Military
A SpyLi te mini unmanned air vehicle with a launch weight of 9kg (19.8lb) has achieved a communication range of 65nm(120km), which its manufacturer claims is a new world record for this category of system. BlueBird says that during a demonstration for an undisclosed customer, the SpyLite reached
Amazon has picked Canada as one of its testing grounds for the drones that the online retail giant hopes to one day use to deliver packages to customers within 30 minutes of receiving an order, the company confirmed on Monday. Spokeswoman Kristen Kish said the company is operating a testing
Commercial
Telecom provider T-Mobile will now use Aerialtronics Unmanned Aerial Systems as it becomes the first European provider to use drones to inspect 5,000 antennas in Holland.
Commercial
In the latest sign of the importance of its drone program, Amazon.com Inc. has hired the former number-two executive at the Air Line Pilots Association to help with the project. Sean Cassidy, an Alaska Air Group Inc. pilot and former member of a Transportation Security Administration aviation-security
Military
After eight years, the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has declared its first advanced Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) fully operational. UAVs are typically used to gather real-time intelligence without compromising the safety of servicemen. The RSAF's new UAV, called the Hermes 450 (H-450), boasts better
Commercial
A balloon-assisted UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) named "Phoenix-S1," developed by Kyushu University and Fukuoka University, Japan, has successfully brought back stratospheric aerosol samples from the altitude of 22 km and observed aerosol density at the altitude of 23 km in Antarctica on January 24, 2015. The
Commercial
FPS, a national parts distribution business owned by Lookers, has made UK history by delivering a car part using a drone. The drone delivered a Gates belt tensioner from the FPS distribution centre in Sheffield to motor factor Brakeline, a member of Groupauto, a few miles away, making it the
Video
Irish sheep farmer Paul Brennan has figured how to use a drone to do a sheepdog’s job - introducing Shep the Drone. Filmed by Paul Brennan in Carlow Ireland. Source: YouTube
Solusia Air, LLC, an affiliate of Solusia Services, LLC, announced it has been awarded an exemption from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to deploy unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to perform asset audits and safety inspections for wireless and utility infrastructure firms. Solusia Air began the application process in 2014, working
Testing
Mark Zuckerberg announced on Facebook (where else?) on March 26th that the company had successfully completed its first test flight of its unmanned aircraft in the UK. The final design will have a wingspan greater than a Boeing 737 but will weigh less than a car. It will be powered
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives spent “approximately $600,000” on drones it never flew operationally, according to an audit conducted by a Justice Department watchdog and released Wednesday. Between September 2011 and September 2012, Inspector General Michael Horowitz reports, the ATF purchased a total of six unmanned
Testing
In some remote parts of the world, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are already being field-tested for medical uses. Drones successfully delivered small aid packages after the Haitian earthquake in 2012, and in Papua New Guinea, Doctors Without Borders used them to transport dummy TB test samples from a remote