Commercial
By 2035, the number of unmanned aerial vehicles in operation in the U.S. is expected to surpass the number of manned aircraft in operation. The U.S. commercial drone market could easily be worth $5 billion, according to the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, and the global commercial market
Accidents
A falling drone cut and bruised an 11-month-old girl in a stroller at an event Saturday, according to the Pasadena Police Department. Police said a 24-year-old man lost control of his DJI Inspire 1, a camera-carrying quadcopter costing nearly $3,000, causing it to crash to the ground outside of
Accidents
Norwegian investigators have revealed that a light aircraft collided with an unmanned air vehicle just days before the country’s air navigation service cautioned about their proliferation. Investigation authority SHT declines to identify the aircraft type involved, but says it was a “low-wing, two-seat” monoplane. The incident took place on
Test Ranges
Airogistic LLC, a pioneer for developing UAV infrastructure products and services, has announced the product rollout of the DroneDome. The DroneDome is an outdoor netted shelter that allows for the use and testing of small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) in a controlled and personnel safe environment. Companies and organizations can
Commercial
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles to inspect wear and tear on wind turbines is coming into its own, and may well be a $6 billion business by 2024, Navigant Research reports. In a new analysis, "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Inspection Services for Wind Turbines: Global Market Assessment and
Commercial
According ASPCA, every year, only about 17 percent of lost pets in shelters are reunited with their families. Return-to-owner rate for electronic searching and ID pets was over 45 percent. Of the dogs entering shelters, 26% who came in as strays are returned to their owner. Of the cats rate
Commercial
In everything but material, Carbon Flyer is a fancy paper airplane. It has two propellers and a Bluetooth controller, and the plane’s structure is carbon fibre, giving it a rigidity and strength that paper lacks. In addition, it has a camera and lights, making it far more drone than
Commercial
Aerialtronics, a manufacturer of high performance multirotor aerial platforms, announced that it has selected Robotic Skies as its completion and maintenance provider for its line of unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Under the partnership, the two companies will collaborate to build a custom maintenance program for the Aerialtronics product line that
Commercial
Skyward has introduced its information management solutio n, the first d esigned for commercial drone operators. By providing this critical business infrastructure, Skyward is powering a global aerial robotics network. The cloudbased solution integrates a drone airspace map with flight planning tools and a digital system of record, supported
Commercial
Australian-based Locata Corporation has announced that NASA plans to install a Locata network as the core positioning technology for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) research at its world-renowned Langley Research Centre in Hampton, Virginia. NASA Langley is tasked with performing rigorous and repeatable scientific evaluation of new UAV safety and technology
Commercial
Gauteng-based ProWings Training is the first flying school in South Africa to be approved by the SA Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) as a commercial remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) training organisation. The authorisation was issued by the SACAA on Friday. ProWings chief executive Ian Melamed today said he and Michael Muller,
Commercial
Rio Tinto is moving to expand its use of unmanned aerial systems outside its current mine monitoring and inspection activities and into the wider business. Rio is among many in the industrial sector to turn to drones to more safely and easily survey and inspect their vast infrastructure assets. The