Drone

DAVID HOLT / CC BY-SA Last week, at the FAA UAS Symposium, the FAA unveiled the new Public Safety Tactical Beyond Visual Line of Sight (TBVLOS) waiver for first responders.  The Tactical BVLOS waiver provides public safety professionals with permission to fly beyond visual line of sight when it counts most …

image public domain Whether it’s spying on trainers or just trying to take unauthorized photos, drones aren’t generally welcome at the racecource.  So at the four day Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival, held at York Racecource, Crowded Space Drones worked with the North Yorkshire Police to deal with numerous illegal …

A quartet of U.S. federal agencies and departments issued an interagency advisory earlier this month regarding the use of drone mitigation and detection technologies by state, local, and private entities. While the agencies—which included the FAA, the Federal Communications Commission, Department of Homeland Security, and the Justice Department—noted that the …

Source: Unifly One of Europe’s big names in unmanned traffic management (UTM) is joining forces with a global leader in the drone station arena.  Belgium-based Unifly last week announced a partnership with EVA, a drone-station and robotics developer. Unifly will marry its UTM tech with EVA’s portable, vertical drone stations. According …

Portuguese drone company TEKEVER Autonomous Systems recently surpassed 2,000 flight hours in support of maritime surveillance missions in Europe. Deploying its AR3 and AR5 drone systems, the company worked several projects for agencies in Italy, Spain and Portugal. Offering more than 16 hours of flight time, the AR line is designed …

Britain and Belgium signed a statement of intent to work together after both countries acquire the MQ-9B drone, they announced this week. The Remotely Piloted Aircraft System is built by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems of San Diego, and is known as the Protector RG Mk1 in Europe. In remote signing …

A new project has been launched to curb the spread of malaria in Guyana by using satellites to detect mosquitos breeding locations and drone technology to destroy the larvae without causing harm to other species. The project, titled “DETECT: Integrated Space Technology Vector Control for Enhancing Community Health and Resilience …

Washington, DC – Today, the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued an advisory guidance document to help non-federal public and private entities better understand the federal laws and regulations that may apply to the use …

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Aug 22, 2020 (Market Insight Reports) — Maharashtra, India: A comprehensive analysis of the different factors and parameters is carried out in the report that has been published on the global Agriculture Drones Market. The market concentration …

Express News Service KOCHI: Sometime in January, the paddy fields of Alathur, a small village in Palakkad district, witnessed an interesting experiment. Three paddy fields, comprising 110 acres, were sprayed micronutrients using customised drones or unmanned aerial vehicles.  “The paddies were 50-65 days old, just before they formed the spikes,” said …