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
The FAA has announced nine partner additions to its Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) initiative. The collaborative program between the FAA and drone industry st... Read more
The following is a guest post by Dan Burton, CEO and Founder of DroneBase. Today is a momentous day for the drone industry. Since its official implementation in April 2018, the Federal Avia... Read more
The rollout of the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) beta test is continuing, with the Western South Region – including airports in California and Hawaii... Read more
What’s the Difference Between a Waiver and an Authorization – and Where’s My Waiver? The FAA Webinar
The FAA is making big efforts to communicate with and educate commercial operators. A part of the program, they kicked off a live summer Webinar series on Tuesday offering insight into FAA... Read more
San Francisco-based Kittyhawk, the enterprise drone solutions company, today announced it raised $5M in funding, bringing the company’s total capital raised to $6.5M. “Kittyhawk raised... Read more
Enterprise drone operations software specialist Kittyhawk has announced a collaboration with Jeppesen, a Boeing subsidiary. The pair will begin working towards offering digital airspace auth... Read more
The following is a guest post by talented Part 107 Pilot and author, Kara Murphy. The FAA launched its much-anticipated Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) system.... Read more
AirMap‘s new CEO, David Hose, is an optimist when it comes to the drone industry. The recently named head of one of the world’s leading drone operations platforms has a lot to b... Read more
The following is a guest post by Jon Hegranes, Co-founder and CEO of Kittyhawk.io, an integrated commercial drone operations platform. With the initial roll-out of LAANC just a few weeks awa... 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
The FAA announced yesterday that the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC), which provides real-time airspace authorizations, will be expanded to 500 airports beginn... Read more
LAANC, the Low-Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability made available for testing last year, holds great promise for the industry. Now leading airspace management platform AirMap... 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