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(TNS) — If you follow drone news closely—and you’re forgiven if you don’t—you may have noticed over the last few months that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been quite busy. For decades, the agency had been a thorn in the side of drone evangelists, who wanted more freedom to …

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Robotic Skies announced on October 18th the launch of its cloud-based SPAN software platform for managing and tracking Unmanned Aviation Systems (UAS) and Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) service and repair projects for its commercial OEM and aircraft operator customers. The SPAN platform is powered by CORRIDOR Aviation Service Software by …

At nine-thirty in the evening, one otherwise nondescript day in November 1954, a Belgian man named Roelants was riding his bicycle in the village of Dudzele, West Flanders. As he passed a dairy, he witnessed a bright light rapidly descend from the sky. As he cycled closer, the light — …

Whatever activity you try your hand at, you always start off as a beginner. Hey, even the likes of Lionel Messi or Serena Williams were beginners once upon a time. And who knows? Maybe you’ll reach the heights of an elite droning competition one day. For now though, it’s all …

Drone photo provided by MCS. In early December the Chula Vista Police Department became the first law enforcement agency in the country to use Skydio 2 drones, which can be deployed at any location during daily patrol operations and so far, CVPD says it’s been a success. “We literally got …

COLORADO SPRINGS — It’s a competition like no other. “It’s kind of like playing Mario Kart,” said U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet 3rd Class Caleb Davis. “Top speed for these systems is somewhere on the order of 70 to 80 mile an hour,” said Colonel Brian Neff. USAFA will be …

Drones take to China’s skies to fight coronavirus outbreak In coronavirus-hit China, not wearing a face mask is a big no-no. Now, drones equipped with loudspeakers are out admonishing those who fail to follow public-health safety practices. On microblogging platform Weibo, a video posted by Zhejiang News’s broadcasting channel …

A sister company of Google, Alphabet’s Wing Aviation, just got federal approval to start using drones for commercial delivery.  Amazon’s own drone-delivery program is ready to launch as well. As drones take flight, the world is about to get a lot louder – as if neighborhoods were filled with leaf …

This spring, the company will begin a new trial in Helsinki, Finland, for which it is soliciting views as to what should be delivered. Burgess also said that, separate from drone tests, the company and others were working on an unmanned traffic management system. Akin to virtual air traffic controllers, …