Commercial
Turkey's first flying car, Cezeri became the most notable product at this year's Teknofest, the country's top aerospace and technology festival visited by nearly 2 million people from Sept. 17-22. A team of 50 engineers at Cezeri Robot, a concern of Baykar Group, under
Commercial
On Thursday September 26th, the SAFIR consortium held an Open Day hosted by the Port of Antwerp. A multitude of industrial and commercial drone applications were on display during live demonstrations. During the Open Day, the safety and economic viability of integrated drone traffic in a challenging environment was successfully
Business
The United States Postal Service (Postal Service or USPS) is investigating the feasibility of utilizing unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) or drones as delivery vehicles for mail as an integrated part of its vehicle delivery fleet, as well as to provide image and other data collection services. The Postal Service recognizes
Commercial
As a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers seeks to ban Chinese drone purchases by federal agencies, new research from DRONERESPONDERS – the world’s leading non-profit organization supporting public safety UAS – examines the perspectives of America’s first responders operating foreign-made, small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS). The DRONERESPONDERS report, Chinese
Law Enforcement
During September 11th-13th, 2019, The Department of Special Training of the Police Academy in Katowice, Poland, organised a seminar on: 'The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in the Police and the way police officers deal with UAV operators who violate legal regulations'. This seminar was attended by
Commercial
Wing Aviation LLC, an Alphabet company, is collaborating with FedEx Express and Walgreens to launch a first-of-its-kind drone delivery service in Christiansburg, Virginia next month. The pilot program will demonstrate the many benefits of drone delivery to communities by exploring methods to enhance last-mile delivery service, improve access to health
Commercial
The DRONERESPONDERS Public Safety Alliance, the world’s fastest growing non-profit program supporting public safety UAS, thas announced the creation of the DRONERESPONDERS International Advisory Council (DIAC) to serve the rapidly expanding constituency of international members joining the DRONERESPONDERS movement. DRONERESPONDERS Director Charles Werner announced the formation of DIAC while
Commercial
STRATODYNAMICS, in collaboration with UAVOS, have announced their latest successful record-setting stratospheric flight. The stratospheric glider named the HiDRON was released from a Canadian Space Agency scientific gondola at an altitude of 111,434 feet (33.9 km) and performed a four hour controlled flight and landed at Iroquois Falls
Commercial
Donecle announced it has signed on Austrian Airlines, member of the Lufthansa Group, for its automated drone inspection solution. Donecle is excited to partner with Austrian Airlines to help the airline optimize their maintenance process by reducing time of aircraft inspection while increasing reliability, safety and traceability of airframe checks.
Commercial
German-based Quantum-Systems GmbH released the enhanced version of the Trinity F9, the Trinity F90+ at the Intergeo on September 16th. With a flight time of 90+ minutes combined with long range telemetry solution of up to 7.5 km and PPK capabilities for more accuracy. Comprehensive and state-of-the-art features are
Business
Drone Delivery Canada Corp. has announced that with the assistance of its sales agent Air Canada Cargo, it has entered into a commercial agreement dated September 9, 2019 with Vision Profile Extrusions Limited, a prominent manufacturing company, to deploy a drone delivery platform for the use of Vision between its
Transport
Nevada-based company Flirtey unveiled The Eagle drone delivery system, which will help Flirtey further its mission to “save lives and change lifestyles by making delivery instant for everyone.” Flirtey is an independent drone delivery service and made history in 2015 by conducting the first Federal Aviation Administration-approved last-mile drone delivery.