Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) flight is a critical component of the advancement of unmanned commercial applications. While France has had legalized BVLOS flight since 2012, most count... Read more
It’s another first for the drone industry – as beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flight is becoming more regular, the FAA has now issued a Certificate of Authorization (COA) th... Read more
Night flights and beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations are coming and DJI is preparing the ground. Today the Chinese manufacturer launched an upgrade to their most popular enterpri... Read more
Skylogic Research, the leading commercial drone industry research and advisory services firm, just announced the release of their latest research on commercial drone operations. The Economic... Read more
Perhaps it’s time to modernize the classic titular song from the musical Oklahoma!: “Oklahoma, where the drones come flyin’ down the plain, Oklahoma, where FAA permits sure smell sweet... Read more
Israeli drone provider Airobotics this week announced receiving the FAA’s first ever three-prong certificate of waiver for “flying Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) for automated drone ope... Read more
Energy provider Southern Company has announced plans to expand its existing drone program with assistance from Verizon-owned Skyward. The move follows Southern Company and its affiliates... Read more
While the U.S. has been busy announcing the 10 selected participants in the drone Integration Pilot Program (IPP), Transport Canada has been developing a comprehensive pilot program for beyo... Read more
The City of San Diego partnered with drone cloud-platform provider Cape last week to participate in the UAS Integration Pilot Program. Chosen from 149 applicants, the partnership is among 10... Read more
A major American drone platform provider is ready to boldly go where few drones have gone before. North Carolina-based PrecisionHawk released a report today that will mark a new era in Beyon... Read more
Swiss-based drone manufacturer senseFly, a Parrot company, has introduced a new version of it’s flight and data management software, eMotion. That may not sound quite as exciting as... Read more
A guest post by Kittyhawk Co-founder Josh Ziering. This is the second FAA UAS Symposium I’ve attended and the contrast between the two has been so dissimilar that it feels like I may need a... 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
Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM), a comprehensive system for managing and monitoring drone flights beyond visual line of sight (BVLS), is something of a regulatory Wild West show here in th... Read more