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CURRENT UNITED STATES FEDERAL DRONE LAW

Posted on January 21, 2017 at 12:01 pm by admin

[UPDATE Dec. 2, 2016: For the first time ever, the FAA has granted a waiver to a freelance drone journalist, to flying within a TFR — the one imposed over the Standing Rock protest. See Former NTSB Member John Goglia’s “FAA Reverses Course, Grants Drone Journalist Permission To Fly in No-Fly Zone Over Standing Rock.”]… Read More

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Drone law in UK

Posted on January 18, 2017 at 11:44 pm by admin

Got a new drone or thinking of taking it abroad? Here's where you're allowed to fly it in the UK and other countries on holiday. Here we explain the dronecode and the drone law you need to follow for safe flying. Drones are so popular now that there's a UK dronecode - a simple set… Read More

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Report: LiDAR Drone Market Will Soar into 2020

Posted on January 13, 2017 at 7:55 pm by admin

LiDAR sensors and drones go together like PB&J and an industry report paints a rosy picture for both industries. “Global market intelligence company” Transparency Market Research released a study last week predicting an increase in the Light Detection and Ranging market as it relates to drone combos. Following the explosion in drone adoption across precision… Read More

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Vigilant Aerospace Releases List of Commercial Drones for BVLOS Flight

Posted on January 13, 2017 at 7:50 pm by admin

Vigilant Aerospace Systems, Inc. has released a list of all commercial drones currently available in the US market that have the flight and communications range to be flown beyond line-of-sight (BVLOS), including some aircraft with ranges of many miles. As the FAA begins to consider and issue waivers to commercial drone flyers for beyond line-of-sight flight… Read More

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14 YO Gujarati Boy Lands Gov Deal to Produce Land Mine Detecting Drone

Posted on January 13, 2017 at 7:37 pm by admin

A 14 year old Gujarati boy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the state government’s Department of Science and Technology to produce the landmine-detecting drone he designed. Harshwardhan Zala was present at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit to sign the deal yesterday. Zala has already filed a patent and created 3 prototypes of the… Read More

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Google’s Parent Company Kills Solar Drone Program

Posted on January 12, 2017 at 7:32 pm by admin

Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is shutting down the solar-powered drone program – Titan – run by division X, which was designed to provide Internet access to remote areas of the world. The shut down, reports Business Insider, is “the latest example of the company’s efforts to cut back its ambitious ‘moonshots.'” A representative from X told… Read More

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Why Are Researchers Crashing Drones Into Dummies?

Posted on January 12, 2017 at 7:19 pm by admin

The sight of a crash-test dummy being pummeled from the air by a rogue drone may alarm a casual observer; but for researchers at Virginia Tech University, it’s all in a day’s work to improve air safety. The VTU research team recently launched a program, in cooperation with the FAA, to apply the latest in… Read More

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Lily Drone Unable to Take Flight, Closes Down

Posted on January 12, 2017 at 7:14 pm by admin

Lily, a crowd-sourced drone that looked to be the first action selfie drone is shutting its doors.. It was a novel and innovative concept that received a great deal of press attention when announced. However, it never took off. In the meantime several firms executed on the concept of small easy to used selfie drones.… Read More

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Military Unleashes World’s Largest Drone Swarm

Posted on January 11, 2017 at 6:41 pm by admin

The U.S. Defense Department released the largest swarm of autonomous micro-drones during a recent test over China Lake testing ground in California. Traveling at Mach .6, three F/A-18 Super Hornets successfully launched 103 Perdix drones from the fighters’ underbelly flare dispensers. With a tiny, 11.8-inch wingspan and weighing only .6 pounds, the drones withstood temperatures… Read More

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Parrot Lays Off Drone Workers, Reorganizes

Posted on January 11, 2017 at 6:34 pm by admin

In a press statement released yesterday, French drone manufacturer Parrot announced that it would lay off more than a third of its drone division employees and reorganize the business, after missing fourth quarter revenue targets. The maker of the consumer Bebop drone announced that 2016 Q4 revenues had come in at around 85 million euros,… Read More

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