This article has been updated to clarify the nature of the drone in this story. To date, flight beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) has been tested with visual ground observers or in an... Read more
In a recent press release, Azur Drones announced that the Directorate-General for Civil Aviation (DGAC) which regulates drones uses in France, has approved its fully-automated drone surveil... Read more
The FAA says that the drone Integration Pilot Program (IPP) is up and running, and features some of the ground-breaking work that’s happening in the field. The following is taken from... Read more
The largest commercial drone manufacturer in South Africa, ALTi, says that the day of the fixed-wing, VTOL drone could be here. In a piece titled “What is BVLOS and What Does it Mean t... Read more
Japan is moving one step closer to drone delivery, with a new change in the law requiring a visual observer for drone flights. “A law requiring that a safety assistant be present durin... Read more
Workhorse Group recently announced that they are performing drone delivery in Ohio, with cooperation of the FAA. It’s not a project listed as part of the UAS Integration Pilot Program... Read more
Tomorrow, May 5 is International Drone Day, and in conjunction with that event leading AI-enabled airspace awareness and intelligence firm Fortem Technologies released its consumer survey fi... Read more
Commercial drone laws are in the early stages of development – and that means they are constantly evolving. It can be difficult for commercial operators to keep up with changes. Here... Read more
Leading U.S. drone platform provider PrecisionHawk has been working for three years to develop its research on flight beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS.) Now, they’re ready to pass i... Read more
“UTM” is one of those acronyms that has reached the status of annoying – technical enough that not everyone in the drone industry understands what it means, but ubiquitous enough that few ar... Read more
The demonstration in Singapore was significant, as the Airbus drone delivery project – called Skyways – has entered into an agreement with SingPost to trial small parcel d... Read more
FAA Acting Deputy Administrator Carl Burleson told attendees of the Singapore Airshow that regulations to track and identify drones would be coming this year. CNBC reports that while partici... Read more
Insitu, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, has moved the concept of legal BVLOS flight forward a step, with their successful demonstration of a ground-based airspace situationa... Read more
New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced his state’s partnership between NASA and the Northeast UAS Airspace Integrations Research Alliance, and the $30 million investment... Read more