Commercial Drones FM just published a Podcast featuring Impossible Aerospace where Ian talks with Keenan Johnson at AUVSI last year in Chicago. As background, Impossible Aerospace is a US startup based on the west coast that manufactures an all-electric, high-endurance multirotor drone marketing as the US-1. The drone platform is marketed mainly towards first responders—law … [Read more...] about Commercial Drones FM Podcast: Impossible Aerospace
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Global Public-Safety Project Wants Data-driven Drones During Disasters
A global consortium focusing on public-safety drones asked first responders what they wanted in UAV systems. The response? It’s all about the data. ResponDrone, an international project co-funded by the EU and the Korean government, recently surveyed first responders at a “Design Thinking” workshop in Greece last month. Attendees agreed: constant, real-time data during … [Read more...] about Global Public-Safety Project Wants Data-driven Drones During Disasters
Impossible Aerospace: US-1’s ‘Battery-First’ Concept Offers 2-Hour Flight Time
It turns out that we've been doing this aviation thing wrong the whole time. Instead of designing a lightweight drone capable of carrying a battery and a useful payload, we should have been developing batteries that can fly. That's the conclusion that acted as the starting point for Impossible Aerospace, a California startup fresh out of stealth mode and ready to shake up … [Read more...] about Impossible Aerospace: US-1’s ‘Battery-First’ Concept Offers 2-Hour Flight Time
