Drone operators who wish they had the opportunity to speak with the FAA – in person – will have their chance. The FAA and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems Internatio... Read more
Oklahoma-based Vigilant Aerospace has completed successful beyond visual line- of-sight (BVLOS) flight testing of its new FlightHorizon detect-and-avoid collision avoidance system for drones... Read more
Vigilant Aerospace Systems, Inc. has released a list of all commercial drones currently available in the US market that have the flight and communications range to be flown beyond line-of-si... Read more
Despite the FAA’s warning that state and local drone regulations would create an industry-stifling “patchwork quilt” of regulations, new drone ordinances, regulations, and... Read more
There are 17 ways to order a Domino’s Pizza now, says a recent article in Bloomberg’s Gadfly; and keeping up with technology has proven to be Domino’s secret sauce. Now the... Read more
It’s the season for delivery services to think hard about efficiencies. Amazon announced their first successful drone delivery last week; this fall the USPS published the results of a... Read more
The in-house vs. outsource decision is critical across industries today – with positions from mail service and custodial work all the way up to the Chief Financial Officer or CEO being... Read more
Japan has announced another move towards codifying regulations for commercial drones. In an effort to balance safety with support of the industry, the Japanese transport ministry says it wi... Read more
Drone delivery has made significant progress in 2016. Delivery company Flirtey has worked with the FAA to test delivery in rural, urban, and ship-to-shore scenarios. Medical delivery compa... Read more
News and Commentary. The UK’s Air Traffic Control organization, Airprox, says that recreational drone operators appear to have a new hobby: Plane spotting. The UK Airprox Board, who p... Read more
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is getting ready to move on the promised regulations for flight over people, The Hill reports. Commercial drone operators have been waiting for the... Read more
At the recent Commercial UAV Expo in Las Vegas, FAA attorney Dean Griffiths said that the three top requests for Part 107 waivers were for night operations, operations over people, and fligh... Read more
Mark Bathrick, of the US Department of the Interior, should know what it takes to succeed in commercial drone business. He runs a department that is one of the United States’ leaders... Read more
Commercial drone operators hoped that Part 107 would provide some relief from the long and expensive process of receiving a Section 333 Exemption from the FAA. Certainly, the new rules allo... Read more
