Thursday, May 12th, 2016
The drone revolution is disrupting industries ranging from agriculture to filmmaking. According to a new study by PwC on the commercial applications of drone technology, the emerging global market for business services using drones is valued at over $127 bn. With drones poised to have an impact on business operations of companies in a broad
Thursday, May 12th, 2016
Cardno announced the filing with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office of a patent application in the Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) industry. The patent application is for a remote sensing workflow using UAS and specialized sensors to assess uranium contamination at abandoned uranium mines. “This patent application makes claims in connection with our technology that
Wednesday, May 4th, 2016
Speaking today at the AUVSI annual conference in New Orleans, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta announced the agency is establishing a broad-based advisory committee that will provide advice on key unmanned aircraft integration issues. He also announced plans to make it easier for students to fly unmanned aircraft as part of their coursework. Huerta said the
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016
NEW ORLEANS (XPONENTIAL 2016), MAY 3, 2016 – AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV), a world leader in small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), today announced that the company – in partnership with SmartC2, a leading provider of flight business management systems – will team with NASA on its Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) Technology Capability Levels (TCL) 2
Friday, April 22nd, 2016
April 21- What’s not to like about an automated government system that’s faster, simpler and more user-friendly than the paper-based system it supplements? In a Federal Register notice (PDF), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officially notified owners of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) used for commercial, public and other non-model aircraft operations they may now
Monday, April 18th, 2016
A tiny pilotless aircraft, built by the University of Southampton, has launched from the Royal Navy’s ice patrol ship HMS Protector for the first time to assist with navigating through the Antarctic. The 3D-printed aircraft, along with a quadcopter, scouted the way for the survey ship so she could find her way through the thick
Thursday, April 14th, 2016
ARLINGTON, Va — The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) today released an interactive analysis that finds 38 types of business operations have been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly unmanned aircraft systems commercially in the National Airspace System (NAS). According to the report that analyzed more than 3,000 FAA exemptions, aerial
Tuesday, April 12th, 2016
A scientist from The Australian National University (ANU) is helping set up an international network to use surveillance camera networks and drone data to spy on trees. The network will help make huge amounts of time-lapse image data accessible for scientists trying to understand how climate change will affect forests around the world. Dr Tim
Wednesday, April 6th, 2016
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is currently reviewing the report and recommendations of the Micro Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Aviation Rulemaking Committee. The agency had tasked the group to develop recommendations for performance-based regulations that would let certain unmanned aircraft operate over people not directly involved in the flight of the aircraft. The rulemaking committee,
Wednesday, April 6th, 2016
Andover, Mass.—MEMSIC Inc., a leading sensing solutions provider, today announced the availability of a new whitepaper that spotlights and explains the various types of sensors and sensing technologies found in a typical drone product. The new whitepaper can be downloaded here – http://www.memsic.com/about-memsic/publications.cfm “Most people have no idea how many sensors are in a typical drone,”
