Senator John Hoeven joined leaders from Grand Sky in announcing the purchase of a new system to facilitate real-time collection of weather data to support unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) flights. Specifically: Grand Sky has acquired Meteodrone, an unmanned aircraft that will be operated under a multi-year contract with TruWeather Solutions to …
Read More »Northern Plains UAS Test Site leverages Vantis, Grand Sky
The Northern Plains UAS Test Site (NPUASTS) is preparing to support statewide emergency response efforts following Gov. Doug Burgum’s emergency declaration for spring flooding. The NPUASTS administers Vantis, North Dakota’s statewide unmanned aircraft system (UAS) beyond visual line of site network at the Grand Sky Business Park near Grand Forks. The NPUASTS …
Read More »Hoeven Announces FAA BVLOS Waivers and Outlines Sky Range Pr…
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 »Sky Eye Systems Signs Contract with Army for Rapier X-25 UAV
Sky Eye Systems Srl, a company of the OMA Foligno SpA Group, in December 2022 signed with the General Secretariat of Defence, National Directorate of Aeronautical Armaments and Airworthiness (DAAA) the Contract for the supply of Rapier X-25 UAV systems to all ‘Italian army. In detail, these are two systems, each …
Read More »Beating Retreat 2023: Mega Drone Show to Dazzle Sky Over Rai…
Tunes based on Indian classical ragas and nation’s “biggest drone show” comprising 3,500 indigenous drones are some of the highly anticipated features of this year’s Beating Retreat ceremony to be held at Vijay Chowk, New Delhi, on Sunday. President Droupadi Murmu, the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, will grace …
Read More »Sky high: Drone footage shows the stop/start progress of Hua…
Image: Mike’s Tropical Tech It’s the closest thing Hua Hin has to a boardwalk – Naresdamri Road in downtown Hua Hin, the approximately 500 metre stretch of road that runs from the fishing pier to the Chinese temple located close to the Hilton Hotel. In decades gone by it was …
Read More »Drone show mishap sees flying machines drop out of the sky
A drone show in Perth, Australia, didn’t quite go according to plan after a number of the flying machines fell out of the sky and crashed into the water during the performance. Sunday night’s “City of Light” event took place in front of thousands of onlookers, but as the show …
Read More »Supper from the sky: Drone trial delivers school lunches to …
Drone technology is being developed to help ensure pupils at some of Scotland’s most remote island and mainland schools receive hot meals direct from the heavens. In what is thought to be the first of its kind in the UK, Argyll and Bute council has partnered with a specialist company …
Read More »Drones to keep an eye in sky on Tasmanian roads
Jacquie Petrusma,Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Management The Tasmanian Liberal Government 2022-23 Budget will include an additional $460,000 to facilitate Tasmania Police’s continued usage of drone technology to help bring offenders to justice and to crack down on anti-social driving. Since 2018 the Tasmanian Liberal Government has provided $400,000 …
Read More »Beating Retreat ceremony today: 1,000 drones to light up sky…
Image Source : PTI Light show using 1000 drones, during the full dress rehearsal of Beating the Retreat ceremony at Vijay Chowk, in New Delhi. Highlights India will be the fourth country to carry out such a large-scale show with unmanned aerial vehicles 1,000 Drones will be in “Beating Retreat” …
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