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

This Episode: Optionally piloted helicopters, fast response from the FAA to drone requests, a forecast of the global UAV market, success tips for UAV suppliers, and water sampling drones. The News: Polish SW-4 Solo to Assist Royal Navy Rotary-Wing UAS (RWUAS) Study The SW-4 SOLO RUAS (Rotorcraft Unmanned Aerial System) is being introduced by  PZL-Świdnik , and  Agusta-Westland  base...

This Episode: Using a hexacopter for wildlife management, airline pilots are concerned about UAVs, a copter goes into a crowd, wildfire fighting with a Predator, a sea-faring drone, building a ground station, and a Chinese attack UAV under development. The News: Canada plans to use hexacopter drones in war against geese An Ottawa beach has been plagued by geese despite attempts to scare them off w...

A quadcopter that is also a plane, chasing storms (and other things) with disposable UAV’s, using UAV’s in place of satellites, and a tiny town that wants to pay you to shoot down drones. The News: Whaddaya get when you cross a quadcopter with a plane? The HQ UAV For take-offs, landings and hovering, the  Latitude Engineering HQ  utilizes four horizontally-mounted propellers – just like...

Guest Jamie Dodson is Foreign Intelligence Officer, and Senior Technology Protection Engineer for the US Army Aviation & Missile Command. He has over 30 years of experience in Intelligence Operations for the US Military, having served with Special Operations, Army Aviation, Airborne Infantry, and Military Police. He is also author of the award winning  Nick Grant Adventures  ser...

The word “drone” has a negative connotation to some. What does it mean and can perception be changed? This week’s event: Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International  (AUVSI)  Unmanned Systems 2013 Conference Aug 12 – 15, 2013 in Washington, DC AUVSI is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the unmanned systems and robotics community. They have 7,500 members from gov...

In this first episode, we introduce ourselves, define some unmanned aerial vehicle terminology, and briefly comment on the recent FAA action to grant type certification to the Insitu ScanEagle and the AeroVironment Puma. FAA Certification for ScanEagle AeroVironment’s Puma AE Small Unmanned Aircraft System Receives Federal Aviation Administration Type Certificate for Commercial Use