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

An autonomous drone that collects environmental DNA, a robotic wing that measures flapping performance, a Wyoming bill to outlaw drone flights over prisons, flying drugs into the U.S. with drones, and an ex-drone manager sues Amazon. UAV News Special drone collects environmental DNA from trees If you want to find out what creatures live in an area, you can observe them or you can collect the “envi...

Using drones for weather prediction, tracking warehouse inventory with an autonomous drone, an FCC NPRM for the UAS communications spectrum, Walmart delivery drone statistics, underwater drones to detect ocean carbon, hardening the electric grid from aerial attacks, and cargo delivery to moving ships. UAV News Drones Make Weather Prediction Easier at the Poles Researchers are using DJI Mavic 2 dro...

A UAV tether for choppy seas, four advanced (and expensive) drones, drones changing the way buildings are designed, a drone (and rover) for simulated Martian missions, the Army’s short-range reconnaissance program with Skydio, an Apple patent for pairing UAVs and controllers, kites that take down drones, Ukraine drones that take down Russian drones. UAV News Navy engineers test new slack tether fo...

European drone strategy 2.0, armed drones for Ukraine, drones used for poaching and other wildlife investigations, drone videos of three active volcanoes, dynamically assigning frequencies for UAS command and control, a survey of consumer attitudes on home drone delivery of goods and food, liquid hydrogen power, and the Dover AFB sUAS program. UAV News Drone Strategy 2.0: Creating a large-scale Eu...

The latest Amazon Prime Air drone, XQ-58A Valkyrie tactical drones, bringing a drone on a cruise ship, a drone light show fail, and attacking a navy with uncrewed surface vessels. UAV News Amazon reveals the new design for Prime Air’s delivery drone—here’s your first look Amazon has continued to develop its delivery drone. The new MK30 drone has increased range, expanded temperature tolerance, and...

Operations Over People approval for AgEagle, transitioning to UAV-dominated air forces, women drone pilots in Ukraine, an autonomous Black Hawk helicopter, a drone facilitates a robbery, a BVLOS corridor in upstate New York, an autonomous firefighting helicopter, 500 drones celebrate a game anniversary, and how to increase lithium battery lifespan. UAV News AgEagle’s eBee X Series Drones Are the F...

FAA issues guidelines for community-based drone organizations, large Navy drone swarms, Iranian drone components, the 2023 FAA reauthorization bill, a large Chinese cargo drone, the Bell Autonomous Pod Transport, Russians with drones in Norway, plant specimen sampling with drones, a Wing drone comes to a fiery end, and Collaborative Combat Aircraft. UAV News FAA Updates Recreational Drone Flying G...

Nano drones in Ukraine, cloud seeding with drones in China, bots that clean beaches and waterways, a STEM program for young girls, new technologies from Draganfly, and patrolling the airport perimeter. UAV News What Are Black Hornets? The Cutting-Edge Micro-Drones Donated to Ukraine The British Prime Minister announced that 850 Black Hornet nano drones would be given to Ukraine under a joint U.K.-...

Automated inspection of solar panels, the NUAIR Public Safety Summit, USAF interest in supersonic target drones and the Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat, the Pixy selfie drone goes out of production, drones and rural law enforcement, and UAVs that can land on steep roofs. UAV News Percepto automated inspection drones monitor huge Thai solar farm Percepto  announced it has completed the proof-of-concept...

Women and drones documentary film, Chinese drone submarine, unmanned surface vessels, drone tech to India, portable ATM system, mapping with multiple drones, Ford patent.

D.C. court rules on drone Remote ID case, reconnaissance drones for Ukraine, more drones going to Mars, fried chicken coming by drone, lifeguard drones meet U.S. resistance, mapping a mountain with a UAV, NASA and Zipline partnership, and United Airlines sends a pre-delivery payment to Archer. UAV News D.C. Circuit Upholds Drone Remote ID Rule Court Upholds Remote ID For Drones RaceDayQuads and dr...

Archer Aviation planning full transition flights of their Maker aircraft, drone shuts down Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, protecting sporting events with drones, using lasers for drone communications, RQ-4 Global Hawk end-of-life, alligator attacks drone, a Remote ID device from Aerobits, and the Zephyr UAS flies for 26 days. UAV News Archer Flight Testing Gains Momentum, On Pace to Ac...

Microsoft announces a new AirSim platform to train drone AI systems, Amazon Prime Air eyes deliveries in Texas, Russia looks at Iranian drones, DJI pushes back against the American Security Drone Act, a UK drone superhighway, and new drones from Alphabet’s Wing. UAV News Microsoft launches simulator to train drone AI systems In 2017 Microsoft created the open-source  AirSim  simulation p...

