Massachusetts company Skyline Nav AI uses cameras and sensors to guide aircraft when GPS signals are blocked or disrupted By DRONELIFE Features Editor Jim Magill Since it first began to be widely adopted for commercial use in the 1980s, GPS technology has become ubiquitous, helping to facilitate the transportation of everything from passenger cars, to oceangoing ships, to … [Read more...] about Helping Drones Navigate without GPS
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PrecisionHawk Receives First Waiver to Fly Beyond Line of Sight
Leading commercial drone company PrecisionHawk has announced that they have received the first Part 107 waiver for BVLOS flight (beyond visual line of sight.) PrecisionHawk has been working with the FAA to establish the safety case for BVLOS flight as part of the Pathfinder program, designed to help the FAA and NASA gather data on issues critical to drone innovation and … [Read more...] about PrecisionHawk Receives First Waiver to Fly Beyond Line of Sight
FAA Launches Drone Defense Tests for Airports
The FAA wants the tech sector to discover new ways to keep drones away from the nation’s airports. The federal agency today announced a new Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with Gryphon Sensors, Liteye Systems and Sensofusion to deploy drone-sensor prototypes at select airports, an FAA press release stated. The agency emphasized it would work with other federal … [Read more...] about FAA Launches Drone Defense Tests for Airports
Will the FAA Ever Allow Drone Delivery? Safety Trials Start Today
The FAA has begun a series of test flights in North Carolina today, to help determine the FAA policy on commercial drone use. The test flights are being performed by drone software experts Precision Hawk, and are designed to demonstrate a drone's ability to operate safely outside of the operator's line of sight. As US companies such as Amazon and Google race to develop … [Read more...] about Will the FAA Ever Allow Drone Delivery? Safety Trials Start Today
Drone Airspace Management System Tested for FAA and NASA
Precision Hawk, Verizon, DigitalGlobe, and Harris have announced completion of phase one testing of a drone airspace management system today. PrecisionHawk's Low-Altitude Traffic and Airspace Safety (LATAS) program has been combined with other technologies to create an airspace management ecosystem. Utilizing DigitalGlobe's high-resolution Earth images, Verizon's LTE network, … [Read more...] about Drone Airspace Management System Tested for FAA and NASA
