Senator John Hoeven held a meeting with leaders from the Grand Forks community, the University of North Dakota (UND), and the area’s unmanned aerial systems (UAS) industry, where he: Announced that that, at his urging, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA): Has approved beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) waivers for UAS flights in the region utilizing enhanced …
Read More »InDro Obtains FAA BVLOS Waiver for Solar Farm Inspections
InDro Robotics has obtained a waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct Beyond Visual Line of Sight flights. The waiver will allow InDro to expand its successful program of remotely piloted infrastructure inspections where we ship a drone to the location – and instruct a person there to be …
Read More »RigiTech First to Begin Daily BVLOS Drone Delivery in France
wiss drone manufacturer RigiTech becomes the first to operate a full regular BVLOS (Beyond-Visual-Line-of-Sight) route and makes drone delivery a reality in France. Starting with their first approved route linking Bourgoin-Jallieu to Tignieu-Jameyzieu, RigiTech has begun daily flights between laboratories, using its long-range drone, the Eiger. Specifically designed to ensure cold-chain transportation …
Read More »Helisul partners with FIXAR to meet Brazil’s BVLOS drone dem…
Deployment of drones in Brazil for both business and pleasure is on the rise. But demand is especially strong from Brazilian enterprise users operating long-range, beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) surveying, remote sensing, and surveillance missions. To meet those pressing needs, local aviation group Helisul Aviação is partnering with …
Read More »FlightOps Powers First Multi-Drone BVLOS Missions in Urban A…
FlightOps Ltd., a multi-drone operating system, recently partnered with drone operator FlyTech IL to deploy the world’s first multiple drone operations in an urban area. As part of the operational trial on behalf of the Israeli Police, drone missions were carried out in Ramla and Lod, two suburbs of Tel …
Read More »Percepto approved to deploy BVLOS drones for remote operatio…
Percepto, the leading autonomous inspection and monitoring solution provider, on January 6th announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has allowed operators to use Percepto’s drone-in-a-box solution to perform highly automated Beyond Visual Line of Sight (HA BVLOS) inspection and monitoring operations at a large Texas solar power plant. The …
Read More »FAA Grants Initial Approval Allowing BVLOS Flights on ND Sys…
Leveraging Vantis, the state’s first-of-its-kind UAS network, uAvionix, an avionics company specializing in drones, received approval by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) small unmanned aircraft flights in North Dakota. uAvionix, with support from the Northern Plains UAS Test Site, demonstrated to the FAA that …
Read More »Iris Automation granted third BVLOS Waiver
Iris Automation has been granted its third waiver for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) autonomous operations on behalf of the City of Reno Fire Department, a participant in the FAA’s BEYOND program. In conjunction with previous waivers issued to Iris Automation, this offers a wider range of options for future …
Read More »Israeli Police Conducts First Autonomous BVLOS Drone Mission…
Using the FlightOps Ltd. multi-drone operating system, the Israel Police for the first time deployed autonomous drones beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) for command, surveillance and intelligence missions. During a first-ever operational experiment carried out by the Israeli police in October, a drone was placed at the Modi’in-Maccabim-Reut station …
Read More »NUAIR 50-Miles of BVLOS, Int’l AAM Corridor, ESD Funding
Governor Kathy Hochul announced on October 19th that the New York Unmanned Aircraft Systems Test Site has secured approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to fly uncrewed aircraft systems – commonly referred to as drones – beyond visual line of sight across the entire 50 miles of airspace within New York’s Drone …
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