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

A rogue drone repeatedly violated Gatwick Airport airspace with massive consequences. Separately, a drone is suspected of colliding with an airliner. Also, ANSI releases a standardization roadmap, and drones are being used to study peatlands in Australia, deliver items over a mobile network, locate nests of protected birds, and support Mars rover tests. UAV News Rogue drone pilot taunts police: Ar...

Drone surveillance systems for your home, around your yacht, and at maritime ports. Also, Intel inspects bridges with drones, a drone down under flies over an Airport, and a former FAA Administrator finds a home with drones. UAV News Sunflower Labs is building a drone surveillance system for high-end homes Sunflower Labs  is developing an outdoor home security system with three components: an...

Drone programs for the public safety sector, post-emergency reforestation from DroneSeed, package delivery from Wing and Amazon, a new Airbus high altitude pseudo-satellite flight base, and a proposed BVLOS infrastructure for North Dakota. UAV News Send in the drones: NYPD launches its new ‘unmanned aircraft’ system The NYPD Technical Assistance and Response Unit has acquired 14 drones to be used...

Audi and Airbus demonstrate a drone taxi, Piaggio Aerospace goes into receivership, drones map the Great Wall of China, drone recovery by parachute, industry concerns about the pace of drone regulations. UAV News Audi and Airbus’ Idea of the Future is Modular Drone Taxis Watch Audi, Italdesign and Airbus design and test an autonomous flying taxi Audi, Airbus, and Italdesign showed a 1:4 scale mode...

AUVSI creates the Trusted Operator Program (TOP) for professional certification, Aurora Flight Sciences builts the Odysseus HALE aircraft, fast food delivery service generates some complaints, the DRL announces the Alpha Pilot Challenge for autonomous drone racers, the Office of Aviation Services wants information about using drones to fight wildfires, and the Office of the Inspector General condu...

Australian startup Emesant is using Hovermap technology to map underground environments. Also, drones and wildlife, another PrecisionHawk acquisition, the Chinese CH-7 UAV, remotely recharging drones, and the Robird drone for airport wildlife management. UAV News Hovermap drones dive underground to autonomously map mines and tunnels Australian-based startup  Emesant  is developing specia...

India releases civil drone regulations, detect and avoid testing begins in Kansas, the future of recreational drone flights, unmanned industry consolidation trends, an over 55-pound UAV approved, and a Chinese HALE drone. UAV News India’s First Step Towards Regulating Drones The Director General Civil Aviation’s (DGCA’s) Civilian Aviation Requirements (CAR) for Unmanned Aircraft System, was releas...

A drone based on dragonfly wings, a drone community for women pilots, DJI demands a retraction, Uber wants to deliver food by drone, BVLOS testing in Alaska, a parachute system for flights over people, and a drone-equipped search and rescue vehicle. UAV News Skeeter drone inspired by dragonfly’s turbulence-resistant wings Skeeter  is a small scale drone based on the dragonfly and developed by...

Skyward urges the industry to think  Universal  Traffic Management, Ryanair CEO looks to autonomous airliners, Hoverfly introduces a new tethered drone, NYPD eyes drone threats, FAA reauthorization addresses drones, looking for a kangaroo, and testing drone impacts on an airplane wing. UAV News Skyward Works to Redefine UTM as ‘Universal Traffic Management’ To this point, “UTM” has meant...

Another hydrogen fuel cell drone launches, a drone startup fails, two Chinese drone companies in a patent dispute, Flirtey defibrillator delivery drone flies, the AMA has a message for Congress, insurance drones take to the skies, and a missing woman is located with a drone. UAV News BSHARK launches new hydrogen-powered drone BSHARK  and  MicroMultiCopter  (MMC) have partnered on a...

Impossible Aerospace US-1 quadcopter, a triple-powered hybrid drone, an Amazon patent for a data services drone, more industry consolidation, flying robots and intelligent architecture, the impulse to deploy drones after a hurricane. UAV News Impossible Aerospace, founded by former Tesla engineer launched a new drone with a two-hour flight time The  Impossible Aerospace  US-1 features ar...

U.S. Navy selects the Boeing MQ-25 Stingray, Boeing conducts synchronized drone flights in Australia, an IBM drone delivery patent, an FAA Drone Integration Pilot Program update, a new Cape May County drone facility, flying drones in India, and drones and law enforcement. UAV News Navy Picks Boeing to Build MQ-25A Stingray Carrier-Based Drone Boeing has won the $805 million contract for four ...

