The FAA has issued a temporary flight restriction (TFR) over the areas hit by Hurricane Harvey. But the Red Cross unmanned aircraft response team, organized by professional drone photography company PropellerHeads, is flying under an FAA COA in coordination with the Texas Air Operations Center and Unified Command to provide vital overhead views of the disaster. Kraettli … [Read more...] about Drone Industry Aids Red Cross in Hurricane Harvey Response
VIgilant Aerospace
Another Step Towards BVLOS Flight: Vigilant Completes Testing at NASA Armstrong
Oklahoma-based Vigilant Aerospace has completed successful beyond visual line- of-sight (BVLOS) flight testing of its new FlightHorizon detect-and-avoid collision avoidance system for drones at the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. The tests demonstrated the system’s ability to provide BVLOS flight safety for both small and mid-sized unmanned … [Read more...] about Another Step Towards BVLOS Flight: Vigilant Completes Testing at NASA Armstrong
