Drone operators who want that they had the alternative to communicate with the FAA – in particular person – can have their probability. The FAA and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) have introduced that registration is now open for the 2017 UAS Symposium. The symposium is scheduled to happen at …
Read More »Liteye, Tribalco Seal Counter-Drone Deal with U.S. Military
Liteye, a main counter-drone firm, is partnering with Tribalco, a “mission-critical” IT/telecommunications service supplier, to ship the Anti-UAV Defense System (AUDS) to U.S. navy companies. Dubbed “the world’s first fully integrated detect-track-disrupt-defeat” drone protection system, AUDS took flight final yr as a consortium that features Liteye, Gryphon Sensors and Sensofusion by …
Read More »That Flamethrower Drone
Connecticut police weren’t blissful when a teen rigged a drone with a flamethrower and took YouTube movies – actually, the state made efforts to outlaw weaponized drones utterly. But a Chinese utility firm in Xaingyang thinks otherwise. Refuse caught in energy strains is an issue all over the place, and …
Read More »MMC Introduces Next Gen of Hydrogen Drone – the HyDrone 1800
Together with CATIC, MMC, the drone producer, unveiled the HyDrone 1800 at the International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX 2017) going down at the Abu Dhabi nationwide exhibition middle. It represents the subsequent technology of its hydrogen expertise and the corporations mentioned it’s designed for the army. The carbon-fiber HyDrone …
Read More »Commentary – No More Dumb Pipes: Verizon Moves into Commerci…
Guest Commentary by Darr Gerscovich, former SVP Marketing at DroneDeploy — In case you missed it, Verizon announcement yesterday that it was buying Skyward, a drone operations administration software program firm. Major information for my part. After the third individual requested for my opinion, I made a decision to draft …
Read More »Drones for Good: At Work in the Amazon Rainforest
Photo courtesy WeRobotics Patrick Meier and his group of digital humanitarians is at work once more – this time bringing their Flying Labs to the Amazon rainforest. WeRobotics is a group of entrepreneurs, drone adventurers and humanitarians bringing robotics expertise to communities for social good. Their “Flying Labs” are collaborative …
Read More »In Search of 2017’s Best Drone Startup
An knowledgeable panel of judges from prime funding companies has made the primary lower. Of the 65 drone startups who submitted their purposes to The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) to compete within the Startup Showdown at AUVSI’s XPONENTIAL 2017 convention, the record has been winnowed to 16 …
Read More »The Big Money Continues to Bet on Drones
Photo Mark Peterson/Fortune Magazine license by CC 2.zero News and Commentary. Today’s announcement that telecommunications firm Verizon has bought business drone platform Skyward offers additional proof that enormous corporations are persevering with to spend money on the trade, hoping to cement their stake within the huge potential of drones and the …
Read More »Yes, for Real… Drone Taxis Come to Dubai This Summer
EHANG 184 When Chinese drone producer Ehang launched their Ehang 184 passenger drone at CES in 2015, it definitely acquired a number of consideration. But when business watchers identified that no person had truly seen one fly but – and that rules at the very least on this nation had …
Read More »DJI and AMA Partner to Improve Education, Outreach and Reput…
Consumer drone big DJI and the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) have joined forces to launch a program that may promote secure and accountable drone operations. The intention of this new partnership is to encourage accountable flying, prepare public security officers to use drones successfully and elevate consciousness of the …
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