Commercial
Australian technology company Propeller Aero has announced the launch of AeroPoints: smart ground control points that makes it easy for anyone to capture survey-accurate mapping using drones. AeroPoints’ patent-pending technology provides a simple solution to one of the major roadblocks to widespread commercial drone adoption: accuracy. It’s
Commercial
Kespry, which designs automated drone systems for commercial use, has announced the new Kespry Drone 2.0. The new lighter-weight drone flies 2X as long, covers 2X the ground area, and has 2X the wind resilience, due to the new airframe, battery, and flight system improvements.Based on requests
Transport
Alphabet’s innovation lab X drone-focused team called Project Wing has just announced a plan to commence aerial burrito delivery, in partnership with Chipotle, on the campus of Virgina Tech this week.Project Wing’s mission it to make fully autonomous, or self-flying drones, that can deliver anything
Commercial
The PowerEgg, the first consumer drone from Chinese robotics company PowerVision has a body is shaped like an egg, and it's not until the landing gear extends and you pull out each of the four propeller arms that it looks like something that can fly. Propellers are bolted
Commercial
Qualcomm Incorporated has announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. (QTI) and AT&T, will test Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), or drones, on commercial 4G LTE networks. The trials will analyse how UAS can operate safely and more securely on commercial 4G LTE and networks of the future, including
Commercial
Intel received from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAPP) the Part 107 Certificate of Waiver, which posted today on the FAA’s website. The waiver is from regulations regarding daylight operation and the operation of multiple small unmanned aircraft. Intel is authorized to operate multiple small unmanned aircraft systems at night
Commercial
When you think of the up-and-coming players in the commercial drone market, you might think of Amazon, or Google … but how about AT&T? “AT&T is going to be one of the biggest users of drones in the United States,” Art Pregler, who heads AT&
Commercial
A federal court upheld the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) subpoenas of a 19-year-old Connecticut drone operator in relation to YouTube videos showing two drones (also known as unmanned aircraft systems or UAS) modified to carry a flamethrower and a handgun. This decision further affirms the FAA’s
Commercial
Swiss professional drone manufacturer, senseFly, has expanded its portfolio with the launch of the new eBee SQ fixed-wing agricultural drone. This cutting-edge unmanned aircraft system (UAS) is built for the Parrot Sequoia multispectral camera and can cover up to 10 times more ground than small quadcopter drones.The
Commercial
BNSF Railway Co. is flying drones as far as 150 miles (240 kilometers) along the New Mexico desert to inspect tracks, helping the Federal Aviation Administration develop rules for operating unmanned aircraft beyond the pilot’s line of sight. That’s an essential step for expanding use to such commercial
Commercial
Drones are coming, and they’re going to change a lot of things about how we shape our lives. So why shouldn’t we change how we shape our buildings to get ready for them? Early adopters will probably buy personal flying vehicles in the not too distant future. Some
Regulations
CNN announced yesterday that it has become the first organization to be granted a waiver by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly unmanned aerial systems (UAS) over people in the United States. CNN received a certificate of waiver to operate the Fotokite Pro, a tethered platform that weighs less