Interesting Podcast where Ian Smith of Commercial Drones speaks with Joshua Resnick the CEO of Parallel Flight Technology. Parallel Flight Technology is a start-up building a hybrid drone with the capacity to lift relatively heavy payloads for long periods. As an example, on the high end they discuss that a 75 lbs. drone should be able to life about 75 lbs. Or that same … [Read more...] about Podcast: Start-up Parallel Flight Technology on Lifting Heavy Things with Drones
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Commercial Drones FM: Ian Smith Talks Urban Air Mobility with Travis Mason of Airbus
Listen to Ian Smith of Commercial Drones FM catch up with Travis Mason, VP and Head of Certification & Regulation, Urban Air Mobility at Airbus. Travis most recently was MC at AUVSI's XPONENTIAL Conference 2019—the largest global gathering of unmanned systems technology in the world. Travis previously was Chief of Staff at Google X and worked with the Wing team on … [Read more...] about Commercial Drones FM: Ian Smith Talks Urban Air Mobility with Travis Mason of Airbus
Video of Amazon Prime Air’s Delivery Drone In Action.
While maybe not as riveting as your favorite movie, this video published by Amazon shows it's current version delivery drone in action. It is worth noting that the takeoff and landings are on a identified platform landing areas. It also does not show the transfer of the items from pick-up to delivery but it does give you an idea of the flight pattern of the drone and the … [Read more...] about Video of Amazon Prime Air’s Delivery Drone In Action.
DJI Partner Heliguy Awarded Contract With Major UK Rail Operator
UK-based Heliguy, one of DJI’s largest European enterprise partners and distributors, has been awarded a nationwide contract with Network Rail as part of a drone services framework worth up to £2.6million. Heliguy will supply, maintain, repair and service Network Rail’s drones, as well as delivering training courses to the infrastructure group’s team of in-house pilots. … [Read more...] about DJI Partner Heliguy Awarded Contract With Major UK Rail Operator
Don’t Fly Blind: The Business of Air Traffic Awareness for Drones
UTM, air traffic awareness, remote ID and tracking, and collision avoidance are all hot topics in the drone industry. As these frameworks and technologies develop, risks will decrease, regulations will ease, and the applications that commercial drones are regularly able to perform will expand dramatically. There is always, however, more than one way to skin the proverbial … [Read more...] about Don’t Fly Blind: The Business of Air Traffic Awareness for Drones
