Coyote was first tested in 2014 during the Atlantic hurricane season (Credit: NOAA) Flying manned aircraft into the carnage of…
NOAA using drone to collect hurricane data
The National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration (NOAA) is using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to improve its understanding of hurricanes, collecting…
Extended Export Control Rules for UAVs in the EU Enacted
The framework for the regulation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (“UAVs”) is currently intensely debated in the US , the EU…
Why 2016 could be a breakout year for drone journalism
Three and a half years ago, journalist-turned educator Matt Waite won a $50,000 grant from the Knight Foundation to kickstart…
Drone testing zooms to next stage as Matternet begins trials with payloads
US drone manufacturer Matternet is preparing to carry out payload trials with Swiss Post and Swiss WorldCargo for the first…
Korean Air inks big drone deal
A computer-generated image shows the new drone that Korean Air is mass producing for the Korean military. [Korean air] Korean…
Solar Impulse may turn into stratospheric drone
What next for Solar Impulse if the plane completes its round-the-world flight this year? One idea is to develop solar…
UK Police May Use Drones To Monitor Protests, Siege Operations
Police in the United Kingdom plan to start using drones as part of priority operations, like a home siege, as…
New Navy contract aims to equip hundreds of ships with drones
Artist rendering of Tern drone Washington (CNN)The Pentagon is hoping a multimillion-dollar investment in new technology will enable drones on…
Chipmaker Intel Upgrades Presence in Small Drone Industry
Add Intel to the list of major high-tech companies buying into the drone industry. The semiconductor manufacturer revealed this month…
Sensonor donate STIM 300 IMUs to local school for science project
The 26 second-grade students at Horten Upper Secondary School designed and made two rockets flown on November 6, 2015. They…
DHS to Expand Drone Testing to Improve Border Protection
Department of Homeland Security researchers are pushing to better protect the nation’s coasts and borders by consolidating research efforts and standardizing unmanned operations between two of its agencies.
Research: Small U.S. Navy Ships to Get Drones
DARPA plans to build a full-scale demonstrator system of a medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air system (UAS) designed to use forward-deployed…
Why Co-Bots Will Be a Huge Innovation and Growth Driver for Robotics Industry
Automaton Robotics Industrial Robots YuMi, a collaborative robot developed by ABB. This is a guest post. The views expressed here…
uAvionix and Trace’s Draganfly Innovations Team Up to Improve Drone Safety with Ping ADS-B Sense and Avoid
SILICON VALLEY, Calif. and SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, Dec. 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — uAvionix Corporation, the leader in aircraft sense and avoid,…
IdeaForge to raise $10m Series A funding
IdeaForge Technology Pvt. Ltd, the company which manufactures Netra unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), used in the recent Nepal earthquake and…
International Drone Expo (IDE): FLYPRO Is Helping People
Visitors and journalists in front of FLYPRO UAV’s booth SHENZHEN, China, Dec. 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — North America’s largest exhibition…
Terra Drone Conducts UTM-Based Multi-Drone Flight Demonstration in Indonesia
Johnny Appleseeds of the Sky: UAS for Reforestation
Kodiak Delivers RoboTrucks to Atlas Energy Solutions for Autonomous Trucking Service
Waze for UAV Flights: Elsight HeatSight, a Cellular Coverage Mapping Tool at Drone-Flying Altitudes
