Propulsion
LikeAbird S.L. has announced its V1 product release of LikeAbird QSBMS, their new battery management system for 1 to 120 smart battery packs with outputs in the 11VDC to 16VDC range. The LikeAbird QSBMS is a world-class, ultra-high efficiency SMBus and SBS smart battery management system (BMS)
Events
To find out what inspires their interest in UAS and attracts the Advisory Board Members to support Drone World Expo, we scheduled a series of exclusive interviews. Our eleventh interviewee is Gretchen West, Senior Advisor of Innovation and Technology at Hogan Lovells. Gretchen has served the unmanned systems industry over
Regulations
The Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Registration Task Force completed its first day of work. FAA Administrator Michael Huerta kicked off the Task Force with remarks that outlined the group's objectives and expectations. The FAA briefed participants on the current statutory requirements and international obligations for aircraft registration before
Military
DJI has unveiled the Manifold, an embedded computer for drones that offers more powerful hardware and runs on Ubuntu Linux. The updated platform has stricter flight controls and more attention to detail. "Designed for developers, the Manifold's built-in Ubuntu operating system supports CUDA, OpenCV, and ROS,
Commercial
Cyberhawk Innovations has completed its first ever ROAV inspection of a cargo oil tank on an operational FPSO. After significant research and development, this successful project launches this new service to the global oil and gas and shipping industry. The world-first took place on board the Gryphon FPSO, owned
Transport
Google X project leader David Vos says goods will be winging their way to consumers sometime in 2017. He said the FAA and other stakeholders are looking at the possibility of controlling Class G airspace through for-profit airspace service providers, which would use wireless communications to coordinate drone flights
Commercial
At a South Texas ranch, a drone mounted with cameras flew above and around a flare stack that burned natural gas. Live, high-definition images were transmitted back to the ground, where company officials watched video of the flare stack as it was operating, asking that the drone move this
Military
North Korea is believed to have a fleet of military drones. And now, South Korean researchers are testing unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, to take on that threat. The South Korea unmanned craft is no ordinary drone. It is designed to detect and attack an enemy UAV in mid-air.
Commercial
American International Group, one of the nation’s leading property/casualty insurance carriers, is taking on the emerging risk as more and more US retailers – including Amazon and Wal-Mart – seek and are granted FAA approval to operate drones. In a conference Monday hosted by business software provider Oracle, AIG
Scientific Systems Company, Inc. (SSCI) announces it has been awarded a contract from the Defense Applied Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop autonomous visual control systems for small unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) operating in cluttered outdoor and indoor environments without GPS or human operator assistance. SSCI’s Rapid Adaptive preDiction
Data mined from DigitalGlobe's satellite images are at the center of a system that could change how drones operate in the U.S. and globally. The Low Altitude Traffic and Airspace Safety, or LATAS, uses Verizon's LTE cellular network, Harris' satellite-based surveillance systems and
Events
EuropaDrone 2016 is the European event for the GLOBAL Professional Drone Community & Its Supply & Value Chain. Organized by GL events Exhibitions (the largest event organiser in France), in partnership with Blyenburgh & Co, and under the auspices of UVS International. This event represents a unique opportunity for international