LAS VEGAS — GDU, the leading consumer drone manufacturer focusing on power and portability, today officially announced that the company launched the Open Platform Partner Program to encourage participation with partners for new and exciting modular accessories for...
ITRI Introduces Remotely-Operated Autonomous Drone (ROAD) at CES 2017, Booth #2015
LAS VEGAS — CES 2017 – Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan's largest and one of the world's leading high-tech applied research institutions, today announced it will introduce and demonstrate its ICT Solution for Drones at CES 2017. ITRI...
uAvionix Announces FCC Approved Ping200S ADS-B/Mode S Transponder for Drones, Balloons, and Gliders
PALO ALTO, Calif. — uAvionix Corporation, a leading UAS avionics provider, announced the Ping200S Mode S Transponder with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) has received FCC approval. Weighing just 50 grams, the transponder's power consumption is...
MOLA-UFO, a Palm-Sized Selfie Drone to Shine at CES 2017
LAS VEGAS — Nine Eagles, an emerging high technologies company that focuses on aerial vehicles developing and manufacturing, will launch its latest product, a selfie drone named MOLA-UFO, at the upcoming CES 2017 in Las Vegas, US. MOLA-UFO, the unmanned aerial...
Mobile-to-Mobile Access to Streaming Drone Video puts DropIn Insurance Customers in Driver’s Seat
Insurance company and claim professional customers of DropIn Inc. (DropIn) can now order on-demand, live-streaming drone video of properties to be assessed or damage to be estimated via the DropIn mobile app. Los Angeles, California-based DropIn was the first company...
PrecisionHawk Research Outlines Operations Risk for Drones Flying Beyond Line of Sight
RALEIGH, N.C., - PrecisionHawk is releasing its Phase 2 Pathfinder Results today as part of UAS TAAC (Unmanned Aircraft Systems Technical Analysis and Applications Center) in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Pathfinder program is an FAA-led initiative to facilitate the early...
AirMap, DigiCert Introduce First-Ever Digital Identity Certificate for Drones
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Today, AirMap announced Drone ID, a partnership with DigiCert that will enable, for the first time, instant authentication of an unmanned aircraft's identity via a digital certificate. Drone ID is a major step forward for drone security,...
FAA's Part 107 Rules Ease Some of the Challenges Faced by Commercial UAS Operators
Users of UAS aerial images must be open to the idea that legitimate UAS operators interested in complying with the law might not be able to fly the mission as planned due to operational restrictions imposed by the FAA.
MULTIROTOR Wins German Accelerator Promotion and Goes to San Francisco
As one of the most innovative companies of the high-tech branch and of the market for unmanned aerial vehicles for commercial use, the B2B world market leader from Berlin participates in the German Accelerator programme. ‘We are delighted that the the jury...
AT&T and NASA Collaborate on Drone Traffic Management System
VIENNA, Va. -Â AT&T* and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are researching traffic management solutions for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The goal is an Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) solution that supports the safe and...