Earlier this month, Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao addressed the Transportation Research Board and revealed details of several new drone industry initiatives. Among them... Read more
Back in 2017, Alaska-based Indemnis partnered with DJI to develop parachute standards and systems that could be deployed in an instant, protecting valuable multi-rotor cargo and, of course,... Read more
The UAS Integration Pilot Program (IPP) is getting underway, as the chosen partners begin their trials. North Dakota is starting their trials of flight over people with a unique safety tool... Read more
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report suggesting that the FAA needs to improve its management of safety risks for drones. The 92-page document, published in respon... Read more
A new whitepaper from Global Aerospace and DART Drones offers insight on how the drone industry is moving forward to meet the challenges of wide scale implementation. “An Analysis of... Read more
The Drone Integration Pilot Program (IPP ) announced this week is all about stretching the envelope of what’s allowed with drone technology. Drone package delivery, flight beyond visu... Read more
Blue Skies Drone Rental has announced a partnership with Israeli drone safety company ParaZero. The move will see Blue Skies become an official US distributor of ParaZero’s range of pa... Read more
At AUVSI and the FAA’s co-hosted UAS Symposium event, speakers agreed on the rapid development of the drone industry. Safety, however, remained a primary concern. Michael Kratsios, de... Read more
Drone security firm Dedrone and network giant Verizon’s OCR (Operation Convergent Response) team have written the book – well, the whitepaper, anyway – on preventing drone... Read more
The AMA has released a statement strongly condemning the drone operator who allegedly flew over a passenger jet landing at McCarren International Airport in Las Vegas. The FAA is investigati... Read more
SkyWatch, a “data analysis, risk-assessment and active risk-reduction platform for the drone industry,” has announced $2 million in a Seed round. The funding comes from F2 Capita... Read more
As the New Year approaches, it’s time to start thinking about what 2018 will bring. Ivan Tolchinsky, CEO of global automated drone company Atlas Dynamics, takes a world view of the ind... Read more
The FAA and USDoT recently released what they refer to as an “Information for Operators” (InFO) memo recommending that: remote pilots and other sUAS flight crew members wear brig... Read more
The FAA is seeking public comments on appropriate design standards for the FlightScan Corporation’s Camcopter S-100 – and whether or not you have anything to say on the subject,... Read more