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
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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
GIS Drones Could Be a Game-Changer, Lift US Economy
(Source: directionsmag.com) By 2017, the economic impact of integrating unmanned aerial systems into the U.S. economy will exceed $13.6 billion and add 70,000 new jobs, according to forecasts by the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International. By 2025, this will increase to 100,000 jobs with an impact of $82 billion. The use of small unmanned aerial vehicles, or … [Read more...] about GIS Drones Could Be a Game-Changer, Lift US Economy
Are Drones A Fad Or Here For Good?
(Source: techcrunch.com) Drones are no longer just seen as a tool of the military or a toy that people use to fly around. They’re becoming accepted as a tool that businesses can deploy, and every day more and more companies are being created to build drone prototypes and software to help them fly, detect obstacles and make sense of terabytes of data they collect. This is … [Read more...] about Are Drones A Fad Or Here For Good?
Majoring In Drones Could Earn You A 6-Figure Salary
(Source: businessinsider.com.au) If you want to pull in a six-figure salary right out of school, you might want to start studying unmanned aircraft systems, more commonly and controversially known as drones. The young field is already lucrative — $US11.3 billion globally — and set to grow exponentially. The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, a trade … [Read more...] about Majoring In Drones Could Earn You A 6-Figure Salary
