Amazon wants a future where drones will drop off practically anything you order within 30 minutes. To push legislation that will ensure the skies are filled with its autonomous flying delivery robots, the e-commerce giant has ramped up its lobbying strategy in Washington, D.C. Amazon spent $9.4
Military
Missions for the Army and Air Force are unique enough that the services will likely need to fly their own separate unmanned platforms for the foreseeable future, according to service leaders. “I think the similarities and the cross talk is going to continue but we kind of have different mission
C-UAS
Dedrone, a leading drone detection technology company, has announced the next generation of its drone warning system. The DroneTracker 2.0 detects unmanned aerial vehicles based on their WLAN signals, allowing for identification of drone models and even individual devices. “Only through safe and immediate detection can an individual or
Business
“SimActive remains the only viable solution for this category, justifying the quick selection of Correlator3D by GeoFIT Americas.”
Commercial
A near miss between a drone and a Lufthansa aircraft landing at Los Angeles International Airport may give impetus to moves to regulate consumer drones more closely, including by using technologies like geofencing. “This is one more incident that could have brought down an airliner, and it’s completely unacceptable.
Regulations
Spring in the Nation’s Capital brings with it the extraordinary beauty of the cherry trees blooming around the Tidal Basin. At the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), we want you to shoot all the photos and video you want – but leave your drone at home. The FAA has released this
Commercial
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, have developed an innovative unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that can stay on station beneath the water, then launch into the air to perform a variety of missions. The Corrosion Resistant Aerial Covert Unmanned Nautical System - or CRACUNS — is
Commercial
A Colorado-based private airline management and charter company has expanded into the unmanned aircraft systems industry. Mountain Aviation has announced it received a U.S. Federal Aviation Administration section 333 exemption to commercially operate UAVs through services tied to aerial mapping, agriculture support, industrial inspections, aerial video, search and
Regulations
One of the biggest stumbling blocks to widespread unmanned aerial systems operation is situational awareness, especially in the United States, which has the busiest airspace in the world. One company, however, argues that providing situational awareness is just a big data and analytics challenge. Simulyze, an operational intelligence and technology
Military
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) unveiled an upgraded model of the home-made Shahed 129 drone. The new model is equipped with satellite communication system, the IRGC Aerospace Force Commander Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said, Fars news agency reported March 14. Hajizadeh further said that the drone’
Commercial
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and key government agencies involved in unmanned aircraft operations are expanding participation in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Executive Committee (EXCOM). The committee provides federal agencies with a forum to share information and reduce redundancies on UAS research and development, and resolve policy and procedural
Commercial
Government and industry representatives have gathered at Wales’s Snowdonia Aerospace Centre this month to watch Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) take on a series of innovative missions. The week-long event, hosted by QinetiQ in partnership with the Welsh Government and Snowdonia Aerospace LLP, demonstrated how drones flown from the