Episodes

Aeronautical knowledge test for recreational drone pilots, UPS medical deliveries, drone technician college degree, drone flights over people, drone strikes on airliners, environmental BVLOS missions, FAA on drones and dangerous weapons.

HAPSMobile plans to fly a High Altitude Pseudo Satellite (HAPS) over Hawaii, Amazon petitions for drone delivery exemptions, NASA plans to test UAS traffic management in Texas, researchers find that drones are better than people studying whales, a female drone pilot seeks to encourage women, and drones that provide medical assistance. UAV News FAA Approves Solar Drone Flights Over Hawaiian Island Japanese drone company HAPSMobile has a waiver to fly a solar-powered UAV over Lanai. The HAWK30 wil...

Package delivery halted after crash, AI and drones, swarming nano-drones, mesh networked drones for precision ag, drone mesh for event security, UAS for airport and public safety, reliability of drone sightings from aircraft.

Bio-inspired drones are getting attention and a general contractor receives a waiver for flights over people with a parachute-equipped drone. Also, six Israeli drone companies, a drone-mounted flamethrower, BVLOS critical infrastructure inspection, and an online drone survey.

Hybrid drone controllers from MIT, UPS drone delivery subsidiary, LAANC expanded to recreational Part 107, Australian drone registration delayed, gas detecting micro-drone, quadcopter that shrinks to get through small openings.

DJI Government Edition, public safety alliance board of advisers, a USV rescues swimmers, interim report on UAS mitigation at airports, drone operations app is launched in Australia, a de-confliction service for drone flights via API.

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) performed drone market research studies, including a consumer study titled Drones: Public Perceptions & Consumer Attitudes.

Diana Cooper is the SVP of Policy & Strategy at PrecisionHawk, a company that provides training, drone consulting, and global flight services.

Princess Aliyah Pandolfi from the Kashmir World Foundation. Recorded at the Innovations in Flight Family Day and Outdoor Aviation Display, held June 15, 2019 at the Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia.

Highlights of the FAA UAS Symposium held June 3-5, 2019 at the Baltimore Convention Center. Presented by the Federal Aviation Administration and AUVSI. Diana Cooper, PrecisionHawk SVP of Policy & Strategy, and Brendan Schulman, DJI VP of Policy and Legal Affairs. FAA UAS Symposium 2019 Over 1000 attendees from industry, the government, and academia gathered for three days of keynotes, breakout sessions, and “how to” sessions. We discuss some highlights of the Symposium, including industry/government collaboration, drone remote identification, education and outreach, urban air mobility, drone delivery, public agency use of drones, counter-UAV issues, UAS traffic management, and more. Mentioned Alliance for Drone Innovation Blue Ribbon Task Force on UAS Mitigation at Airports Flight Plan 2030 white paper on Urban Air Traffic Management from Embraer. Innovations in Flight Family Day and Aviation Display at the Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chan…

DHS resources for the threat of UAS to critical infrastructure, urban testing of drone flights in Reno, using drone images as evidence, a delay for the remote ID NPRM, and a drone used by the Army Corps of Engineers. UAV News ‘We’re Not Being Paranoid’: U.S. Warns Of Spy Dangers Of Chinese-Made Drones NPR references the DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) website Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) – Critical Infrastructure . It contains a video describing the UAS threat to c...

New recreational drone restrictions, drones identify polluting ships, data security fears for Chinese drones, professional sports leagues weigh-in on drones, UAS that measure environmental conditions, states in the US actively using unmanned aircraft.

Embry-Riddle UAS degree, delivery drone noise, Uber Eats UAS specialist hiring, AUVSI humanitarian award winners, autonomous BVLOS patrol drones for the Australian coastline.

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 aircraft. UAV News UAV industry purging hobbyist-grade components from supply chain Fifteen years ago, practically all the drone components came from the hobby business. Commercial and even military applications used R/C hobby parts and software. Back then, costs were low, ...

Actively tethered UAS, drone studies the atmosphere, hive drone releases swarm of smaller drones, Virgin Atlantic reports a near-hit, drone plants tree seeds, Wing receives FAA approval for delivery service in the US, a drone powered by variable buoyancy.

Lithium metal batteries for greater capacity. Parrot’s Anafi Thermal drone, quadcopter over Boston, sugarcane agriculture, drones and the Notre Dame fire, parts delivery by drone for manufacturing, indigenous people use drones to assert territory rights.

An NPRM for sUAS operations over people and an ANPRM for safe sUAS operations. Advice for drone operators near agricultural aircraft, rogue drones in China, Wing authority to operate in Australia, FAA to award drone airline license, GENIUS NY awards.

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 drones. Guest Executive Wildlife Producer Heather. UAV News A Guide To Using Drones To Study Wildlife: First, Do No Harm A Best practice for minimising unmanned aerial vehicle disturbance to wildlife in biological field research has been published for researchers using unmanne...

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 first FAA authorization to fly unmanned aircraft in groups Oklahoma State University received FAA approval to fly drone swarms in the national airspace. Up to twenty drones can be operated by one pilot with visual observers. The Unmanned Systems Research Institute at OSU has be...

Flying small UAS over people, terrain-following UAS with active navigation, drones and citizen science for animal conservation, greater surveillance role for FAA FSDOs, an autonomous grocery delivery service.

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 whitepaper. UAV News The Pentagon wants to know if a swarm of drones can swoop in to help with hurricane relief In January 2019, the Defense Logistics Agency solicited a Request for Information (RFI) for Utilization of UAS for Disaster Relief . The RFI was only open for a few wee...

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 drone, and speculation about stealthy drones. UAV News Koala-spotting drones proves a flying success The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) published a study in the nature journal Scientific Reports describing drones that use infrared imaging to locate koala’s, even under...

NUAIR Alliance and UAS stakeholders establish a plan to support integration into the NAS, drone privacy bill killed, drone tech for bee populations, applications for LiDAR-equipped drones, complaints in the UK, new drone marking rule, shoot-down in Australia, SWAT team UAV, ag drone fleet, Boeing’s UAS from Australia.

Drones for wildlife management and conservation: bears and drone noise, elephants and poachers, Kakapos and artificial insemination, and STEM drone projects. Also, DHS and the Northern border, an Iranian drone, and a base jumping video.