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UTM: The Search for a Global Solution

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a specialised company of the United Nations, introduced a Request for Information (RFI) on UTM: site visitors administration methods for unmanned plane methods (UAS). The announcement was made to attendees on the AUVSI Xponential 2017 convention.  The company is “soliciting proposals for a global …

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NASA Engineers to Hold Free Webinar on UAV Crash Management …

NASA’s Langley Research Center is providing a free informational webinar on its  autonomous crash administration system for small UAVs that permits touchdown a malfunctioning unit to a secure and clear ditch website. The webinar will happen on July 25th @ 2PM (EDT). The mission of the system, known as Safe2Ditch, …

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Embry-Riddle and Creare Receive $1 Million to Develop Autono…

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)has awarded researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Creare LLC with a $1 million grant from  to develop a extremely refined autonomous flight management system to navigate unmanned aerial automobiles (UAVs) in unknown dynamic environments, similar to crowded city areas, or in harmful or …

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DJI Circle: New Customer Care Plan For Professionals

Are you a DJI pilot searching for personalised technical help, elevated protection for repairs and entry to premium companies? You in all probability know that these issues don’t include DJI Care, the usual degree of insurance coverage supplied by the Chinese drone producer. But they do all include DJI Circle, …

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AirVūz Celebrates Minneapolis 150th Birthday with Drone Focu…

AirVūz, a Minneapolis-based web site that permits drone pilots to share their movies, has produced “Minneapolis History: The Aerial Experience,” a drone-focused, documentary movie that showcases Minneapolis, which is turns 150-years-old this summer time. The 15-minute video juxtaposes vintage pictures and archival materials with modern-day drone footage, capturing the streets …

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Singer vs. Newton: Drone Pilot Fights Against City Ordinance

By John Phelan (Own work) [CC BY 3.0 ] Oral arguments will happen immediately within the case of Singer vs. Newton, MA; the primary problem of an area drone legislation to hit the courts in Massachusetts. Dr. Michael Singer is a health care provider and drone pilot within the rich Boston …

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Is Genetically Modified Dragonfly The World’s Smallest Drone…

There’s a primary for the whole lot within the rising world of all issues UAV. Today we’ve found what appears to be the primary mixture of drone and flying insect. Although drones are based mostly on the identical legal guidelines of movement and dynamics that govern the pure world, Draper’s modified …

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DRL Announces Partners for 2017 Racing Season; Raises $20 mi…

The Drone Racing League (DRL) right now introduced key multi-year, worldwide companions and sponsors forward of its 2017 race season. In February, DRL launched Allianz because the title sponsor of DRL’s elite race circuit, leveraging the insurance coverage model’s motor racing sponsorship heritage to convey the “Sport of the Future” …

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Amazon’s Newest Patent: “Virtual Safety Shroud” for Drones

Amazon‘s drone delivery project has resulted in the filing of dozens of patents.  We’ve seen concepts for drones hitching rides on vans, a “welcome mat” fashion touchdown pad, folding wing designs, and even flying warehouses.   A brand new patent utility, filed in February however revealed yesterday, describes a plan for …

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