PrecisionHawk, Inc., a provider of drone technology for the enterprise, has announced that U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao has appointed Michael Chasen, CEO of PrecisionHawk, to lead the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Drone Advisory Committee (DAC) as its chairman. Chasen assumes the role immediately and will lead
Commercial
NASA is conducting field demonstrations of small drones navigating urban landscapes in Reno, Nevada, and Corpus Christi, Texas, May through August 2019. These demonstrations will complete its testing of technologies that can be part of a system to safely manage drone traffic. NASA invites media to learn more and watch
Commercial
Terra Drone India, an associate company of Japan-based Terra Drone Corporation, has completed an aerial survey of 4,200 sq km of agricultural land for the Water Resources Department of the Maharashtra Krishna Valley Development Corporation (MKVDC) in India. With water reserves across the state of Maharashtra plummeting at
Airbus UTM has just released a new paper, “Encounter Aware Flight Planning in the Unmanned Airspace” available for download through the link below. This is, to our knowledge, the first ever quantitative analysis of flight planning in the context of these two UTM architectures. This work began as an exploration
Business
Neat Brands, a provider of commercial UAS technology adoption and solutions, has revealed the business’ rebrand to Enterprise UAS. The company’s announcement comes at an exciting time as they add Aerial Media Pros, another dealer, to their roster and continue to dominate the Southern California market. The new name
Commercial
Sweden's Everdrone offers a software solution that gives autonomous UAVs critical capabilities for operating beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS). To sense and avoid, land and take off, navigate with reliability and precision – even in complex environments. This video describes First Responder UAS using ADS-B support, iPad
Commercial
DHL Express and EHang have entered into a strategic partnership to jointly launch a fully automated and intelligent smart drone delivery solution to tackle the last-mile delivery challenges in the urban areas of China. The launch ceremony was held today at the EHang Command and Control Center in Guangzhou,
C-UAS
New technology that detects and commandeers unauthorized drones, guiding them to land safely, will be commercialized under a licensing agreement between Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Drone Defense Systems LLC of Daytona Beach, Florida. The technology, developed by Embry-Riddle faculty member Dr. Houbing Song, suggests a safe, affordable way
Commercial
The concept of a $20 million dollar Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) corridor was put in motion after the awarding of FAA-designated Test Site status to Griffiss International Airport in Rome, NY, at the end of 2013. With the announcement, New York State recognized the opportunity it had
Business
Skyborne Technologies has announced the completion of Series A capital raise of US$2.45M. The funds will support the growth and continued development of the lightest armed micro tactical UAV, targeting the defence and law enforcement market. The capital raised is from a private institutional investor based in Abu
Commercial
Purdue University researchers have engineered flying robots that behave like hummingbirds, trained by machine learning algorithms based on various techniques the bird uses naturally every day. This means that after learning from a simulation, the robot “knows” how to move around on its own like a hummingbird would, such as
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The two Supermarine Spitfires, a Mk.9 and a twin-cockpit Tr.9, which are based in New Zealand are shown here during a display at the Wings Over Wairarapa airshow held at Hood Aerodrome, Masterton, New Zealand. Source: YouTube [themoneytizer id="15547-28"]