Commercial
Two men were charged on Friday (Jul 5) over flying drones without a permit near an airbase in what is the first prosecution of its kind in Singapore. Ed Chen Junyuan, 37, is accused of operating a 0.357kg DBPOWER FPV drone at an open field at around 9pm on
Commercial
At least 251 drones are held at Entebbe International Airport, pending clearance.nThe Ag. manager Customs, URA, Entebbe Airport Armstrong Turyakira says, 442 drones were brought into the country in the 2018/19 financial year and only 191 were registered. “An average of four drones enter the country every day
Software
Researchers at Cranfield University have developed a smartphone app which can connect with off-the-shelf drones and send them to autonomously inspect multiple locations using coordinates received by SMS text message. Controlling drones in this way could be useful for a variety of applications in the future including the
Commercial
A company that operated a drone in Singapore without the required permit was fined S$9,000 on Monday (Jul 8) in the first prosecution of its kind. The Singapore branch of civil engineering company LT Sambo Co had flown a drone twice over a stretch of road in Marine
First Responders
South African company Drone Guards is moving into the new market of using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to secure residential estates and has ambitious plans to employ hundreds of UAV pilots over the next ten years to monitor estates, mines, farms and other assets. Drone Guards’ Kim James told defenceWeb
Business
Heliguy, a UK drone provider, has been awarded a major nationwide contract with Network Rail, as part of an Unmanned Aircraft Services framework worth up to £2.6million. The North East-based UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) specialist has been specially selected to supply, maintain, repair and service Network Rail’s
Agriculture
To overcome productivity issues common to maximum take off weight regulation found in many countries regarding UAV Crop Spraying, multiple automated collaborating drones are a solution. This technology requires knowledge of swarming and collision avoidance algorithms and experience in developing and operating Crop Spraying UAVs. Another sustainable advantage that the
Commercial
During the UEFA Champions League Final played on 1 June 2019 at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid, police forces used Elistair tethered drone system coupled with UMILES Global solution U06 Plus drone for traffic monitoring, crowd control, and global surveillance. The First Time a Drone has Ensured the Supporters’
Commercial
The North Dakota Department of Transportation received a four-year waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration to fly drones over people beginning this week. The drones will conduct normal DOT duties, such as inspecting roads and bridges and acting as a first responder to emergencies, according to Russ Buchholz, the
Transport
Airbus and the Hauts-de-France region have signed a framework partnership agreement to assess the economic development potential of air deliveries on a regional scale. This agreement was signed in the presence of Xavier Bertrand, President of the Hauts-de-France region, Antoine Bouvier, Head of Strategy at Airbus,
Commercial
In effort to create a niche market in the developing commercial drone industry, four long years ago SEVENsCamp began exploratory drone innovation with emphasis on advertising and promotions utilizing sUAS (drones). At that time many drone operators were experimenting with banners, lifted off the ground via a small drone and
Testing
Black Swift Technologies, a specialized engineering firm based in Boulder, CO, announced that it has been awarded a NOAA contract to develop an air-deployed unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to perform lower boundary layer observations in difficult atmospheric conditions that are commonly encountered in convective storms, e.g. hurricanes and