UAV News Talk – Drone News, eVTOLs, UAS Policy & Air Mobility

T-Mobile’s low latency 5G drone, high-speed UAVs that crash less often, a solar-powered UAV, first responder drone of choice, patrolling the beach with drones, and marketing real estate with drone videos. UAV News  T-Mobile’s 5G off to the drone races T-Mobile is partnering with the  Drone Racing League  (DRL) on a 5G drone with HD video. T-Mobile claims the drone is one of the worl...

An interactive UAS incident map, an airspace coordinator collaborates with archaeologists, a drone swarm that sniffs out gas leaks, the X-56B UAV is destroyed, making drones and air taxis quiet, and AI drones that find meteorites. UAV News Explore Thousands Of FAA Drone And Unidentified Aircraft Incident Reports With Our Interactive Tool The Drive has taken FAA incident reports of UAS and unidenti...

Google released the new OpenSky app, collecting water samples, cellular command and control, Zipline raised additional investment, Skyborg made a second autonomous flight, integrating drones with warehouses, and an interview with  Robotic Skies . UAV News Google’s Wing launches free app to help drone pilots obey US regulations The  OpenSky  app lets both commercial and recreational...

Open source drones offer many opportunities, using drones to make a quiet place, US Army trials ground-vehicle drone launches, a Canadian drone membership program, New York law enforcement drones, tern tracking with a Phantom, cleaning up dog poop, a flapping wing UAV, some DJI drones are now government approved, air-to-air refueling. UAV News DroneAnalyst: The Rise of Open Source Drones DroneAnal...

We talk with  MissionGO  about the unique challenges of human organ delivery with UAS and the benefits to the medical community. MissionGo is developing their own aircraft that is specialized to the requirements of this medical cargo, and their team includes a diverse group of individuals with hardware, software, and even regulatory experience. Guests Frank Paskiewicz  is Execu...

Get ready for drone soccer! Also, a heavy lift unmanned rotorcraft, David get’s to say “attritable” again, making a drone invisible, a drone ground station for the military, the sound of the Mars helicopter, drones and avigation easements, flinging drones off an aircraft carrier, and Chicago’s secret drone program. UAV News Colorado to host nation’s first ‘drone soccer’ tournaments In this educatio...

The NASA/FAA ASRS safety reporting system is now extended to UAS operators. Also, an autonomy Level 4 drone, learning from dragonflies, a triple-drop drone, a possible ADS-B solution for UAVs, getting your groceries delivered in Ohio, and a virtual UAS Symposium. UAV News FAA’s Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) now available for drones NASA’s Aviation Safety Reporting System ( ASRS ) co...

An interview with Great Lakes Drone Company, producers of drone light shows. Also, first responders and augmented reality controlled UAVs, drones that locate trash, Wing drone delivery expansion plans, QR codes in the nighttime sky, and a drone that launches a drone. Guests We talk with Ashley Munson and Lindsay Nitz from  Great Lakes Drone Company  about producing drone light shows. Rec...

Lukas Fraser is a LiDAR Specialist working in the Geospatial Group at  NV5 . He creates engineering-grade 3D mapping deliverables from UAV LiDAR and imagery, and specializes in topographic and topo-bathymetric LiDAR data collection, processing, analysis, and product development. Lukas turns raw datasets into useful information such as AutoCAD drawings and surfaces, GIS databases, or online in...

Robust detect and avoid capability is essential for integrating BVLOS flight into the National Airspace System. We talk with the CEO of a company on the forefront of this technology. Guest Jon Damush  is the CEO of  Iris Automation , which provides onboard detect and avoid technology for Beyond Visual Line of Sight drone flight. Iris is primarily a computer vision and machine learning so...

A rescue drone with 2-way voice radio capability, using trained bees and drones to find landmines, telehealth drones that visit your home, quadcopters that work together to deliver large packages, and delivering lifejackets for water rescues. UAV News Two Way Radio for Drones Means Rescuers Can Hear a Cry for Help A rescue drone can be used to find you, but what if you could talk back to the rescu...

An AI-based mesh network drone delivery test, Navy destroyers swarmed by drones, an Amazon double-coupon deal, an attritable Bell cargo UAV, a first amendment drone case, the target drone on the beach, drones replacing fireworks. UAV News AI-based system to support world’s first mesh network drone delivery test Airwayz  is participating in a unique technology test in Israel where delivery dro...

A drone company files a Remote ID lawsuit against the FAA over the rules going into effect next month, EASA publishes a drone incident manual for European airports, MIT builds tiny insect-inspired drones, Erickson plans an optionally-piloted S-64 Aircrane, and another spectacular video of the week. UAV News FAA Announces Effective Dates for Final Drone Rules The final rules go into effect on April...

