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FAA Deputy Administrator for Security and Hazardous Materials, Angela Stubblefield The U.S. House of Representatives Aviation Committee held a Counter UAS Issues Roundtable Discussion yesterday – and the difficulty of regulation for leisure operators was a central theme. The argument over Section 336 – the half of the regulation that …

They name it the Black Swan – a kind of unexpected occasions that may have dramatic penalties to the world as we all know it.  This unmanned cargo automobile – the brainchild of the Bulgarian startup DRONAMICS – has the potential to just do that. Drone supply sometimes refers to …

The drone business’s {hardware} chief DJI has delayed the launch day of its newest product. ‘See The Bigger Picture’, the occasion that had initially been scheduled for July 18, has been pushed again indefinitely to make sure the corporate can “exceed customers’ expectations for our technology by the time of …

Two Intel drone technicians troubleshoot a choreographed drone show forward of a 4th of July displaying celebrating the vacation June 28 at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. This 12 months’s July 4th marks the 242nd 12 months because the creation of the United States. (U.S. Air Force picture by Airman …

San Francisco-based drone mapping platform DroneDeploy simply scored one other $25 million in funding.  Here’s why that’s not shocking. This week I had a dialog with an funding banker, who talked about casually that the VC urge for food for drone firms had diminished in the final yr.  With the …

Last week I met in London with Pascal Perrin, Parrot’s Head of Global Consumer Product Marketing, and the French firm’s International PR Manager, Fabien Laxague. They have been on the town to demo Parrot’s newest drone: the 4K-shooting, insect-inspired ANAFI. I arrived with a lot of questions and an open thoughts. …

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has been doing battle with the FAA over drone privateness since 2012, however suffered a loss this week.   The D.C. Circuit (the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit) rejected EPIC’s petition to evaluation FAA’s small drone rule, “finding …

Are you an skilled DJI pilot, with an curiosity in contributing to leading edge new know-how?  Aerobo is wanting for you.  The following is a visitor publish by Sasha Rezvina of aerial cinematography firm Aerobo.  Aerobo, the main aerial cinematography firm within the U.S., is constructing the world’s first augmented …

Licensed CCO News and Commentary.  This may very well be the yr – or not.  The FAA has been working beneath a sequence of funding extensions for years now.  A multi-year package deal hasn’t been handed since 2012 – nicely earlier than the drone trade loved monetary affect predictions of …

Hon. David Glawe In the U.S., a proposed invoice would give the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice broad capabilities to take down and disable drones seen to pose a menace – no matter any current legal guidelines on the contrary. Yesterday, the Commercial Drone Alliance launched …