Testing
U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) division announced late last week it is testing a programme to operate Predator drones from a civilian airport in San Angelo, Texas. The three- to four-week deployment, which began on January 28th, is a first-ever
Commercial
Westar Energy will soon deploy drones in the war on power outages. The state’s dominant electric company last week obtained a rule exemption from the Federal Aviation Administration to begin using two remote-controlled aerial drones. Company officials say that once a few final details are finished, the drones
Research
Google is testing solar-powered drones at Spaceport America in New Mexico to explore ways to deliver high-speed internet from the air. In a secretive project codenamed SkyBender, the technology giant built several prototype transceivers at the isolated spaceport last summer, and is testing them with multiple drones, according
Commercial
TRIDENT, from FlyMotion integrates LiveU's technology for live video acquisition, management and distribution over IP with FlyMotion's capabilities as a FAA 333 approved UAS solution provider. Combining UAS with high-quality video transmission tools presents unmatched video-sharing capabilities for a wide range of end-users,
Commercial
Drone Aviation Holding Corp., a manufacturer of tethered drones and lighter-than-air aerostats and Measure UAS Inc., a leading US drone operator, have announced a partnership for sales, operations, training and support of the WATT-200 tethered drone. Measure has been granted a 333 exemption by the Federal Aviation
Commercial
Chinese drone maker DJI is set to open a retail store in South Korea in March, its second brick-and-mortar outlet after the company opened a flagship in its hometown of Shenzhen, as it looks to expand its presence in the growing Asian market. DJI will open an 870-
Business
Lufthansa Aerial Services, a division of Lufthansa Consulting, has signed a deal with DJI to use the world’s leading drone-maker’s aerial platforms to develop commercial applications for its key customers. Using DJI’s drones and open onboard systems, Lufthansa will integrate hardware and software, manage operation of
Commercial
The use of small, unmanned aircraft systems is growing quickly. But risks are growing, too, as untrained users and even criminals launch them into airspace. The MITRE Challenge is offering a prize for workable solutions to neutralize suspicious drones. With 700,000 small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), a.k.a.
Commercial
The German high-tech company TeAx technology has designed and engineered the smallest and most lightweight solutions within the context of the commercial drone industry. “Offering clients with reliable thermal imaging technology for drones as one part of our business lanes, we typically provided them with solutions from the market
Commercial
Search and Rescue: The term conjures images of dangerous work under stressful conditions with high stakes at hand. In the future, drones will likely be a tool for SAR professionals, perhaps something like a crevasse-penetrating concept. Flyability, an industrial drone manufacturer, released the video below, showing a UAV probing
Commercial
Raytheon Company is providing its enhanced Coyote Unmanned Air System to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for hurricane tracking and modelling, giving researchers an unprecedented perspective from inside storms that build in the Atlantic Ocean. The Coyote is a small, expendable UAS that can be tube-launched from a
Commercial
Scarecrows and other visually intimidating props placed on the ground can be useful in deterring birds within a certain radius, but one company is looking further afield by battling the pests in the sky. Designed to resemble a real-life bird of prey, the ProHawk UAV can be programmed to