Commercial
Apple Inc. plans to use drones and new indoor navigation features to improve its Maps service and catch longtime leader Google, according to people familiar with the matter. The Cupertino, California-based company is assembling a team of robotics and data-collection experts that will use drones to capture and
Testing
The electronics were incorporated in the drone during the 3-D printing process which employs Stratasys ULTEMTM 9085 - a high strength, lightweight FDM material certified for use in commercial aircraft. The drone is jointly developed by NTU's Singapore Center for 3-D Printing (SC3DP) and Stratasys Asia Pacific,
Commercial
Boeing is planning to make fighting forest fires a lot safer for firefighters by using the latest technologies. Developed by their Insitu division, their system use large UAVs controlled via their INEXA Control system aided by Microsoft’s HoloLens.The system converts INEXA Control’s 2D maps into an accurate
Electronic Sub-Systems
MIT researchers recently debuted a modern way for consumers to save energy. Now they've found a new test subject: the U.S. military. With support from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), engineering professor Steven Leeb and his graduate student John Donnal designed a portable measurement system. Comprised
Regulations
Transport Canada is expected to issue new regulations for visual line-of-sight operations of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the late spring of 2017. The regulations would replace the current system of Special Flight Operations Certificates (SFOCs) for which commercial operators of small aircraft must apply on a case-
Business
European telco Deutsche Telekom AG is entering the drone defense market together with Dedrone, the market leader in anti-drone technology. The Magenta Security business unit of Deutsche Telekom will offer protection against unauthorized drones for data centers, stadiums, critical infrastructure facilities, and public authorities utilizing solutions developed by Dedrone.
Military
Global Hawks will be allowed to fly over Czech territory as of 2017, the Czech government approved in late October, according to the daily Pravo. The government gave consent to the crossings and overflights of armed forces of NATO members, including overflights of unmanned aerial vehicles provided that their surveillance
Commercial
Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington will lead a collaborative effort to use unmanned aerial vehicles to inspect highways and railroads remotely and develop guidelines for how to safely complete the task. Civil Engineering Professor Anand Puppala is the primary investigator on the two-year, $770,909 Texas
C-UAS
Portland, Oregon-based Radio Hill Technologies (RHT) is launching the Block 3 Dronebuster hand-held counter-drone detection and jamming system. This is the third generation of the Dronebuster line of hand-held jammers. This model, released on 1 November, includes improved range and reliability over previous models. It has
C-UAS
Dronegun can take down unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from 1.2 miles away, and it does so without damaging the UAV and its cargo, which means it won’t mistakenly activate a dangerous payload on the ground. The gun, manufactured by a company called DroneShield, looks a bit like a
Video
Short clip of the Spitfire sequence at Flying Legends 2016. Source: YouTube
Business
FLIR Systems, Inc. announced that it has acquired Prox Dynamics AS, a leading developer and manufacturer of nano-class unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for military and para-military intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance applications, for approximately $134 million in cash. Based in Oslo, Norway and founded in 2007 by pioneers in