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The FAA and AUVSI will co-host this year’s FAA UAS Symposium on June 3-5 at The Baltimore Convention Center. This year’s Symposium is expanding even further, as the FAA and their partners, AUVSI, work to increase communication and education with the drone community.  With the tag line: “The FAA is …

Aerial telepresence is a relatively new concept – and Cape Aerial Telepresence™ is the first platform in use for commercial drones.   The idea is a game changer for drone missions, changing the definition of “pilot” and “commander” for drones. In a stunning demonstration at AUVSI’s Xponential, Cape’s VP of …

In The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, author Malcolm Gladwell defines the tipping point as “the moment of critical mass, the threshold, the boiling point”.  It’s hard to say exactly when the tipping point for the commercial drone industry will be, or what in particular might cause …

Returning from vacation, my inbox overflowed with e-mails announcing robot “firsts.” At the same time, my relaxed post-vacation disposition was quickly rocked by the latest tragic news and recent discussions regarding the extent of AI bias within New York’s financial system. These unrelated incidents are very much connected in […] …

The following is a Terra Drone press release. Terra Drone Angola has already won contracts to provide high-quality drone inspection services to major oil and gas companies in Africa  Tokyo, Japan – May 10, 2019 – Japan-based Terra Drone Corporation (CEO: Toru Tokushige), one of the world’s largest providers of …

Yuneec’s H520 SkyHopper, featuring Mobilicom’s high end data security and transmission technology. The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International Xponential conference 2019 showcased a range of new products and collaborations. While we couldn’t attend the unmanned bonanza in person, we did see a number of product and partnership announcements […] …

Boeing announced last week that it has successfully completed the first outdoor flight tests of their experimental cargo air vehicle (CAV). “In a safe and controlled environment, the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) successfully took off, hovered, transitioned to forward flight and then landed safely,” says …

Joe Ravi [CC BY-SA 3.0] In light of recent drone incidents at airports – including yesterday’s news about air traffic closure in Frankfurt and the Gatwick disaster that happened during last year’s holiday season – the FAA is working hard to communicate with airports about what can and can’t be …

By Laura Neitzel for PoliceOne BrandFocus “Drone” in popular usage can describe anything from a cheap remote-controlled toy to a multi-billion-dollar spacecraft. In law enforcement, there is a difference in both terminology and technology. While a “drone” may be perfectly suited for hobbyists and some commercial applications, law enforcement […] …

In the past six months, two interesting products have hit the market from the drone industry’s leading manufacturers, DJI and Parrot. Both aim to make aerial thermal imagery accessible and affordable. In December 2018, DJI launched the Mavic 2 Enterprise Dual, an iteration of the Mavic 2 Enterprise that swaps …