A company holds a patent for coaxial drone multirotors, locals push back on Amazon’s delivery plans, autonomous battery swapping, transforming battlefield medicine, drones in sports, saving elm trees, and investigating environmental polluters with drones. UAV Video of the Week Video:  Why coaxial configuration of drones is a brilliant invention Nordic Unmanned  has a patent for coaxial c...

The  Dufour Aerospace  CCO tells us about the manned and unmanned tilt-wing eVTOL platforms being developed by the company. Dufour Aerospace Sascha Hardegger  is the Chief Commercial Officer at Dufour Aerospace, a Swiss-based eVTOL startup developing manned and unmanned tilt-wing platforms. The company is currently focused on the Aero2 VTOL drone aircraft and the Aero3 next-generati...

The Navy says they were drones not UFOs, an air assault experiment with a drone swarm, drone deployment planned for Africa, a drone that kills wasps, flying in the wind with deep learning, the unique view from above, and Walmart drone delivery service expansion. UAV News Navy Ships Swarmed By Drones, Not UFOs, Defense Officials Confirm The U.S. Navy says the objects detected in 2019 off the Califo...

Public meeting scheduled for BVLOS Aviation Rulemaking Committee Final Report, the MQ-9B STOL, Skyward is closing, bombs dropping from commercial drones, an indoor drone from DJI, Commercial UAV Expo 2022, and drone docking systems. UAV News FAA: Unmanned Aircraft Systems beyond Visual Line of Sight Aviation Rulemaking Committee Final Report The UAS Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Aviation Rul...

We discuss the C-UAS National Action Plan recently released by the White House. The Plan calls for specific measures that address shortfalls in the ability of law enforcement to protect against rogue drones. Domestic Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems National Action Plan In  episode 401 , we talked about the  Domestic Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems National Action Plan  issued by...

A new vertiport opens in England, a new military tactical UAS, detect-and-avoid system deployment at a UAS test site, major Army drone swarm test, request for malicious drone legislation, NTSB wants more drones and pilots, DJI suspends business in Russia and Ukraine, and Drone Safety Day. UAV News World’s first airport for drones opens in the heart of Coventry An  Air-One vertiport  open...

Creating a U-Space ecosystem for UAV and eVTOL, a hypersonic UAV project in Australia, how to Rickroll a crowd with 300 drones, the Switchblade drone in Ukraine, the outlook for agricultural drones, drone delivery service in Texas, and drones and export laws UAV News Droniq CEO Jan-Eric Putze on Creating a UAV and eVTOL Ecosystem Droniq  is a German company that provides hardware and software...

The proposed BREEZE drone for Venus, a tethered drone for first responders, river rescue missions, taking out drones with Thor’s hammer, UAS over the Arctic, drone deliveries to offshore wind farms, and hobby drones in Ukraine. UAV News NASA considers bird-like drones to explore Venus’s atmosphere NASA wants to study the use of drones that fly through the Venusian atmosphere and study the planet.&...

The design for a large autonomous cargo drone, important noise research, Ford’s idea for a vehicle inspection drone, a high-speed VTOL concept challenge, identifying human trash on the beach, UAS in unsegregated airspace, Western parts in a Russian drone, the longest BVLOS waiver issued by the FAA so far, and an intelligent drone controller that “looks ahead.” UAV News Drones as Big as 747s Will F...

CycloTech propulsion for eVTOLs, the first autonomous Blackhawk helicopter flight, the little drone carrying meth, universities study Verizon 5G drone applications, a Wisconsin bill to ban government use of DJI, and Navy unmanned underwater vehicles. UAV News Markus Steinke on CycloTech’s cycloidal rotor concept The cycloidal rotor concept uses a large, open, rotating spool with airfoils that run...

A drone-as-a-service company is building a country-wide network in Germany, drones as tools, the impact of AI on UAV capability, a new hypersonic drone, an apple-picking drone, creating a digital twin of a national treasure, and a lethal killer drone. UAV News Beagle Systems launches first station in country-wide drone network In Germany,  Beagle Systems GmbH  is building a nationwide ne...

A $1B counter-UAS contract, Kittyhawk air mobility, sports game halted, no recreational drones in UAE, medical deliveries in the Navajo Nation, locating pets after a disaster, peeking at volcanos, an unidentified drone spotted, and a drone research contract at a UAS test site. UAV News US Special Ops Command Awards $1B Counter-Drone Contract Anduril Industries  has won a 10-year, $1 billion c...