Drone Safety

At AUVSI and the FAA’s co-hosted UAS Symposium occasion, audio system agreed on the speedy improvement of the drone trade.  Safety, nonetheless, remained a major concern. Michael Kratsios, deputy assistant to the president and deputy U.S. expertise officer, mentioned that the administration supplied their full help for drone integration.  Saying …

Drone safety agency Dedrone and community large Verizon’s OCR (Operation Convergent Response) workforce have written the e-book – properly, the whitepaper, anyway – on stopping drone disasters throughout emergency response. Dedrone is one in all the main corporations in the anti-drone know-how area, offering an airspace safety platform that detects, …

The AMA has launched an announcement strongly condemning the drone operator who allegedly flew over a passenger jet touchdown at McCarren International Airport in Las Vegas. The FAA is investigating the incident, which hit the information after the video under was posted on-line.  The drone operator has not but been …

SkyWatch, a “data analysis, risk-assessment and active risk-reduction platform for the drone industry,” has introduced $2 million in a Seed spherical. The funding comes from F2 Capital, Verizon Ventures and Kaedan Capital with “participation of former senior insurance executives from companies like Axa and Liberty Mutual, and world-class leaders in …

The world’s main drone producer, DJI, has launched a press release concerning the not too long ago reported drone collision with a passenger jet in Quebec. In what appears to be a response to not solely this incident however the not too long ago reported discovering of components of a …

Image: Virginia Tech News. Research associates Abigail Tyson, left, and Bethany Rowson monitor the info feed as a small unmanned plane is flown right into a crash check dummy instrumented with sensors. A Virginia Tech examine concludes that small industrial drones are most unlikely to trigger critical accidents to folks …

The Unmanned Aircraft Safety Team (UAST) has introduced it’s most up-to-date exercise: the formation of three risk-reduction working teams. The UAST is “an industry-government partnership committed to ensuring the safe operations of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS).”  Announced final summer season by FAA Administrator Michael Huerta, the group is one other …

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 …

In the previous few days not less than two high-profile tales have emerged regarding drone security. The first includes a Seattle man being jailed for a month after his drone fell out of the sky and injured two individuals throughout a satisfaction parade in 2015. The second apparently concerned a GoPro …

target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> wp-image-44210″ src=”http://www.uav.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dial-a-drone-to-walk-you-home-uk-insurance-co-introduces-f.jpg” alt=”fleetlights” width=”278″ height=”278″ srcset=”http://www.uav.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dial-a-drone-to-walk-you-home-uk-insurance-co-introduces-f.jpg 640w, http://dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fleetlights-150×150.jpg 150w, http://dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fleetlights-300×300.jpg 300w, http://dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Fleetlights-45×45.jpg 45w” sizes=”(max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px”/>UK insurance company Direct Line wants people to feel safer at night – so it’s launched a street light drone prototype, which could walk you home and light your …