Business
Deveron UAS Corp. an agriculture digital services and analytics provider in North America has announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Kansas City, Missouri based digital agriculture provider Atlas Team. The acquisition will allow Deveron to continue to build upon its expansion into the US agriculture market providing
Commercial
The goal of this research project at the University of Kentucky is to identify each cow, locate it in a pasture and measure vital health information like weight, size, facial features and physical activity. The autonomous UAV system in development at UK could potentially locate, recognize and monitor each cow.
Commercial
American dining habits are changing, as busy schedules and varying tastes increase demand for ordered food. New technologies enable ordering by smartphone apps and delivery by robots or aerial drones. High-density urban areas pose a challenge for drone delivery, so Uber Eats used ModalAI’s VOXL platform in its tests
News
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is warning the general public that it is illegal to operate a drone with a dangerous weapon attached. Perhaps you’ve seen online photos and videos of drones with attached guns, bombs, fireworks, flamethrowers, and other dangerous items. Do not consider attaching any items such
Testing
On August 16th, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) gave a flight demonstration to Royal Air Force (RAF) senior leadership and RAF Reaper operators, as well as guests from the U.S. Marine Corp. and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The flight showcased MQ-9B SkyGuardian – GA-ASI’s development RPA that
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Airbus Aerial has been granted a waiver by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) operations in Grand Forks, ND without the need for a visual observer. The waiver allows Airbus Aerial to conduct such operations as part of North
Accidents
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s experimental unmanned aircraft conversion program experienced a mishap during a mission today at Michael Army Airfield in Utah. No one was injured in the mishap, which occurred during an experimentation mission, but the unmanned aircraft was damaged, according to a press release issued this
News
Drone Volt, a French embedded artificial intelligence expert and manufacturer of professional civil drones, has announced the release of its latest drone hybrid VTOL (Vertical Takeoff and Landing) vehicle named Heliplane v.2 drone. The new version offers long flight endurance times, 1.6-kg (3.5-lb) payload capacity, and VTOL/
Commercial
EHang, an autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) technology platform company, announced that it has become the world’s first company to achieve certificate of unmanned aircraft system (UAS) safety level II for AAVs through tests of the UAS fence. The certificate was issued by the China Academy of Civil Aviation Science
Commercial
Remote GeoSystems, Inc., a global provider of immersive geospatial video, photo and data recorders and reporting software for survey and inspection, and Xi’an ARTEL Technology, Inc., China’s leading developer/operator of beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) inspection UAVs, are pleased to announce the successful deployment of complementary
Commercial
A team in Iraq and Australia has developed another way to use drones in healthcare—as part of a system that detects when an elderly person has fallen, then delivers first aid. Described in the journal Sensor, the drone system successfully reached every fake test patient in a busy city
Agriculture
AeroVironment, Inc. announced its 2019 Quantix and AV DSS University Collaboration Project. The project’s focus is to advance academic research, applications and crop production practices to improve the future of farming through the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and advanced data analytics. Through the project, AeroVironment has donated