Photo Credit: Jewish Press Imagine a world in which unmanned aircraft feed information to security personnel so they can make critical decisions in mere seconds. Imagine a company that can analyze a scene in real-time before sending human beings into the field, thus ensuring improved safety and efficiency. Enter Cape …
Read More »5 Technologies Improving Drone Safety
Earlier this month, Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao addressed the Transportation Research Board and revealed details of several new drone industry initiatives. Among them was a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that could open up the skies for flights at night and over people. There was also an announcement about a UTM …
Read More »Reports of drone force ground stop at Newark airport
Arriving flights were halted at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey on Tuesday when a drone was spotted near a neighboring airport, officials said. Two airplanes headed to Newark reported seeing a drone around 5 p.m. over Teterboro Airport, a smaller airport located roughly 18 miles northeast of Newark, the …
Read More »Airobotics Wins Unique Drone Flight Approval Down Under
Israeli drone provider Airobotics this week secured the first-ever approval by Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority to operate drones beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) from a remote operations center. In addition, the unique waiver allows the company to operate without the need of an air crew on site, making it the …
Read More »Hobbyist View: FAA’s First Take on New Drone Regulations, an…
U.S. enthusiast community watches closely as the Feds begin to propose new rules. The following is a guest post from John Saginario: FPV flyer, writer and host of the Wild Flyers podcast. As the partial government continues in the U.S. with no immediate end in sight, it appears the Federal …
Read More »China’s e-Commerce Giant JD Launches First Approved Drone Fl…
Successful pilot flight lays the groundwork for future commercial drone use in Indonesia Taken from a JD.com press release: JD.com, China’s largest retailer, today announced the completion of Indonesia’s first government approved drone flight – a breakthrough for drone delivery in Southeast Asia. The successful pilot opens the door for …
Read More »Facebook reportedly working with Airbus to test solar-powere…
Facebook resurrects plan to beam high-speed internet from the sky in new deal with Airbus to test solar-powered drones in Australia Facebook reportedly tested Airbus’ Zephyr S drone in November and December Neither Facebook nor Airbus has confirmed the details of the tests in Australia Facebook grounded its high-speed drone …
Read More »FLIR Deploys Nano Drone with New French Defense Contract
Management at Oregon-based drone company FLIR Systems better brush up on their French. The company just landed an $89 million contract from the French Defense Procurement Agency in support of the French Operational Pocket Drone (DrOP) program. The contract will deploy the company’s FLIR Black Hornet 3 nano-unmanned drone to …
Read More »Drones are everywhere now, but what about in the future?
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Unmanned Aerial Systems — or drones if you will — come in all shapes and sizes. The military has them, and so might your neighbor. Keeping up with them, with the constant change in the technology is rough. “Yeah absolutely, considering there’s no regulations when it comes …
Read More »World Anti-Drone Market & Technologies Report 2018-2023 – Re…
DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan 21, 2019–The “Anti-Drone Market & Technologies – 2018-2023” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The Counter-Drone Market & Technologies – 2018-2023 report examines each dollar spent in the market via 5 orthogonal money trails: regional markets, national markets, vertical markets, sub-markets and by solutions market. The potential …
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