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Episodes

Oct. 9, 2020

348 Weaponized Drones

Weaponized drones, Walmart tries to catch up with Amazon, drone swarms and UFOs, disinfecting a stadium with a drone, converting old biplanes to unmanned aircraft, and a video of whales swimming with surfers. UAV News Well, S...
Oct. 2, 2020

347 Indoor Security Drone

Amazon security drone monitors the inside of your home, Bell cargo drone flies through metropolitan airspace, new underwater drone manufacturing facility, humanitarian awards, Covid tests delivered by drone, ATSB report on a pseudo-satellite break-up.
Sept. 25, 2020

346 The Longest Organ Delivery Flight by UAS

Long distance organ delivery flight, survey-grade micro drone, UK drone zone, multi-fuel drones, heavy-lift drones, a UAV landing at a commercial airport, locating pregnant dolphins, Verizon’s wildfire drone waiver, a former FAA Administrator lands a new job.
Sept. 18, 2020

345 SeaClear Project to Clean the Ocean

SeaClear aims to clean ocean trash, the Loyal Wingman powers up its engine, a drone crashes into wind-turbine, drone makers see an opportunity in anti-China sentiment, marine animal rescue, photographing the orange landscapes...
Sept. 11, 2020

344 Skyward

We are joined by Skyward president Mariah Scott and product manager Amanda Breese to talk about drone remote identification.
Sept. 4, 2020

343 Optionally Piloted

Optionally piloted firefighting helicopters, was it a jetpack or a manikin on a drone, the Amazon Prime Air exemption with conditions, Japan Airlines interest in drones, UAS RF spectrum news, and using a drone to deliver a sp...
Aug. 28, 2020

342 Countering Drone Swarms

Technology developing to counter drone swarms, a blended wing body drone to catch poachers, studying pollinating bees, and Norway’s first UTM system. UAV News The U.S. Navy Plans To Foil Massive ‘Super Swarm’ Drone Attacks By...
Aug. 21, 2020

341 Drone Detection

Linda Ziemba is the founding CEO of AeroDefense, which produces the AirWarden system for drone detection that locates both drones and pilots simultaneously. We discuss the legality of detection and mitigation systems, and how the AeroDefense system provides legal drone detection.
Aug. 7, 2020

340 Wide-Area Motion Imagery

Wide-Area Motion Imagery (WAMI) for a Navy drone, hitting an airplane with a drone, delivery service in Alabama, quadcopter disrupts MLB game, UAS pilot program for Virginia, first commercial delivery drone to the Smithsonian, a drone finds a missing whale.
July 31, 2020

339 Planning for Drones at Airports

Airfield design guidelines for large UAS, a guidebook for UAS threats at airports, first free flight of Airbus naval UAS, studying sea turtles and saving baby deer, fully charging drone batteries in 5 minutes, and drones fly ...
July 24, 2020

338 Drones and Biomimicry

Avian biomimicry, stadium sanitizing with a drone, a Galileo competition, a new HALE flys, drones and electromagnetic pulses, wildfire data from drones, new standards from EASA, an F-15 with a loyal wingman under its wing.
July 17, 2020

337 Hacking Drones

Hacking drones as a target and as a weapon, military drone flight over San Diego, a State-by-State drone report card, a milestone in India for civilian drones, the EHang 216 goes sightseeing, and those drone sightings in the ...
July 10, 2020

336 DroneDeploy CEO Mike Winn

We talk with Mike Winn, a co-founder and the CEO of DroneDeploy.
June 26, 2020

335 Kespry CEO George Mathew

Our guest is George Mathew, chairman and CEO of Kespry, a leading drone-based aerial intelligence solution provider.
June 19, 2020

334 Drone Aerobatics

AI-powered drones perform extreme aerobatics, U.S. to allow export of armed drones, testing swarming drones, Royal Canadian Navy drone finds drug smugglers, hybrid drone rescues a stranded motorist, 5th Annual FAA UAS Symposium goes virtual.
June 13, 2020

333 Insect-Inspired Microbot

A cockroach-inspired microbot, a manned vs. unmanned fighter fly off, autonomous deliveries from CVS, a Predator over Minneapolis protests, a police helicopter collides with a police drone, piloting a UAS from an airborne C-1...
June 5, 2020

332 Last-Mile Drone Delivery Tested

A major test of last-mile drone delivery, direct-seeding rice with a drone, a drone-centric kiosk you can build yourself, and a webinar to learn the BVLOS regulatory landscape. UAV News Last Mile Drone Delivery: Testing the L...
May 22, 2020

331 Skyborg for Loyal Wingman UAV

Skyborg design competition for USAF loyal wingman UAVs, catapulting a drone from a helicopter, FAA investigating Blue Angels close encounter, drone launches grenades and sprays crops, Singapore keeps an eye on people, drone crash caused by electric lines.
May 15, 2020

330 Passenger Drone Hotel

A passenger drone hotel, a pub drone for beer delivery, UFOs that might be drones, distance-learning UAS education, flying creatures make drones better, measuring whales from above, and a close encounter with the Blue Angels....
May 8, 2020

329 Boeing Loyal Wingman

Boeing unveils a loyal wingman, special ops drones for training exercises, safe and effective volcano research, remote ID technology partners announced, crushing rocks and measuring the pile with a drone, and PPE delivery to the home.
May 1, 2020

328 Blockchain for Unmanned Aircraft

The U.S. DOT report shows benefits of blockchain for unmanned aircraft. Drone cinematographers and a labor agreement, a drone modeled after a dragonfly, VTOL reconnaissance, AI controllers, and AUVSI virtual sessions.
April 24, 2020

327 COVID-19 Inspired Drones

Checking on the public with a “pandemic drone” and a COVID-19 inspired BVLOS exemption. Also, duck watching with drones, a BVLOS helicopter for humanitarian relief, pre-historic flying reptiles, and fuel cells for eVTOL.
April 17, 2020

326 Altavian and Sinclair Print Masks

Altavian and the Sinclair National UAS Training and Certification Center team up to 3D print and distribute PPE masks, coronavirus resources from Drone Girl, US government anti-drone guidelines, a 360-degree onboard detect-an...
April 10, 2020

325 Drawing with Drones

Photographs drawn with a drone, a General Atomics SkyGuardian demonstration flight, an electric flying car racing series, a proposal for a drone emoji, 5G drones and networks, using drones while on quarantine, and autonomous ...