The Wing free drone pilot app, OpenSky, launched today: with features to simplify airspace intelligence for both commercial and recreational flyers. The Wing free drone pilot app has been available in Australia for a couple of years: OpenSky is available in the U. S. today for the first time. OpenSky is an adaptation of the software that Wing uses in it's commercial drone … [Read more...] about The Wing Free Drone Pilot App for Commercial and Recreational Users: OpenSky Launches Today in U.S.
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Automated Airspace Approval in Australia: CASA Announces Beta Launch in Fall 2021
Automated airspace approval has been a game changer for commercial pilots in the U.S., through the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC). The digital transformation of a slow and manual process means that drone pilots can get the authorization required within minutes rather than, in some cases, weeks. Now, Australian airspace authorities CASA have … [Read more...] about Automated Airspace Approval in Australia: CASA Announces Beta Launch in Fall 2021
LAANC Use Accelerates: Kittyhawk Reports All-Time Record Levels of Activity
Despite the current COVID crisis, there has been a lot of good news from the drone industry lately - and one is that LAANC use is accelerating. This piece of positive data comes from drone operations platform Kittyhawk, developers of the FAA's first mobile app, B4UFly. In a blog post, Kittyhawk CEO and Co-founder Jon Hegranes says that activity has hit record levels: … [Read more...] about LAANC Use Accelerates: Kittyhawk Reports All-Time Record Levels of Activity
Airspace Link: A New Player in UTM Solutions Raises $4 Million
Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) solutions are a fast growing sector in the drone industry right now - as evidenced by new funding for Airspace Link. An announcement on TechCrunch says that the Detroit-based startup has just won an additional $4 million on top of initial seed funding to bring their services to market, having already received FAA approval to provide low … [Read more...] about Airspace Link: A New Player in UTM Solutions Raises $4 Million
DroneUp Named USS, LAANC Provider
DroneUp has been making the news frequently recently, racking up government and enterprise clients. DroneUp provides drone pilot services across the country: pilots are trained to a single high standard and use a sophisticated operating platform to ensure quality deliverables. Now, DroneUp has been named an Unmanned Aircraft System Service Supplier (USS) and will provide … [Read more...] about DroneUp Named USS, LAANC Provider
