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New CAA rules govern use of drones in built up areas
The UK's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced updated rules that will give operators an annual permission to operate in built up areas....
09 December 2014, by
Ben Fisher
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: Weekly Roundup 12/8
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
In 2007, Addie Wagenknecht started using drones to make abstract paintings. Her works both challenge and celebrate the aerial robot and its power. In an in-...
09 December 2014, by
Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
Transport Canada relaxes commercial drone regulations, increases focus on academic use
Last week, Transport Canada announced upcoming changes to the regulatory framework surrounding drones. Transport Canada’s exemption notification simultaneously signals a relaxation of commercial dro...
10 November 2014, by
Diana Marina Cooper
Skyward announces first commercial drone network demonstration | SUAS News
http://vimeo.com/109968038
SkyWard, a leading software platform for the aerial robotics ecosystem, today announced the Urban SkyWays Project, the first end-to-end demonstration of a commercial dron...
28 October 2014, by
Hallie Siegel
Drone startups: Anura pocket drone
Miniature drones are becoming very popular, and one of the first successful miniature drone designs was The Pocket Drone. A remarkable Kickstarter campaign for this project raised almost $1M, while ...
09 October 2014, by
Dronologista
Commercial drone regulations: Canada vs. US
When Canadians attempt to characterize aspects of Canadian culture, it’s not uncommon to draw comparisons with the US. I recently noticed that as I respond to questions about the Canadian regulation...
29 September 2014, by
Diana Marina Cooper
Snapshot of US UAV situation
The impact on businesses of the ongoing US ban on commercial UAV operation can be seen in a snapshot of this week’s drone news. Drones are very affordable these days, and there is nothing to stop an...
25 September 2014, by
Andra Keay
DHL UAS parcel delivery gets first test
DHL launches first authorized autonomous delivery flights by "parcelcopter" to and from the North Sea island of Juist, 7.5 miles off the coast of Northern Germany....
24 September 2014, by
Frank Tobe
Delivery by drone: DHL testing service with 12-kilometre flight to German island | CTV News
Deutsche Post DHL says it is starting Germany's first drone package delivery service, a test program transporting medicine to a pharmacy on a North Sea island. The company said the quad-rotor "DHL Pa...
24 September 2014, by
Hallie Siegel
A radical but possible plan to connect African nations with cargo drones | WIRED
In Phase 1, starting in 2016, drones will serve hospitals and humanitarian emergencies. Other early adopters will deliver small payloads to government offices, mines, oil and gas installations, ranche...
22 September 2014, by
Hallie Siegel
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AirDog, with Edgars Rozentals
In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Edgars Rozentals, the CEO and Founder of Helico Aerospace Industries. They talk about Helico’s upcoming product ‘AirDog’, which is an autonomo...
21 September 2014, by
Audrow Nash
PrecisionHawk raises $10M
According to a press release from today:
PrecisionHawk, an information delivery company that uses a small, lightweight UAV and cloud-based software to collect, process and analyze aerial data, today...
18 September 2014, by
Hallie Siegel
UAV Surveys Argyle Diamond Mine in Australian | Aibotix
According to a press release:
East Kimberly Region, Australia / Kassel, Germany, September 4, 2014 – CADS Survey, an Australian supplier of marine, pipeline, and civil surveying services, C.R.Ken...
04 September 2014, by
Hallie Siegel
Google’s secret drone delivery program
The Atlantic revealed the inside story of Google's two-year secret X-labs drone-delivery project in a detailed story by Alexis Madrigal. Project Wing, as the drone-delivery venture is called, has alre...
29 August 2014, by
Frank Tobe
Google’s Secret Drone-Delivery Program “project wing” | the Atlantic
After two years of development, the Silicon Valley company reveals to The Atlantic that it has substantial research effort into building flying robots than can deliver products across a city...
28 August 2014, by
Ioannis K. Erripis
New algorithm lets drones monitor their own health during long package-delivery missions | MIT News
In the near future, the package that you ordered online may be deposited at your doorstep by a drone: Last December, online retailer Amazon announced plans to explore drone-based delivery, suggesting ...
28 August 2014, by
Hallie Siegel
Spark Aerial: Your aerial cinematography flight school
The proliferation of UAVs means that there is a growing number of UAV operators. Sometimes these operators have some experience, but in most of the cases they have none. To make things worse, nowadays...
28 August 2014, by
Dronologista
Like Amazon, these 9 companies need their own drones
Superman tribute notwithstanding, contemporary commercial interests like Amazon are fascinated with the potential of drones. These cost-effective, utilitarian machines deliver data, products and recon...
26 August 2014, by
Robert Corday
Does the Small UAV industry need its own coalition?
Last week USA Today reported that Amazon, 3D Robotics, Parrot and DJI had banded together to form a "Small UAV Coalition", hiring DC-based lobbying firm Akin Gump to represent their interests...
22 August 2014, by
Hallie Siegel
DJI Spreading Wings S900
DJI Innovations keeps pushing new products into the market. As a market leader in flying camera technology, it recently introduced Ground Station for its Phantom 2 Vision and the Drop Safe parachut...
15 August 2014, by
Dronologista
DJI DropSafe System
One of the main concerns about UAV, apart from privacy, is their safety. No one really wants to have a flying lawnmower falling from the sky, or buzzing near passenger aircraft. As drones become more ...
31 July 2014, by
Dronologista
Family uses drone to help locate missing man | WMTV
See more on WMTV....
23 July 2014, by
Hallie Siegel
Amazon requests FAA permission to test delivery drones
In April this year, Amazon.com issued a shareholder letter that stated: “The Prime Air team is already flight testing our 5th and 6th generation aerial vehicles…″ Fast forward three months to t...
14 July 2014, by
Dronologista
Amazon seeks FAA permission to test drones outdoors near Seattle
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is seeking permission from U.S. regulators to test its delivery drones near Seattle, as part of a rapid expansion of a program that has sparked widespread deba...
13 July 2014, by
Andra Keay
Drone startup: SR2
There are number of industries that could harness the potential of UAVs, but they lack the skills and/or resources to design and build a reliable and professional system that fits their needs. SR2 w...
10 July 2014, by
Dronologista
Winners of hurricane-tracking UAS design challenge announced | NASA News
From a NASA press release:
A team of students from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg captured first place in NASA's University Aeronautics Design C...
09 July 2014, by
Hallie Siegel
FAA Will Miss UAS/NAS Integration Deadline | UAS Vision
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is in danger of missing a Congressionally mandated deadline for expanding the use of non military UAS in the US, according to a report that was conducted by t...
03 July 2014, by
Hallie Siegel
Drone startups: Fotokite
Although I am amazed with UAVs and their versatility, I must admit that having a flying camera zoom by – and zoom in on me – can be intimidating. Not because the drone has a camera, but because ...
03 July 2014, by
Dronologista
The thriving drone community of South Africa
Source: Skylab Productions
A couple of years ago, while I was living in Cape Town, I met a group of people who were so into drones and aerial filming that they managed to initiate me into the world ...
30 June 2014, by
Dronologista
How important is the FAA’s first commercial licence approval?
On June 10th, the FAA issued a press release announcing their approval of the first commercial UAS flight over land. According to Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, this represented an "important ...
16 June 2014, by
Hallie Siegel
