from computerworld.com The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), which represents the nascent commercial drone industry in the U.S., has thrown its considerable weight behind a bid by Amazon to test drones for use in the online retailer's proposed Prime Air package delivery service. The Federal Aviation Administration Modernization and … [Read more...] about Amazon’s Efforts to Test Delivery Drones Gains Support from AUVSI
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Dayton Becoming a Player in Growing Drone Market
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
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
