been built, designed and focuses entirely …
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A security researcher has developed a new anti-drone device that takes control of rogue drones. During the PacSec 2016 conference in Tokyo last week, Trend Micro security research manager Jonathan Andersson demonstrated a hack that remotely highjacks unauthorized or unwanted drones using a transmitter that exploits a common radio protocol. …
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So what’s going on at DJI? Having originally intended to ship the Mavic Pro in the middle of October, orders only started to be dispatched on October 21st. It wasn’t a huge delay in the grand scheme of things, especially compared to some of its industry peers. But many target=”_blank”> …
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Racing drone manufacturer, Walkera, has announced the international release of their new drone model, AiBao. AiBao includes a 4K HD camera with recording capability. It is the first drone in the UAV market that features mixed reality gaming, supported by Walkera technology. The AiBao merges virtual elements and reality by …
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Thermal imaging is a “must-have” payload for inspection drones and TeAx Technology believes its latest product may make imaging even better. The company on Thursday released the “ThermalCapture 2.0” , an imaging tool that stores radiometric temperature data to a Micro SD card on board any inspection UAV. What’s unique …
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