from mydaytondailynews.com Sinclair Community College unveiled plans Tuesday for the renovation of an existing downtown Dayton campus building into a $5 million UAS Training and Certification Center, one more step advocates say for the region to position itself as a leader in a multi-billion dollar future market. “We’ve been an early pioneer of this early phase of UAS,” … [Read more...] about Dayton Becoming a Player in Growing Drone Market
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Top Five Things You Need to Know About Drones and GIS
from directionsmag.com's Bill McNeil The mere mention of “drones” conjures thoughts of bombs and missiles raining down on unsuspecting bad guys. However, most of today’s drones, more accurately described as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), are or will be focused on generating data to solve peace-time applications. UAVs range in size and cost from Northrop’s Global Hawk at … [Read more...] about Top Five Things You Need to Know About Drones and GIS
Keeping Up With the FAA: August 2014
August has been fairly quiet for the Federal Aviation Administration. The early summer months were particularly messy for the FAA - the administration made a lot of controversial decisions, enraged a lot of people and was the target of a lot of public shaming. Sort of like the U.S. Department of Transportation's version of Miley Cyrus. August certainly isn't without … [Read more...] about Keeping Up With the FAA: August 2014
Why Drone Enthusiasts All Over The U.S. Are Getting Arrested
from Huffington Post Last fall, a Brooklyn man was arrested after his drone struck two Manhattan skyscrapers and crashed 20 feet away from a pedestrian. In April, an Ohio man was arrested while filming the scene of a car crash because his drone blocked a medical helicopter from landing, police say. And on Monday, two men were arrested in New York City on charges of … [Read more...] about Why Drone Enthusiasts All Over The U.S. Are Getting Arrested
Commercial Drones: An Industry That Wants to Be Regulated
from The Epoch Times The commercial use of drones is expected to surge. We’ve already seen their utility in military applications, law enforcement and border patrol. At the low cost of a few thousand dollars or few hundred dollars, a drone is cheap to purchase or assemble from a kit. The range of potential uses is as wide as one’s imagination: Aerial photos to aid … [Read more...] about Commercial Drones: An Industry That Wants to Be Regulated
