Business
Preparations are underway for a civilian unmanned plane, developed by Czech Republic based manufacturer Primoco UAV, to be manufactured in China in cooperation with the China VAST concern. A new aircraft production zone is also going to be created with room for a factory to produce Primoco UAV drones. General
Commercial
Terra Drone and Hitachi Construction Machinery have announced a partnership to accelerate full-automatic UAV operation at construction sites.
Business
The Department of Homeland Security issued a call on its five-year Other Transaction Solicitation (OTS) funding mechanism to solicit innovative ways to use unmanned vehicles — commonly known as drones — to help Customs and Border Protection meet its mission. “CBP — through its Air and Marine Operations (AMO) — utilizes a fleet of
Transport
Drone Delivery Canada has reported positive results from its initial commercial testing on its next generation drone logistics platform 4.0 which delivered positive results from test flights which occurred in Waterloo, ON with its Canadian university research partners. Both flight times and payload carry exceeded initial expectations primarily as
Agriculture
Lehmann Aviation announced launch of a totally new L-A Series line of professional mapping drones for operators around the world. The new L-A Series is comprised of three fully automatic aircraft for three major mapping applications: LA500 for Mining and Construction, LA500-AG for Precision Agriculture and LA500-RTK for highly accurate
Commercial
Amazon has announced a partnership with the UK Government to explore the steps needed to make the delivery of parcels by small drones a reality, allowing Amazon to trial new methods of testing its delivery systems. A cross-Government team supported by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has provided Amazon
Commercial
7‑Eleven, the world’s largest convenience retailer, and Flirtey, a leading independent drone delivery service, announced they have completed the first fully autonomous drone delivery to a customer’s residence to advance research toward integrating drones into the National Airspace System. This delivery is the first time a U.
Events
Experienced pilots are once again invited to take on an aerial obstacle course in the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-sponsored Small Unmanned Aerospace System (sUAS) Challenge during this year’s fly-in at the 64th annual Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) convention held July 25-31 in Oshkosh, Wis. As part of the challenging daily
Commercial
Airbus demonstrated aircraft visual inspection using a drone at the Farnborough Airshow. The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), equipped with a high definition camera, performed visual inspection for the upper part of the aircraft. It was flown using an automatic flight control system supervised by a human pilot. The drone followed
Regulations
Like its Republican counterpart in Cleveland, next week’s Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia is a “No Drone Zone.” Philadelphia and its surrounding communities are off limits to drones under flight restrictions the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has put in place from 2 p.m. on July 25 through 5
Commercial
Skycap and Skeye announced the merger of their two companies, continuing under the name 'Skeye'. Skeye will instantly enter the European market as a top 3 provider of unmanned aerial inspections and extend its services portfolio with specialised aerial imagery. Skeye will continue to grow its UK and
Commercial
A new joint venture between global asset management consultancy, Amey, and VTOL Technologies, will use precision, long-range drones to transform asset management inspections – making it safer, quicker and easier to assess vital infrastructure such as bridges and railways. Richard Butterfield, AmeyVTOL’s Service Development Director said: “Doing more with less