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Episodes

May 17, 2019

287 Embry-Riddle UAS Program

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University offers an Unmanned Systems Science degree, delivery drones produce an annoying noise, Uber Eats is hiring UAS specialists, AUVSI announces humanitarian award winners, and autonomous BVLOS ...
May 3, 2019

286 Professional-Grade UAS

Professional-grade UAS components, a fuel cell system for UAVs, drone flying in national parks, the Choctaw Nation UAS Integration Pilot Program, new life for Piaggio Hammerhead, and the Northrop Grumman Firebird surveillance...
April 26, 2019

285 Tethered UAS for First Responders

An actively tethered UAS for situational awareness, a fixed-wing drone studies the atmosphere in Greenland, a larger “hive” drone releases a swarm of smaller “cicada” drones, Virgin Atlantic reports a drone near-hit, a drone ...
April 19, 2019

284 Lithium Metal Batteries

New lithium metal batteries offer the prospect of greater capacity. Also, Parrot’s Anafi Thermal drone, a quadcopter over the Boston Red Sox, drones for sugarcane agriculture, the role of drones during the Notre Dame fire, pa...
April 12, 2019

283 NPRM for sUAS Operations over People

Comments close soon for an NPRM for sUAS operations over people and an ANPRM for safe sUAS operations. In the news, advice for drone operators near agricultural aircraft, rogue drones in China, Google’s Wing receives authorit...
April 8, 2019

282 Drones and Wildlife

Drones for studying wildlife, wetlands, and tornadoes. Using them to resupplying troops and support a Mars rover. Also, gender diversity study of the drone industry, and airplane incidents that turn out to not be caused by dr...
March 29, 2019

281 Fixed-Wing Drone Swarm

FAA approves a fixed-wing drone swarm, firefighting drones under development, young girls trained to fly drones, costs of Gatwick incursions, mimicking a bat, and drones blamed for airliner problems. UAV News OSU receives fir...
March 22, 2019

280 Flying UAS Over People

The FAA proposal for flying small UAS over people, a terrain-following fixed-wing UAS with active navigation, using drones and citizen science for animal conservation, a greater surveillance role for FAA Flight Standards Dist...
March 15, 2019

279 Drones for Disaster Relief, Search and Rescue

Pentagon interest in cargo drones for disaster relief, thermal imaging for search and rescue, BVLOS UAS for medical deliveries, drones that act like sheepdogs, drone laws in Japan, “drone parenting,” and a UAS remote ID white...
March 8, 2019

278 Animal Identification with Drones

Drones that locate wildlife and select sick livestock, the FAA looks to Kittyhawk to redesign the B4UFLY app, an expanded role for LANNC, principles for autonomous vehicles in the city, a tourist is jailed for misusing a dron...
March 1, 2019

277 NUAIR Alliance and UAS Integration into the NAS

The NUAIR Alliance and UAS stakeholders establish a plan to support integration into the NAS, North Dakota kills a drone privacy bill while the University of North Dakota supports drone tech for bee populations, 50 applicatio...
Feb. 15, 2019

276 Drones for Wildlife Management

Using drones for wildlife management and conservation: bears and drone noise, elephants and poachers, Kakapos and artificial insemination, and STEM drone projects to protect wild and endangered animals. Also, DHS and the Nort...
Feb. 8, 2019

275 UAS Traffic Management

Guest Kevin Gallagher is President and CEO of Simulyze , a provider of operational intelligence and technology applications for both federal and commercial organizations. He has more than 30 years of experience in system engi...
Feb. 1, 2019

274 A Nano-UAV for the Army

A FLIR Systems acquisition and a nano-UAV contract, proposed drone rules for Australia, testing UAS in the wind, a market forecast for drones, and Amazon tests UTM. UAV News FLIR Systems acquires Aeryon Labs for $200 million ...
Jan. 25, 2019

273 Drone Sightings at the Airport, or Maybe Not

Flights at another major airport were halted due to drone reports, but some experts question the accuracy of the reports. Also, Boeing and Airbus advance their urban air mobility projects, multispectral camera-equipped drones...
Jan. 18, 2019

272 FAA Draft NPRM for Night Flying and Flights over People

The FAA has released a draft of the NPRM that proposes rules for night flying and flights over people. Also, three UAS UTM Pilot Program projects awarded, drones survey Africa and identify illegal activity in India, Japan wil...
Jan. 11, 2019

271 Fuel Cell Drone

A fuel cell drone flies for over an hour, new drone laws for Canada and the UK, another airport incursion, terrorists and UAVs, the world’s smallest and lightest weather station, and using drones to insert sensors in the soil...
Jan. 4, 2019

270 Our Predictions for 2019

Recent drone news and a few predictions for the unmanned aircraft industry in 2019. UAV News NYC police to use camera drones for security at Times Square NYE party What’s the best anti-drone technology? Rain, it turns out. Th...
Dec. 21, 2018

269 Rogue Drone at the Airport

A rogue drone repeatedly violated Gatwick Airport airspace with massive consequences. Separately, a drone is suspected of colliding with an airliner. Also, ANSI releases a standardization roadmap, and drones are being used to...
Dec. 14, 2018

268 Drone Surveillance Systems

Drone surveillance systems for your home, around your yacht, and at maritime ports. Also, Intel inspects bridges with drones, a drone down under flies over an Airport, and a former FAA Administrator finds a home with drones. ...
Dec. 7, 2018

267 Drones and the Public Safety Sector

Drone programs for the public safety sector, post-emergency reforestation from DroneSeed, package delivery from Wing and Amazon, a new Airbus high altitude pseudo-satellite flight base, and a proposed BVLOS infrastructure for...
Nov. 30, 2018

266 A Modular Drone Taxi

Audi and Airbus demonstrate a drone taxi, Piaggio Aerospace goes into receivership, drones map the Great Wall of China, drone recovery by parachute, industry concerns about the pace of drone regulations. UAV News Audi and Air...
Nov. 16, 2018

265 AUVSI’s Trusted Operator Program

AUVSI creates the Trusted Operator Program (TOP) for professional certification, Aurora Flight Sciences builts the Odysseus HALE aircraft, fast food delivery service generates some complaints, the DRL announces the Alpha Pilo...
Nov. 9, 2018

264 Hovermap Autonomous Drone Maps Underground

Australian startup Emesant is using Hovermap technology to map underground environments. Also, drones and wildlife, another PrecisionHawk acquisition, the Chinese CH-7 UAV, remotely recharging drones, and the Robird drone for...