Commercial
Cyberhawk Innovations has secured significant works with FTSE 100 listed SSE Plc, one of the UK’s largest energy companies. The campaign, which began in May this year, will see Cyberhawk carry out close visual inspections of more than 600 blades using UAVs. Work will be completed across wind turbines
Aerial Photography
Queen B Robotics is launching its flagship drone — the first capable of 360-view capture, which can capture video in 4K resolution. While the Exo360 is airborne the vehicle can be flown either manually via a remote control or autonomously through the smartphone app. The Exo360 offers live-stream footage to either
Regulations
The FAA may release its long-awaited final rule that would permit commercial use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) this week. FAA published the notice of proposed rulemaking nearly a year and a half ago, and the UAS industry has been keeping up the pressure on FAA to finalize the rule.
Research
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and Drone World Expo (DWE) have partnered to create the Innovative Drone Exploration and Application (IDEA) Competition, a new research-related contest in the field of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). The contest aims to build ties between the UAS end-user community and members
Commercial
Dubai International Airport, the world's busiest airport for international travel, closed its airspace for 69 minutes due to unauthorized drone activity on Saturday, causing 22 flights to be diverted, aviation authorities said. Government-owned Dubai Airports, which operates Dubai's two main airports, said in a statement the
Commercial
It’s been just over four years since since a small media production company in Knysna, started by Duran de Villiers, decided to explore the world of aerial photography. That idea turned into a multimillion-dollar drone business two years later, and now SteadiDrone is behind another new company and a
Commercial
A research team at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Worldwide Campus has created the first-ever comprehensive consumer guide to small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) for novice users–those individuals interested in purchasing their first small remote controlled or autonomous multi-rotor flying aircraft. Embry-Riddle Worldwide professors, experts in the UAS profession,
Commercial
The Drone World Expo conference program will once again provide a road map for the application and deployment of drone solutions and key insights for participants into how to measure and maximize on the value drones can add to commercial businesses. Speakers include representatives from CNN, U.S. Department of
Commercial
New research by a Johns Hopkins computer security team has raised concerns about how easily hackers could cause these robotic devices to ignore their human controllers and land or, more drastically, crash. Five security informatics graduate students and their professor discovered three different ways to send rogue commands from a
Commercial
Usage-based insurance (UBI) is exploding as a phenomenon in the auto industry. Now, Acend, a telematics, software and data science provider, will deliver that same groundbreaking service to the unmanned aerial systems (UAS) market.Through a strategic partnership between Acend and PrecisionHawk, a leading provider of aerial data and safety
Commercial
A UK start-up is developing a high tech concept that it believes will one day enable it to plant one billion trees every year, contributing to efforts to tackle global deforestation and contributing towards greater overall sustainability. Deforestation continues to significantly outstrip our best conservation efforts. Illegal logging, land clearance
Testing
The Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) and the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems (NIAS) have executed a historic teaming agreement with EHang, Inc., a technological innovation company specializing in Research & Development, manufacturing, and sales of intelligent aerial vehicles. The agreement will provide the foundation for collaboration between