Drone firm Vigilant Aerospace has obtained a special license from the U.S. State Department to allow streamlined export of its FlightHorizon GCS UAS system. By obtaining a “special determination (known as a Commodity Jurisdiction),” Vigilant can send out the system without being classified as a “defense article” under International Traffic …
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Belgium-based Unifly is one of Europe’s leading unmanned traffic management (UTM) providers, and has been at the forefront of developing UTM systems globally. As the UTM market continues to grow, CEO Marc Kegelaers gives DRONELIFE readers his take on Unifly, the relationship to Terra Drone India and their recent announcement, and …
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Today, Drone Delivery Canada unveiled its largest and longest-range drone, the Condor. Under development over the past year, the single-rotor vehicle offers a payload of 400 pounds and can travel up to 124 miles on a tank of gas. At 22 feet long, 5 feet wide and 7 feet high, …
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Kittyhawk has just announced a new solution – and while the company has been innovating pretty constantly to improve functionality over the last few years, their latest product looks like a game changer. With Dynamicc Airspace™, Kittyhawk is taking “situational awareness” to a new level, allowing customers to monitor and …
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DRONELIFE recently caught up with Prateek Srivastava, CEO of Terra Drone India. As India becomes a major player in the global drone industry, Srivastava gives his take on the commercial drone industry, unmanned traffic management (UTM), and where he sees the commercial market going in India. DRONELIFE: Can you tell our …
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Ehang is back. The company that wowed at CES back in 2016 with the first prototype of the Ehang184 Autonomous Aerial Vehicle (AAV) for passengers announced today that they have been authorized as China’s first pilot company to develop passenger drone programs. “On January 23rd, 2019, the Airworthiness Department of …
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Canadian drone company IN-FLIGHT Data has been awarded three GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ for groundbreaking Beyond Visual-Line-Of-Sight (BVLOS) projects supported by senseFly. The following is a senseFly and IN-FLIGHT Data press release. Calgary, Canada / Cheseaux, Switzerland, February 18, 2019 —IN-FLIGHT Data, one of Canada’s leading commercial drone operators, has been awarded …
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In the next episode of FLIR’s DELTA Podcast, thermal expert Randall Warnas meets up with Trent Lukaczyk, Co-Founder and CTO of FlightWave. Randall and Trent discuss Trent’s role in the creation of their V.T.O.L. airframe EDGE, the benefits of modulatory, alternate power sources for drones and more. Check out the download …
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Matthew G. Bisanz [CC BY-SA 3.0] After the recent government shutdown, the FAA seems to be making up for lost time. In the past 3 days, the agency has made 3 announcements concerning drone regulations. On February 13, the FAA announced a major change to the registration marking rule. At …
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Airbus – one of several players in the race to make Urban Air Mobility (UAM) a reality – has delved into how open the public is to the idea of getting from A to B using unmanned aircraft. The report can be read in full, here. The study’s headlines are …
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