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From extra lawsuits to elevated cybersecurity threats and the implementation of BVLOS flight, main airspace safety platform supplier Dedrone has printed their evaluation of market developments – and their predictions for the area in 2018. The following is a Guest Post by the airspace safety consultants at Dedrone. Analysis of …

Among the massive speeches eventually week’s CES 2018 was the tackle by Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao.  Chao introduced that drone registration within the United States has topped 1,000,000 – a headline grabbing proven fact that Chao used as an indicator of the success of this system. But Harrison Wolf, Drone …

Here we go once more. DJI have simply launched a trailer for a product launch later this month, on account of be held on January 23rd in New York. Plenty of individuals anticipated a drone announcement to be made at CES 2018. Now it appears to be like just like …

From the inexperienced hills of Northern Ireland to the sunny shores of Trinidad, police drones are on patrol – saving lives, pursuing unhealthy guys and defending borders. Estonia Last week, the Estonian Police and Border Guard Board demonstrated 9 just lately bought ELIX-XL quadcopters from Estonian drone firm ELI Airborne …

Insitu’s Mobile Situational Awareness Unit Insitu, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, has moved the idea of authorized BVLOS flight ahead a step, with their profitable demonstration of a ground-based airspace situational consciousness system for drones. The system addresses a serious problem for regulators and drone operators: detecting close …

A dynamic partnership between a duo of drone firms may enhance the lives of native populations in a distant Arctic territory. Solar Ship and Arctic UAV Partnerships lately signed a three way partnership to create aerial-data drone applications in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. The effort will see the launch …

One of the drone sector’s prime trade teams is one step nearer to launching a best-practices/code-of-conduct program for UAV pilots. The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International appointed a steering committee this week to develop the Trusted Operator Program for distant pilots and unmanned plane programs coaching organizations. The working …

Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao delivered remarks to the viewers at CES 2018 yesterday.  During her remarks, she commented that the FAA has registered extra than 1,000,000 drones – a determine that the DOT press workplace says contains “878,000 hobbyists, who receive one identification number for all the drones they …

Although the anti-drone trade lastly admitted that raptors aren’t wonderful drone hunters, a brand new research has discovered that bird-brain habits could launch new methods for UAV mitigation. Funded by the U.S. Air Force, the Oxford University research discovered that peregrine falcons mimic the techniques of a guided missile when …

News and Commentary.  Michael Huerta’s 7 years with the FAA ended this Saturday at midnight.  Yesterday, Dan Elwell, the FAA’s Deputy Administrator, was named Acting Administrator.  If invited to fill the put up completely, Elwell will begin a 5 yr time period able that many Americans have by no means …