With the exponential growth of drones sales in the U.S., the skies are about to get more crowded. This has caused concern with regulators in North Dakota as agricultural UAVs take flight over the same farm airspace occupied by (manned) aerial crop sprayers. After the FAA awarded North Dakota Federal Aviation Administration Unmanned Aircraft Systems Test Site status to an area … [Read more...] about Dakota drones urged to notify crop dusters
Drone Crashes in Downtown St. Louis
from ksdk.com ST. LOUIS – Police are investigating after a drone crashed in downtown St. Louis Monday afternoon. Schron Jackson, a spokesperson for the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, says Bike Unit officers responded to the Metropolitan Square building in the 200 block of North Broadway around 4 p.m. Monday after security officers called about a recovered article … [Read more...] about Drone Crashes in Downtown St. Louis
Live Feed from The Small Unmanned Systems Business Expo 2014 Day 1
Didn't make it to SF for the Expo? Watch it here. Today's schedule (PST Time): 9:00 -- 9:10 Welcome and Opening Statements -- Patrick Egan, sUAS News 9:10 -- 9:30 -- Patrick Egan, sUAS News 9:30 -- 10:00 UAS Certification -- Doug Davis 10:00 -10:30 LiDAR Demo -- Wolfgang Juchmann, Velodyne LiDAR 10:30 -11:00 BREAK 11:00 -- 11:30 Henri Seydoux --Parrot … [Read more...] about Live Feed from The Small Unmanned Systems Business Expo 2014 Day 1
Leaflet Blast to Address Drone Crashes Down Under
As pressure mounts for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to release guidelines for domestic drone flights by 2015, regulators in Australia are already launching stacks of educational leaflets aimed at Australian hobbyists. According to the Daily Telegraph, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (Australia’s equivalent to the FAA) announced it would distribute about … [Read more...] about Leaflet Blast to Address Drone Crashes Down Under
On AngelList: Flirtey
AngelList is a popular website for technology start-ups looking to raise equity or debt financing from accredited investors. Of the 36,000 companies seeking financing on AngelList, 23 companies are self-categorized as “Drone-Tech.” Today, we profile one of these companies, Flirtey. The Company's tagline "Stuff By Air, Anytime, Anywhere" tell the story. Flirtey is in the … [Read more...] about On AngelList: Flirtey
