Global spending on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) programs is expected to triple over the next decade in military, commercial, and consumer markets, according to analysts at Teal Group in a new market analysis. They estimate that UAV production will rise from current worldwide UAV production of $4 billion annually to
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MQ-1s and MQ-9s maintenance, taxiing, taking off, and landing. Video by Senior Airman William Branch 455th Air Expeditionary Wing Source: YouTube
Accidents
A New York City teacher was arrested early Friday for allegedly crashing a drone into an empty section of seats during a second-round match at the US Open, police said. Daniel Verley, 26, faces charges of reckless endangerment and operating a drone in a New York City public park
Business
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that it was awarded a contract from a European country to supply an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)-based cutting-edge intelligence solution. Valued at approximately $78 million, the contract will be performed over a two-year period by Elbit Systems’ ISTAR Division, established several months ago,
Training
AEgis Technologies has successfully fielded a Vampire Institutional Training System (VITS) for classroom simulation at Sinclair College in Dayton, Ohio. Sinclair has incorporated Vampire as part of a state-of-the-art learning lab included in the National UAS Training and Certification Center. The simulation will support both credit and
Radar
DeTect, INC. announced that its HARRIER S200d Air Surveillance Radar (ASR) has been installed at the Air Traffic Laboratory for Advanced Systems (ATLAS) in Villacarillo, Spain, to provide detection and tracking of aircraft, drones and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). ATLAS is Europe’s first purpose-built drone and UAS test
Regulations
At the end of July, the FAA granted its 1,000th exemption. An analysis of the exemptions, as reflected in the chart below, shows that nearly half are for applications involving photography, including videography and film production. The next most frequent industries cited in approved exemption petitions are real estate
Business
The annual report of South Africa's Denel group states that its Seeker 400 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system has completed its flight test programme and has entered production for "our local customer". The South African Air Force has not confirmed that it is re-establishing a
Commercial
Rio Tinto is moving to expand its use of unmanned aerial systems outside its current mine monitoring and inspection activities and into the wider business. Rio is among many in the industrial sector to turn to drones to more safely and easily survey and inspect their vast infrastructure assets. The
Regulations
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has published updated guidance on model aircraft operations that reflects current law governing hobby or recreational use of unmanned aircraft. Advisory Circular (AC) 91-57A replaces the previous guidance that, as written in 1981, did not reflect the rules Congress wrote into Section 336 of
Business
Aiblob, formed in early 2015, is aiming to deliver advanced aerial data analytics and using UAS for empowerment of the society in large. Headquartered in Bengaluru, AIBLOB is the culmination of seasoned professionals with thousands of man hours of expertise in the development of UAV’s, Aerial Survey, Photogrammetry, LIDAR
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