Inspections
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has received its first federal approval to fly unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) or drones beyond the visual line of sight (BVLOS) of the pilot in command. In a significant step forward, this Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) waiver enables NYPA to conduct fully remote drone
Business
Starting in March, Helisul will oversee the import, sale, and advanced operation of FIXAR enterprise drones. in a swiftly expanding Brazilian UAV market. Deployment of drones in Brazil for both business and pleasure is on the rise. But demand is especially strong from Brazilian enterprise users operating long-range, beyond visual
Regulations
Autonomous inspection and monitoring solutions provider Percepto has announced a first-of-its-kind exemption denial from the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA’s denial provides cause for the whole industry to celebrate, as for the first time it allows Percepto to operate Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS)
Regulations
Percepto, an autonomous inspection and monitoring solution provider, has announced that Transport Canada has approved Ontario Power Generation Inc. (OPG) to operate Percepto’s drone-in-a-box solution Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) at McConnell Lake Control Dam without a visual observer on site, a first in Canada. A BVLOS Special
Regulations
Percepto, an autonomous inspection and monitoring solution provider, announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has allowed operators to use Percepto’s drone-in-a-box solution to perform highly automated Beyond Visual Line of Sight (HA BVLOS) inspection and monitoring operations at a large Texas solar power plant. The drone operations are
UAM/UTM
Next Century Ventures (NCV), the corporate venture capital fund of NEXEN TIRE, announced today that it has invested in ANRA Technologies, a supplier of air traffic control and commercial solutions in the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) industry, to further NCV's goal of spearheading the mobility revolution. Last March,
Transport
Melbourne-based drone logistics company Swoop Aero has obtained BVLOS (Beyond Visual Line Of Sight) approval for medical logistics operations in Queensland. The approval from Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) allows Swoop Aero to operate in a fully integrated airspace with an aerodrome based hub at the local airport
BVLOS
Germany-based HHLA Sky and US-based Iris Automation have announced an international partnership. By integrating their unique technologies, they improve two of the current most challenging tasks in drone operations beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS): to remotely, globally and simultaneously control over 100 industrial drones from a centralized control center
Testing
Network Rail’s air operations team have successfully flown a drone Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) for 25 kilometres over dry land – believed to be the furthest such civilian drone flight in Britain. The proof-of-concept flight – which took place on Wednesday 27 October from Bicester along the East West
BVLOS
Applied Aeronautics announces its latest Albatross UAV aircraft fully integrating Iris Automation’s advanced detect and avoid Casia solution for BVLOS flights. The Albatross UAV starts at US$7,000, and the forthcoming BVLOS model will remain consistent with Applied Aeronautics commitment to marrying a robust feature set with affordable
BVLOS
Plymouth Rock Technologies Inc., a supplier of developing detection apparatus and unmanned technologies, has announced the sale of custom drones and training services to Cranfield University in collaboration with the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) National Beyond Visual Line of Sight Experimentation Corridor (NBEC). The goal of the NBEC is
BVLOS
UMS Skeldar has announced the successful Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) flight as part of ECARO’s customer service operations project. UMS Skeldar participated in three weeks of flight demonstrations at Grottaglie Airport in Italy – deploying a full crew, remote pilot station and the V-150 platform. The trials were