Commercial
In light of the increasing popularity of recreational drones, the U.S. Forest Service has released specific guidelines for recreational unmanned aircraft use over public lands: – Avoid flying over federally-designated wilderness or primitive areas. – As drones are considered both "motorized equipment" and "mechanical transport," they
Propulsion
Hybrid drives are familiar to most people from the automotive area where they've been used for years in private and community vehicles. However the hybrid drive is also moving ever more prominently into the focus of unmanned aviation where it brings interesting benefits for commercial usage. Conventional combustion
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The Austin Fire Department is embarking on a pilot project together with leaders in research and industry to explore the feasibility of the use of robotics in real-time emergency incident management. The goal is ultimately to enhance firefighter safety and the effectiveness of the emergency response capabilities it provides
Commercial
Meteorologist Mike Boyce ventured out to Edwards Air Force base to attend a news conference that explores the NASA/NOAA partnership in studying El Nino weather patterns in the Eastern Pacific. Mission scientists and staff were present to tour the flight mission control center and the unmanned Global Hawk Aircraft.
Commercial
More than 25 uses of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), more commonly known as drones, are being tested out by public sector agencies, according to the Singapore Transport Ministry. The trials are being facilitated by an inter-agency UAS Committee - chaired by the Transport Ministry - and formed early last year. For
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Xcel Energy has become the first utility company to use drones in beyond-line-of-sight inspections of more than 320,000 miles of electricity and natural gas infrastructure. In partnership with Flot Systems, Xcel has launched the program following the Federal Aviation Administration’s regulations of unmanned aerial vehicles
Business
Skeye, a Dutch provider of professional UAV services has announced that it has signed a two- year lease agreement with High Eye for the use of two HEF 30 VTOL UAVs equipped with a daylight and infrared camera. The HEF 30 is a fuel-driven unmanned helicopter, designed by the
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
Commercial
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