The NUAIR Alliance, a consortium of New York and Massachusetts companies, has announced that Major General Marke F. “Hoot” Gibson, USAF (Ret) has been hired as their new CEO “to provid... Read more
WiBotic, a Seattle wireless power and battery intelligence solution provider for the robotics industry, has announced WiBotic PowerPad, an integrated wireless charging pad for drones. Design... Read more
AirVūz, the online community for drone videos and photography, is launching an annual contest to celebrate the very best in drone cinematography. And you can enter to win by uploading your w... Read more
Our content partners at the Roswell Flight Test Crew are producing a series of videos to assist people who are preparing to take their Part 107 test. In this episode they discuss atmospheric... Read more
Joel Ifill has been working to get his start up, DASH Systems, off the ground, but a hurricane got in the way. Listening to reports out of Puerto Rico, Joel felt his time might be better spe... Read more
The following is from Canada’s TSB and outlines their approach to the recent drone incident. Collision with unmanned aerial vehicle The occurrence On 12 October 2017, a Beech King Air... Read more
Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport, for Canada issued the following statement with regard to a drone incident in Quebec City: “On October 12, 2017, a Skyjet flight was struck by a dro... Read more
The folks at AirVuz have highlighted this video by Douglas Thron and it is grim. Mr. Thron says about the video, “Never seen anything like it. The fires literally burned over 1500 hous... Read more
DJI has been stepping up its efforts in the area of drone safety and security (view related coverage here). This may be in part a result of addressing issues that have been leveled against t... Read more
Boeing subsidiary Insitu, working with Esri, the spatial analytics firm, has successfully completed test flights on a method for supporting firefighting efforts using state-of-the-art softwa... Read more
The value of drone video and photos is amply illustrated in the coverage of the ongoing fires ravaging northern California. The footage captures a perspective we often didn’t see and c... Read more
Flirtey, the drone delivery service company, has received a lot of press attention for its test deliveries of pizza and 7-Eleven but it appears to be conducting much more practical and mark... Read more
Last week we reported that a credible source had informed us that EHANG, the drone manufacturer, was considering filing for bankruptcy. In an email seeking confirmation and insight, EHANG CE... Read more
The FAA’s UAS ID & Tracking ARC; DJI’s AeroScope and a Reality Check
Commentary Last May Michael Huerta, the Administrator of the FAA, issued a charter to establish a committee to assess and make a recommendation with regard to rules that would determine how... Read more