A solar-powered quadcopter, a drone assisting in the study of whales, using drones to fight cocaine, capturing intruder drones, improving crop yields with a drone service, and a quadcopter with legs. UAV News Asia’s  first fully solar-powered drone lifts off This prototype solar-powered quadcopter was developed by the engineering students at the  National University of Singapore . It use...

Our guest owns a commercial drone company, provides drone training, and produces a podcast where he interviews other commercial drone operators. Guest Chris Anderson  is the CEO of  The Drone Trainer  and offers online drone training courses as well as producing  The Drone Trainer Podcast . Chris has owned and operated a commercial drone operation since January 2014, working in...

Project Wing demonstrates package delivery under the Virginia UAS Integration Pilot Program, Zephyr achieves altitude and duration records, DARPA recharges drones with lasers, drone-themed tours entice enthusiasts, FAA details shortcomings with many waiver applications, and DroneSeed raises venture capital. UAV News Country’s first long-distance, residential drone delivery touches down in Montgome...

AgEagle is set to acquire Agribotix, Skysense and Avansig partner on indoor surveillance drones, DARPA investigates high-speed indoor drones with partners, Boeing and SparkCognition bring AI and blockchain to unmanned aircraft system traffic management, GE Aviation links with Korea’s Kookmin University to study future systems and possible uses for UAVs. UAV News AgEagle Signs Agreement to Acquire...

A pseudo satellite drone with deformable wings, an agricultural drone that sprays crops, a project for drone applications in cities, the FAA makes a Federal preemption statement, a payment concept for drone package delivery, and a deformable drone that absorbs impacts. UAV News Prototype Solar-Powered, High-Altitude UAV Undergoing Flight Tests The  UAVOS Inc.  HAPS (High Altitude Pseudo...

A flock of drones that act autonomously, the Airbus Zephyr maiden flight, Teal Group predicts strong growth for the civil drone market, DJI improves their geofence unlocking process, another incident with an airliner, and suicide drones that take out hostile UAVs. UAV News How a Flock of Drones Developed Collective Intelligence These autonomous drones flock without any pre-programming or control s...

A General Atomics remotely piloted drone flew across the Atlantic, military drone documents found on the dark web, Google’s delivery drone project moves forward, and recreational drone registration reaffirmed. UAV News First ever trans-Atlantic drone flight lands in UK The civilian-registered and remotely piloted  General Atomics MQ-9B SkyGuardian  flew 3,760 nautical miles from the Gran...

Korean telecom KT proposes the Skyship platform for search and rescue operations, the EU takes a step to harmonize drone rules, China pushes ahead with deliveries by drone, a Japanese drone can change its shape, UAS success in the Arctic, and Transcend Air proposes a city-to-city VTOL aircraft. UAV News KT Unveils 5G Emergency Rescue Platform ‘SKYSHIP’ South Korean telecom company  KT Corpora...

Facebook cancels the high altitude, solar powered Aquila project. Matternet and DroneDeploy attract VC capital, Amazon patents drone hacking defense, lawmakers seek to make wildfire overflights a felony, China develops surveillance drones that look like birds, and Transcend Air proposes a VTOL transportation service. UAV News Facebook’s quest for fleet of solar-powered Internet drones grounded for...

A UAS for Venus from Black Swift Technologies, DJI building a new headquarters complex, MIT develops the Navion chip, DroneDeploy spells out commercial drone predictions for 2018 and beyond, and LiquidPiston is developing a rotary drone engine. UAV  News Black Swift Technologies Awarded NASA Contract to Develop UAS for Atmospheric Observations of Venus Black Swift Technologies  announced...

A report says FAA risk adversity limits use of drones, SenSat breaks U.K. BVLOS record, Japan set to loosen BVLOS rules, and FCC sends a strong message to drone makers, marketers, and operators. UAV News Risk-Averse Culture At FAA Stifles Progress On Drones, Scientists Say A study by the  National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine  was mandated by Congress and sponsored by...

AiRXOS creates partnerships to create an “air operating system,” a five-month Canadian UAS BVLOS proof-of-concept trial, using drones to identify violent crowd behavior, and a chain of custody drone program for law enforcement. UAV News Waze for the Sky: GE Drone Venture AiRXOS Takes Flight AiRXOS  is working with government agencies and others to help develop standard criteria for commercial...

Airbus pushes forward with a new Urban Air Mobility unit, law enforcement embraces drones, another Amazon drone delivery patent, and FAA UAS news. UAV News Airbus Steps Up Push for Flying Taxis, On-Demand Helicopters Airbus SE is creating an Urban Air Mobility (UAM) division based in Munich. The division will consolidate all UAM activities except current air vehicle projects. Eduardo Dominguez Pue...