Whether a delivery drone lands, lowers a winch or parachutes its cargo, these close encounters with people and property must…
Kevin M. Baerson
Up Close With…Black & Veatch
Black & Veatch, a premiere construction, engineering and inspection mega-firm, is integrating UAS into multiple aspects of its work.
Canadian Coast Guard Experiment Will Push The Bounds Of SAR Surveillance
The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) will pair a multi-sensor, rapidly deployable VTOL drone with a portable sensor data management system…
Hydrogen-Powered Drones Could Refuel Faster, Cheaper
Intelligent Energy, a U.K.-based manufacturer of lightweight fuel cell power modules for UAVs, claims it has solved the just-in-time delivery…
Navy To Seek Pilots For Revolutionary Aerial Refueling Drone
Last month the U.S. Navy reached a major milestone toward its “game-changing” goal of fielding carrier-based aerial refueling drones, flight-testing…
Japan to Host Futuristic Cargo Drone Logistics Facility
Japan’s regulatory environment, commitment to UAV cargo delivery and maturing 5G infrastructure are prime reasons why Asia’s largest logistics real…
Canada’s New Drone Can Better Surveil Its Challenging Arctic Environment
After years of experimentation and analysis, the government of Canada has procured a new Hermes 900 StarLiner from Israeli UAV…
New DOD Contract Signals Immediate Need For Better UAV Sensors
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) a $93.3 million contract to make better…
Vodafone And Ericsson Test Safe Drone Flights On 5G Network
European telecom giants Vodafone and Ericsson have successfully tested “safe sky corridors” for drones using intelligent aspects of a 5G…
University At Buffalo Opens Massive Outdoor, Enclosed UAV Test Facility
A new 24,000 square foot, outdoor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) testing facility entirely enclosed by mesh nets has opened on…
Baseball, Boeing and BVLOS
The decision was so unheard of that The Los Angeles Times wrote about it. After hitting a terrific .387 as…
