China’s Commercial Mach-4 Drone to Make First Flight Next Year

A Chinese start-up is aiming to develop a supersonic drone capable of reaching speeds four times the speed of sound. Lingkong Tianxing Technology, the company behind the project, unveiled the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), named Cuantianhou or “Soaring Stone Monkey,” at a news conference in Chengdu, the capital city of Southwest China’s Sichuan Province. The […]

California Man Pleads Guilty to Crashing Drone into Canadair During Palisades Fire

A Culver City man agreed to plead guilty to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft fighting the Palisades Fire in January the Justice Department announced. Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, the former president of Skydance Interactive, has agreed to plead guilty to one count of unsafe operation of […]

UAS Safety Training by Southern California Safety Institute

The idea for the UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) course at the Southern California Safety Institute originated from a question during one of the Human Factors courses about automation and a DJI drone flyaway. Since then, the Institute has been delivering the course for 12 years. This industry-leading introduction to Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) […]

Successful First Hover Flight of Pipistrel Nuuva V300 a Long-Range, Large-Vapacity Hybrid-Electric VTOL

– Pipistrel, a Textron Inc. company, has announced the successful first hover flight of the Nuuva V300, a long-range, large-capacity hybrid-electric VTOL unmanned aircraft. This milestone marks an advancement in the development of advanced, sustainable and versatile unmanned aerial systems. The Nuuva V300 is designed to carry a 600-pound payload over a range of up […]

Dronetag RIDER – a Pocket-Sized, Drone-Agnostic Remote ID Receiver

With recent incidents such as unidentified drone sightings in New Jersey and across the US, and a drone collision with an aircraft battling Los Angeles wildfires, the need for improved drone visibility has never been more urgent. Dronetag’s RIDER  – a pocket-sized, drone-agnostic Remote ID receiver — provides a cutting-edge solution to enhance situational awareness […]