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From the inexperienced hills of Northern Ireland to the sunny shores of Trinidad, police drones are on patrol – saving lives, pursuing unhealthy guys and defending borders. Estonia Last week, the Estonian Police and Border Guard Board demonstrated 9 just lately bought ELIX-XL quadcopters from Estonian drone firm ELI Airborne …

Insitu’s Mobile Situational Awareness Unit Insitu, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, has moved the idea of authorized BVLOS flight ahead a step, with their profitable demonstration of a ground-based airspace situational consciousness system for drones. The system addresses a serious problem for regulators and drone operators: detecting close …

A dynamic partnership between a duo of drone firms may enhance the lives of native populations in a distant Arctic territory. Solar Ship and Arctic UAV Partnerships lately signed a three way partnership to create aerial-data drone applications in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. The effort will see the launch …

One of the drone sector’s prime trade teams is one step nearer to launching a best-practices/code-of-conduct program for UAV pilots. The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International appointed a steering committee this week to develop the Trusted Operator Program for distant pilots and unmanned plane programs coaching organizations. The working …

Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao delivered remarks to the viewers at CES 2018 yesterday.  During her remarks, she commented that the FAA has registered extra than 1,000,000 drones – a determine that the DOT press workplace says contains “878,000 hobbyists, who receive one identification number for all the drones they …

Although the anti-drone trade lastly admitted that raptors aren’t wonderful drone hunters, a brand new research has discovered that bird-brain habits could launch new methods for UAV mitigation. Funded by the U.S. Air Force, the Oxford University research discovered that peregrine falcons mimic the techniques of a guided missile when …

News and Commentary.  Michael Huerta’s 7 years with the FAA ended this Saturday at midnight.  Yesterday, Dan Elwell, the FAA’s Deputy Administrator, was named Acting Administrator.  If invited to fill the put up completely, Elwell will begin a 5 yr time period able that many Americans have by no means …

If you’ve ever wished to talk to somebody from the FAA nose to nose, right here is your probability.  The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) have introduced that registration is dwell for the 3rd annual FAA UAS Symposium. The Symposium presents a …

Intel has been making loads of headlines this month. Fortunately for the corporate, these haven’t all been relating to the basic design flaws discovered of their processor chips. On prime of unveiling a passenger drone at CES 2018, the chip producer and all-round drone business heavyweight broke a world report …

The worth of an enterprise drone program is within the knowledge.   “Data is the new oil,” mentioned Intel CEO Brian Krzanich ultimately 12 months’s Xponential convention. But that’s solely true if the information will get to your purchasers and gives them with the insights they want.  Managing knowledge is essential …