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    Top Drone Photos and Videos from 2017

    Posted on December 28, 2017 at 6:40 pm by
    Year after year, significant improvements in drone technology make them more accessible to creators at all skill levels. Photographers and filmmakers that started out working from ground-level, or chartered helicopters for aerials shots, are increasingly turning to the more affordable consumer-grade drones to capture unique shots that simply aren’t possible with larger, costlier manned aircraft.… Read More
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    Old Helicopters Transformed as Delivery Drones From US Marines

    Posted on December 27, 2017 at 6:08 pm by
    A new U.S. Marine Corps project shows promise as the next step in drone evolution – transforming surplus military helicopters into autonomous drones. Last week, the USMC completed a successful demonstration of the Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System, a project that converted a decommissioned UH-1H Huey helicopter into a semi-autonomous aircraft piloted remotely by an infantryman… Read More
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    NASA Consider Sending a Drone to Saturn to Search for Life

    Posted on December 26, 2017 at 7:42 pm by
    Drones are everywhere – floating over farm fields, diving into disaster scenes, exploring a possibly life-harboring moon of Saturn (record scratch!). Wait. What?  No, you’re not suffering a post-holiday food hangover – NASA may very well send a drone to Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. Last week, the American space agency shortlisted a drone concept to… Read More
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    Drone Endurance Record claimed by Quaternium

    Posted on December 26, 2017 at 7:34 pm by
    Quaternium, a European company that designs and develops multi rotor drones, claims to have set the world record of endurance with a flight of 4 hours and 40 minutes with its HYBRiX.20 fuel-electric quadcopter. In a release they state that “this flight time beats any former demonstration ever made with an electric, hybrid of hydrogen… Read More
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    Ballard Will Test Insitu Drones With Next Gen Fuel Cell Systems

    Posted on December 22, 2017 at 11:29 pm by
    Ballard Power Systems has announced that  a new high performance fuel cell propulsion system to power unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). In addition, they have received a follow-on contract from Boeing’s Insitu subsidiary for extended durability testing of the next-generation 1.3 kilowatt (kW) fuel cell propulsion system to power test flights of its ScanEagle UAV platform.… Read More
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    COMMERCIAL DRONE PREDICTIONS FOR 2018

    Posted on December 22, 2017 at 9:39 am by
    8 COMMERCIAL DRONE PREDICTIONS FOR 2018   When it comes to the future of the drone industry, the only real consensus around what’s going to happen is that there is no consensus around what’s going to happen. Firms from across the world continue to churn out forecasts that predict a bright future for UAVs in… Read More
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    New DJI Knowledge Quiz For drone pilots in the UK

    Posted on December 21, 2017 at 11:15 pm by
    If there is anything recent news has taught us, it’s that a basic understanding of drone regulations can’t be taken for granted.  (Yes, we’re referring once again to the shaming National Transport Safety Board reporton the collision between a drone and a Black Hawk helicopter.)  In that context, DJI’s announcement that they are introducing a pre-flight… Read More
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    Drone Inspections Increasing Efficiencies,Safety Across Industries

    Posted on December 21, 2017 at 10:59 pm by
    A guest post by Embry Riddle Aeronautical University.  The unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) market has seen strong growth in recent years as new applications continue to be discovered. Industries such as agriculture, construction and real estate have broadened their use of drone technology in what’s predicted to become a $13 billion investment for business and civil government… Read More
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    Michael Perry of DJI Talks Data Security With Commercial Drones FM

    Posted on December 21, 2017 at 10:45 pm by
    As we reach the end of 2017, it’s impossible not to look back on a year in the drone industry without recognizing the ups and downs of leading manufacturer, DJI. Most of the ups have of course been product-related: The Spark hit the market, as did the CrystalSky monitors, Mavic Pro iterations, DJI Goggles and… Read More
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