The American Security Drone Act of 2021 incorporates drone detection and mitigation systems, an RFI is released for an MQ-9 Reaper replacement, one drone is on Mars and another is planned for Titan, the Choctaw Nation partners with the FAA, and US drone registrations plummet. UAV News Uncovering the legality and security of radio frequency based drone detection systems – 5 questions to ask technol...

Remote Identification from the eyes of different stakeholders, the Speed Racer is revealed, a buyer’s guide to drones for beginners, wet drones in Scotland, saving dolphins in New Zealand, Skyborg is coming this summer, and rogue drone detection and mitigation. UAV News How You Fly Determines Where You Stand: A RID Comparative The final  remote identification  rule differed from the NPRM...

How to become a drone test administrator, Ingenuity phones home from Mars, lessons of the dot-com crash and the eVTOL market, a Skunk Works “Speed Racer,” Naval resupply with an autonomous UAS, and a new animated drone show record. UAV News The FAA wants you… to be a drone test administrator The FAA developed a 3-step process to implement a nation-wide system to train and test all recreational dro...

DJI’s new FPV drone, Super Bowl drone incursions, Major League Baseball drone incursions, drones at the Daytona 500, and UAS given to law enforcement. UAV News DJI’s breakthrough controller, other new FPV details emerge There’s a new DJI FPV drone on the way. Based on DroneDJ sources, the drone will have some kind of joystick-style controller. Maybe included, maybe an accessory. The controller cou...

United Airlines plans to provide eVTOL service, hydrogen transportation for fuel cell UAVs, flying an uncrewed aircraft through a hurricane, drones meet law enforcement and privacy, and drones for STEM. UAV News United First Major Airline to Move on Electric Planes Starting with Uber-Like Service to Airports United Airlines plans to have a role in the urban air mobility market with “last mile” tra...

Urban airports for drones as a service, FAA UTM transparency, a new Transportation secretary, drones that self-monitor airworthiness, domestic actions against Chinese drones, and the Superbowl no-fly zone. UAV News Hyundai Passenger Drones Need Urban Infrastructure: Urban Air Port® Air-One® is the eVTOL Operational Hub A UK company called  urban-Air Port  aims to develop “the world’s sma...

The Mars Helicopter Ingenuity travels to the Red Planet, UK Defence innovation criticized, Black Swift and GPS-denied navigation, online drone education, unmanned loyal wingman for the UK, Coke and Coffee drone promotion, and researching the impact of drones on ducks. UAV News 6 Things to Know About NASA’s Mars Helicopter on Its Way to Mars NASA’s Perseverance rover is scheduled to land on Mars on...

A smart drone mailbox could be a solution to delivery concerns, an FAA waiver for automated drones, Quantum networks with unmanned aircraft, precision infrastructure inspection, using a drone to contact rescuers, keeping a 3-rotor quadcopter from crashing, and air taxi trials coming to Paris. UAV News Smart Drone Mailbox Secures the Future of “Last Inch” Deliveries A smart drone mailbox would addr...

Boeing settles the Insitu lawsuit; Intel neuromorphic chips in drones; betting on drone races; connected drone delivery from Verizon, UPS, and Skyward; and new drones from Cadillac, Sony, and Autel Robotics. UAV News Boeing to pay $25 Million to settle Insitu Lawsuit In a federal whistle-blower lawsuit,  Insitu  was accused of fraudulently overcharging the U.S. government. Surveillance d...

A Walmart drone delivery hub is coming to Arkansas, researchers create bio-composite drone parts, a UAV for cloud seeding, Alphabet’s Wing isn’t happy with the remote ID rule, the “Uber of Drones” receives funding, and a 19-year-old with a drone led rescuers to four lost fishermen. UAV News Walmart Drone Delivery Hub: Never Heard of Pea Ridge, AR? You Have Now Pending approval of the Planning Comm...

The FAA has issued final rules for small unmanned aircraft remote ID and flight over people. Those are important steps in integrating UAS into the National Airspace System. This episode provides summaries of the rules and describes how they are different from the previously proposed rules. Final Rule on Remote ID of Unmanned Aircraft There are three options for unmanned aircraft (UA): Standard Rem...

Royal Mail delivery by drone, the Bell Autonomous Pod Transport, drones and vaccine distribution, Navy MQ-25 Stingray warrant officers, Catching Gremlin UAVs with a C-130, and test and evaluation programs you might join. UAV News Incredible footage shows first Royal Mail drone delivery to Mull lighthouse Alexa Kershaw became the first recipient of the new service from the Royal Mail, in collaborat...