Events
Drone World Expo 2016, in conjunction with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide, has launched an all new workshop - "Multirotor sUAS Safety and Operational Familiarization for the Commercial Operator." This one-day, hands-on course, to be offered as a pre-event workshop at Drone World Expo on Monday, November 14th
Military
A US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft crashed in northern Syria at approximately 7:10 a.m. local time, July 5, 2016. The aircraft was flying a combat mission when positive control of the aircraft was lost. The remotely piloted aircraft crash was not due to enemy fire.
News
Drones equipped with thermal imaging cameras are being deployed on the French side of the Channel Tunnel to track asylum seekers attempting to cross to the UK. Eurotunnel said the measure had been under consideration since the refugee crisis intensified last year but the deployment today comes amid speculation that
Business
PatentYogi has unveiled a patent application that might shine some light on the drone’s design. They found a patent published last week, filed by a GoPro employee who works on drones. If this is GoPro’s drone (and that’s a big if), it’s like nothing else on
C-UAS
Poland’s Ministry of Defense has signed a contract for the deployment of non-kinetic countermeasures against unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) during the upcoming NATO summit in Warsaw. Bids to provide the services were due June 28, the ministry’s Armament Inspectorate said in a statement. The procurement is related “to
Commercial
DJI has introduced an improved version of its geofencing system in the latest update to the DJI GO app that controls its Phantom and Inspire aerial platforms. The Geospatial Environment Online (GEO) software will help pilots avoid flying drones near airports and other sensitive locations, and automatically update with temporary
News
Flightradar24 is probably the web's foremost destination for aviation nerds of all stripes. Using data from a worldwide network of radio ground stations, the site lets users track the real-time locations of civilian aircraft by constantly updating a live map based on their transponder pings. Now the site
News
The war on wild dogs in the Southern Downs region brought in the big guns last week, working with Ninox Robotics to utilise military-grade drones to seek out pest animal populations amongst inaccessible terrain along the New South Wales border. Two years ago Queensland Country Lifereported on early plans by
Business
The defense authorities of Japan and Israel are making preparations toward initiating joint research on unmanned surveillance airplanes, Japanese government sources and bilateral diplomatic sources said. The preparations are in the final phase and the two governments have already sounded out the defense industry of the two counties about the
Commercial
Added to the Turkish Armed Forces' inventory in 2014, the Bayraktar TB2 Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) was put into service with the Turkish National Police. Consisting of three UAVs and ground control units, the first system was delivered in June following tests and approval procedures. The second system
News
Reports of drones over the Savannah River Site nuclear weapons complex in Columbia, South Carolina, are drawing scrutiny from the federal government. Agents with the FBI interviewed a prominent nuclear watchdog this week about drones at the site. Meanwhile, the SRS “protective force” has confirmed several sightings of drones in
News
As the number of slots available to foreign allies at the US Air Force’s unmanned air vehicle training school continues to be limited, the UK is considering establishing its own domestic capability, ahead of a planned acquisition of a new fleet of remotely piloted aircraft. Royal Air Force personnel