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Episodes

April 30, 2021

372 Great Lakes Drone Company

Interview with drone light show producer Great Lakes Drone Company. Also, augmented reality controlled UAVs, drones locate trash, Wing to expand drone deliveries, QR codes in the sky, a drone that launches a drone.
April 16, 2021

371 LiDAR Mapping with UAVs

A LiDAR specialist explains how UAV sensor data can be used to create engineering-grade topographic and topo-bathymetric products, as well as RGB, thermal, multispectral, and hyperspectral images.
April 9, 2021

370 Detect and Avoid

Detect and avoid capability for unpiloted aircraft is discussed with the CEO of Iris Automation.
April 2, 2021

369 A Rescue Drone That Talks

Rescue drone with 2-way voice, bees and drones find landmines, telehealth drones, delivery quadcopters for large packages, lifejackets for water rescues.
March 26, 2021

368 Mesh Network Drone Delivery

AI-based mesh network drone delivery, Navy swarmed by drones, Amazon double-coupon deal, attritable Bell UAV, first amendment drone case, target drone on the beach, drones replace fireworks.
March 19, 2021

367 Remote ID Lawsuit Filed

A Remote ID lawsuit against the FAA rules, EASA drone incident manual for European airports, MIT insect-inspired drones, Erickson’s optionally-piloted Air Crane, another spectacular video of the week.
March 12, 2021

366 American Security Drone Act of 2021

American Security Drone Act of 2021 incorporates drone detection and mitigation systems, RFI released for MQ-9 Reaper replacement, one drone is on Mars and another planned for Titan, Choctaw Nation partners with FAA, US drone registrations plummet.
March 5, 2021

365 Remote Identification Implications

Remote Identification for different stakeholders, Speed Racer revealed, drones for beginners, wet drones in Scotland, dolphins in New Zealand, Skyborg is coming, rogue drone detection and mitigation.
Feb. 26, 2021

364 The Recreational Drone Test

The recreational drone test, Ingenuity helicopter on Mars, the dot-com crash and the eVTOL market, a Skunk Works “Speed Racer,” Naval resupply with autonomous UAS, a new animated drone show record.
Feb. 19, 2021

363 DJI FPV Drone

DJI’s new FPV drone, Super Bowl drone incursions, Major League Baseball drone incursions, drones at the Daytona 500, and UAS given to law enforcement. UAV News DJI’s breakthrough controller, other new FPV details emerge There...
Feb. 12, 2021

362 United eVTOL

United Airlines plans to provide eVTOL service, hydrogen transportation for fuel cell UAVs, flying an uncrewed aircraft through a hurricane, drones meet law enforcement and privacy, and drones for STEM. UAV News United First ...
Feb. 5, 2021

361 Urban Airports for Drones

Urban airports for drones as a service, FAA UTM transparency, a new Transportation secretary, drones that self-monitor airworthiness, domestic actions against Chinese drones, and the Superbowl no-fly zone. UAV News Hyundai Pa...
Jan. 29, 2021

360 Mars Helicopter Ingenuity

The Mars Helicopter Ingenuity travels to the Red Planet, UK Defence innovation criticized, Black Swift and GPS-denied navigation, online drone education, unmanned loyal wingman for the UK, Coke and Coffee drone promotion, and...
Jan. 22, 2021

359 Smart Drone Mailbox

Smart drone mailbox, FAA waiver for automated drones, Quantum networks with unmanned aircraft, precision infrastructure inspection, using a drone to contact rescuers, keeping a 3-rotor quadcopter from crashing, air taxi trials coming to Paris.
Jan. 15, 2021

358 Insitu Lawsuit

Boeing settles the Insitu lawsuit; Intel neuromorphic chips in drones; betting on drone races; connected drone delivery from Verizon, UPS, and Skyward; and new drones from Cadillac, Sony, and Autel Robotics. UAV News Boeing t...
Jan. 8, 2021

357 Walmart Drone Delivery Hub

Walmart drone delivery hub coming to Arkansas, bio-composite drone parts, cloud seeding, Alphabet’s Wing and remote ID, funding the Uber of drones, 19-year-old with a drone leads rescuers to lost fishermen.
Dec. 30, 2020

356 FAA Final Rules: Remote ID and Flight Over People

The FAA has issued final rules for small unmanned aircraft remote ID and flight over people, key steps in integrating UAS into the National Airspace System.
Dec. 18, 2020

355 Royal Mail by Drone

Royal Mail delivery by drone, the Bell Autonomous Pod Transport, drones and vaccine distribution, Navy MQ-25 Stingray warrant officers, Catching Gremlin UAVs with a C-130, and test and evaluation programs you might join. UAV ...
Dec. 11, 2020

354 Home Design for Drone Deliveries

Home design for drone deliveries, a Smellidrone, Virginia partners with UAS company, launching smallsats, deliveries to golfers, perching mechanism for a micro drone, loyal wingman prototypes, long-range test flight in South Korea.
Nov. 20, 2020

353 Building Drone Highways

Drone highways and corridors, flying over the ocean on hydrogen, a hybrid drone sets a new flight record, a world civil UAS market forecast looks bright, and a DroneMasters online meetup. UAV News: Digital Drone Highways: a F...
Nov. 13, 2020

352 US DOT BEYOND Program

DOT announces the BEYOND drone program to follow the UAS Integration Pilot Program. A drone with morphing wings and tail, Europe’s first TRACE drone takes flight, placing sensors with darts fired from a drone, Sony hints at a coming drone brand.
Oct. 30, 2020

351 Drones for First Responders

A police department funds drones for response to 911 calls, paramedics in manned drones, public perception of drones, the U.S. government warns of drone attacks, a puffing drone, a heterogeneous drone swarm, and landing a UAV...
Oct. 23, 2020

350 Cyclogyro Drone

Cyclogyro propulsion for UAM, holographic particle detection, Singapore UAV licensing, Pipistrel autonomous heavy lift UAV, EU to patrol the Med, offshore wind farm maintenance with autonomous drones, drone seeding to save the Koala.
Oct. 16, 2020

349 Solar-Powered Drone LTE

Loon and HAPSMobile test LTE from solar-powered drone, India MALE, Chinese weaponized drone swarm, small sensors dropped from small drones, FAA submits two proposed final drone rules, a Colorado drone club builds a drone park, a virtual drone summit.