North Dakota’s Vantis UAS System Opens Mission & Network Operations Center by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M Crosby This past Thursday saw Vantis, North Dakota’s statewide unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) system, formally celebrate the grand opening of its Mission and Network Operations Center (MNOC) at GrandSky Business and Aviation Park. Continue reading below or … [Read more...] about North Dakota’s Vantis UAS System Opens Mission and Network Ops Center: The Heart of Vantis
Northern Plains UAS Test Site
Drone Delivery Relief Comes to North Dakota
Drone delivery relief is coming to a North Dakota city to promote social distancing. Israeli UAS startup Flytrex is partnering with EASE Drones, the Grand Forks Region Economic Development Corporation and the City of Grand Forks to deliver food, medicine and other essential goods to residents’ backyards. The program operates under the Northern Plains Unmanned Aerial System … [Read more...] about Drone Delivery Relief Comes to North Dakota
North Dakota Partnership Could Jump Start BVLOS Drone Testing
A major aerospace company is partnering with one of the first drone test sites in the U.S. to optimize WAS beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS). Harris Corporation announced the partnership with University of North Dakota and the Northern Plains UAS Test Site to create a network infrastructure system designed to “provide a full range of aviation-grade services for safe and … [Read more...] about North Dakota Partnership Could Jump Start BVLOS Drone Testing
US Drone Testers Frustrated by ‘Glacial’ FAA
(Source: The Guardian) Colonel Robert Becklund knows the exhilaration of flying some of the world’s most powerful, fast and nimble aircraft. For 17 years he was a pilot with the 119th fighter wing of the North Dakota air national guard, and the F-16 Fighting Falcon was his plaything. He would fly the supersonic jets at Mach-2 speeds, feeling the force of nine Gs bearing … [Read more...] about US Drone Testers Frustrated by ‘Glacial’ FAA
Drone Spark ‘Hottest Topic’ at ND Farm Show
As drones continue to take flight across an array of industries, more and more farmers are seeing new possibilities in the nascent technology that could equal larger-than-ever crop yields. The latest state to see the “wow” factor of UAV-driven agriculture is North Dakota, where farmers were given a chance to see drones in action and learn more at the Big Iron Farm Show Sept. … [Read more...] about Drone Spark ‘Hottest Topic’ at ND Farm Show
