Though the White House made a splash when it announced plans to seek nearly $4B dollars for testing autonomous vehicles the policy changes it put into place at the same time are likely to have a more immediate impact.
January, 2016
Auburn researchers using unmanned aircraft to assess crop health
The agriculture industry has seen many advances in farming over the decades, from mule and plow to high tech tractors…
Kespry Announces Woolpert as Latest Commercial Drone System Customer
The fully automated Kespry Drone System comes complete with drone, K Box, battery, charger, iPad, and Kespry iPad app which…
Lufthansa Enters Deal to Develop Drone Technology
FRANKFURT—Deutsche Lufthansa AG has entered a cooperation deal with China’sSZ DJI Technology Co. to develop unmanned aircraft technology for commercial…
WIT and Bausch + Lomb take to the skies with drone collaboration
Sophisticated drones and cameras from Waterford Institute of Technology’s (WIT) Department of Architecture are being used for controlled flights over…
China’s Drone Helicopter Completes First South Pole Flight, Mission
China launched an unmanned helicopter called “Polar Hawk 2” from the Great Wall Station in the South Pole and took…
UAE Drones for Good Award reveals panel of judges, key speakers
The Organising Committee of the UAE Drones for Good Award, launched by His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,…
Army Awards $97M Tactical Drone Contract
AAI Corporation has been awarded a $97.1 million modification to an Army contract for the full-rate production of a tactical…
Making UAS More Mobile
FlyMotion Unmanned Systems recently launched TRIDENT, a mobile UAS command and control vehicle. Here’s a look at this first-of-its-kind product and how it can benefit the industry.
Amimon Launches CONNEX Mini
The zero-latency wireless compact HD video transmission solution is designed for smaller UAS.
Unmanned Ground And Aerial Vehicles Join Forces To Keep Troops Safe
Flying drones and driving drones can now collaborate in combined ground and air cooperative missions. An optionally piloted UH-60MU Black…
Driverless Tractors, Drone Crop Dusters, Automated Milking: Agriculture Called the ‘Most Attractive’ Robotics Market Opportunity
Just as we’re becoming acclimated to the brave new world of driverless cars, driverless tractors and other agricultural robots will,…
Lithium-Ion Battery Warms Up, Operates In Subzero Temperatures
A new “all-climate” lithium-ion battery can rapidly heat itself to overcome freezing temperatures with little sacrifice in energy storage capacity…
Thousands of farmers join ranks of drone owners
Two drones, a quadcopter in the foreground and a fixed-wing drone in the background, were on display at the RDO…
Drone Infrared Module For FPV Night Flying Unveiled (video)
Drone Infrared Module Developer and drone pilot Luke Phillips and team have created a new drone infrared module which is…
Game of Drones at CES in Las Vegas
They may not yet be as common as phones or cars, but remote-controlled drones are definitely a force to be…
UK floods: Drone provides researchers with unique data
Images captured by Unmanned Ariel Vehicles (UAVs) offer a landscape-wide view of flooded river systems Images from an unmanned aerial…
