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

A partnership for hydrogen drones and another partnership for maritime drone deliveries, Lithium-Air batteries, drones attacking U.S. troops, flying a drone over a school, UPS commitment to delivery drones, flying in the fog, and how to save a dog with a drone. UAV News SoCalGas to deploy Doosan hydrogen drones in pipeline inspections At this year’s CES,  Southern California Gas Co.  ann...

What the eVTOL industry can learn from helicopters, a counter-unmanned aircraft missile/drone, a birthday drone light show, saving lives with a drone, fused sensor data across manned and unmanned aircraft, and getting the most from the DJI Mavic 3 drone. UAV News 5 Lessons eVTOL Can Learn from Legacy Helicopter Airlines We see what the emerging eVTOL industry can learn from the history of helicopt...

RaceDayQuads v. FAA  and the Remote ID rule, drones for law enforcement and telehealth, Russian attack drones and drones that recharge from power lines, a DARPA program for underwater drones, and finding lost hikers. UAV News D.C. Circuit May Blow Up the Remote Identification Rule for Drones Oral arguments were heard in the  RaceDayQuads v. FAA  case where the FAA’s remote identific...

Measuring kinetic energy to certify drone flights over people, additional funding for Dedrone, documenting endangered heritage sites, Italian heavy-lift multirotors, testing the MQ-25 refueling drone on an aircraft carrier, defining the “next” Reaper, an FAA grant for UAS training, and Navy harassment by drone swarms. UAV News Test methods for drones help put a crucial rule for safe flights over p...

Guided cargo delivery drone from Silent Arrow, the best cities for flying a drone, bringing power to those without, sailing the Gulf Stream, an airline plans for drone delivery, protecting the Pope from rogue drones, and DJI end of support. UAV News These gliding drones could deliver supplies from Air Force planes to the battlefield Drone maker  Silent Arrow ® has won a contract from the Air...

A perching drone saves battery power, drones that connect communities, considerations for photography drones, Covid vaccination deliveries, secret combat drones, breaking up street racing, Airmap acquires DroneUp, and NOTAMs and drones. UAV News Watch this falcon-esque drone perch and carry objects like a bird Engineers at Stanford University created robotic talons that can be attached to a drone...

FAA launches the “12 Days of Drones” campaign, the dangers of drones to aircraft, injunctions against local drone rules, $9,000 drone from Sony, long-endurance electric solar drone, amphibious drone tanker, and a Navy drone hub. UAV News Looking to buy a drone this holiday? These are the FAA operating rules, regulations The FAA’s “ 12 Days of Drones ” educational campaign is underway to help the p...

Personal eVTOL, Navy and Marines resupply drones, an Army UAS, drones on construction sites, UAS support for hypersonic missile testing, weaponized drones, a contraband-carrying drone, and drone video evidence in a high-profile criminal case. UAV News Personal eVTOL Vehicles: AIR CEO Believes in the Flying Cars of the Future AIR  is a Tel Aviv-based company that has unveiled its first product...

Where to get Hydrogen for fuel cells, Boeing loyal wingman milestone, new drone rules for Oregon, Gremlins snatched in mid-air, a drone attack on the U.S. power grid, and Black Friday drone deals. UAV News The Potential of Hydrogen Fuel Cells for UAS Doosan Mobility Innovation Co., Ltd.  is using a hydrogen fuel cell to increase range, and they have partnered with a hydrogen supplier to serve...

Hunting with drones and the fair chase concept, autonomous agile flight, thermal mapping to reduce building heat loss, Trick or Treat, the delivery drone hold-up, UAS over wildfires, and a LAANC update. UAV News Outdoors in Maine: Drones in the woods, and the ethical debate over whether they belong The law in Maine says hunters cannot use drones to locate game. According to  Title 12 Section...

A guidebook for airport UAS threats, watching your neighbors, AUVSI XCELLENCE awards, legal issues for the construction industry, drone projects that impact healthcare, the KARGO and Hammerhead cargo drones, a drone mystery, and the Boeing Loyal Wingman production site. UAV News Guidebook on Airport Response to UAS Threats, Developed by Woolpert, Published by National Safe Skies Alliance The Natio...

A heavy-lift UAS from BAE Systems, NOAA collects data from drones, drones cover motorsports events, bad weather affects delivery drones, Drone Racing League scores a sponsorship deal, Leonardo and Northrop Grumman working together, smuggling contraband, Volocopter eyes the U.S., building better batteries, Drone Safety Awareness Week, and the attack of the magpie. UAV News BAE Systems to build T-65...

A flying car company offers the Commaris VTOL UAV for commercial operations, hazmat responders using drones, QF-16 target drones, endangered porpoises spotted from the air, the US Navy repels drones, AT&T COWs provide cell coverage, new drone rules in India. UAV News Terrafugia Inc. Launches New Brand and Commercial UAV Terrafugia Inc.  announced the launch of the new  Commaris ™ bra...

First responder tactical beyond visual line of sight (TBVLOS) waivers, 100,000 Wing deliveries in Australia, using Starlink for military maritime intelligence drones, DJI Mavic 3 leaked, measuring the wind for UAM safety, a drone services company meets a UAV maintenance provider, and the history of drones in Southeast Asia UAV News Paladin publicly launches Knighthawk, a first response drone for c...

NASA’s  System-Wide Safety  project is focused on safe operations of unmanned vehicles in the National Airspace System.  Guest Dr. Wendy A. Okolo is the Associate Project Manager for NASA’s System-Wide Safety project, which seeks to develop new research tools, innovative aerospace technologies, and re-defined operational methods. Researchers and stakeholders are developing an integr...

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...