It’s a tough topic for the drone industry – should recreational flyers be held to the same rules that commercial pilots must follow? The Academy of Model Aircraft (AMA) doesn’t think so. In comment to the “UAS Safe and Secure” Announced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) the AMA has released …
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The Australian Federal Police are seeking ongoing authorisation to use so-called drone-jamming capabilities that can be used to disable remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) and similar unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Drone jamming devices target the frequencies used by an operator to control a drone, which generally leads to the drone …
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Image from INVOLI UTM, air traffic awareness, remote ID and tracking, and collision avoidance are all hot topics in the drone industry. As these frameworks and technologies develop, risks will decrease, regulations will ease, and the applications that commercial drones are regularly able to perform will expand dramatically. There is …
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New details about the incidents involving drones that caused travel delays at Gatwick Airport in the lead up to Christmas suggest they could have been an insider job. Drones were spotted flying around the London airport days out from Christmas last year, causing chaos with flights in and out suspended …
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(New throughout, adds comment from drone’s manufacturer7) By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, April 12 (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday it was investigating reports that a drone flew over Boston’s Fenway Park during a baseball game, and the drone’s manufacturer said the user apparently overrode a system …
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Dan Landis was a model aircraft enthusiast who cut his cut his teeth flying drones in Afghanistan and Iraq as a military contractor. Desiree Ekstein was a videographer whose mother suggested a drone might give her work some new perspective. Scott Shepard was a commercial photographer who was introduced to …
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The Netherlands: Amsterdam Drone Week and global organizer of Commercial UAV Expo Europe, Diversified Communications, are joining forces to host a combined tradeshow and conference focusing on drones. The end result is the biggest drone platform in Europe which will take place 30 November – 4 December 2020 at the …
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Global agricultural robots and drones market is driven by increasing demand for smart technology & surge is government spending in agriculture sector. Dallas, TX — (SBWIRE) — 04/12/2019 — The study covers the global agricultural robots and drones market value for a period ranging between 2014 to 2025, where 2014 …
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Continuing our roundup of European companies we met at this week at the Commercial UAV Expo Europe is this interview with Ivanka Koster, CEO of Netherlands-based SkyTools. SkyTools is a full-service drone company: but their unique business model addresses the issue of outside service providers competing with the growth of …
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This week, Google spin off Project Wing featured in two big pieces of news in the drone industry. First came the news that the company had won the approval of the Australian aviation authorities for their drone delivery program – something that Wing discussed in detail at last fall’s Amsterdam Drone …
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