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Collection Ground Control Points with Global Mapper Mobile

Effortless Field Data Collection with Global Mapper Mobile Global Mapper Mobile brings data collection into the palm of your hand, making it easy to record ground control points and other key features on site when collecting drone-images for processing in…

FAA Approves First Category 2 Drone for Flying Over People

AVSS PRS-M3DT Parachute Enables DJI Dock 2 Flights Without Waivers The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved the first Category 2 drone for operations over people. Commercial drone operators using the DJI Dock 2 equipped with the AVSS PRS-M3DT drone…

6 drone photos from France to prepare for the 2024 Olympics

The Paris 2024 Olympics are coming this week. Yes, the 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony is happening today in what might be one of the most memorable moments in Olympic history, ever. That’s because — for the first time in the…

Tethered Drone Extends Line-of-Sight Communications for Surface Platforms

General Dynamics Mission Systems’ Containerized Tethered Elevated Mast (C-TEM) shipboard tethered unmanned aerial system solution will extend line-of-sight communication for U.S. Navy ships and unmanned surface vessels. General Dynamics Mission Systems is a mission integrator for the Navy’s hybrid fleet…

Company Suspended After Drone Crash-Lands in Singapore Suburb

An aviation technology company has been suspended from operating unmanned aircraft (UA) after one of its drones crashed-landed in a condominium development in one-north on July 19. The use of the drone, a Hexadrone Tundra 2, is also suspended, said…

Bangkok to Host Asia’s First International Drone Exhibition

GML Exhibition (Thailand) has launched DronTech Asia 2024, the continent’s first international drone exhibition and conference. The event is scheduled for Nov 25-27 at Impact Exhibition and Convention Center in Bangkok. The global market for commercial drones or unmanned aerial…

Beihang Aeromodelling Team Claim Victory at the UAS Challenge 2024 Fly-Off

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers aerospace engineering competition celebrated its 10-year anniversary at BMFA Buckminster, with largest event to date. Students from the Beihang University in China were crowned grand champions of this year’s UAS Challenge, which celebrated it’s 10-year…

Drones are a Key Tool to Protect Forests: the FAO Report

Drones One of Five Key Innovations to Protect Forests from Increasing Wildfire and Pest Threats Climate change is significantly increasing the vulnerability of the world’s forests to stressors such as wildfires and pests, according to a new report by the…

ACSL Unveils TENSO: The Next-Gen Smart Controller for SOTEN Drones

Enhanced Usability, Durability, and Connectivity for Field Operation Japanese dronemaker ACSL Inc. recently announced their newest offering- TENSO, a new smart controller for their SOTEN drone, which is also receiving some major updates. The new TENSO controller uses the same…

FAA Approves D-Fend Solutions’ EnforceAir2 for UAS Detection and Mitigation

Innovative Counter-Drone Technology Receives FAA Endorsement for Safe Integration into National Airspace System: Keeping Airport Operations Goin Radio-frequency counter-drone technology developer D-Fend Solutions recently announced that their EnforceAir2 non-kinetic non-jamming takeover technology had been evaluated by the FAA as part…

TENSO controller from ACSL offers NDAA-compliant smart controller

Looking for an NDAA-compliant smart controller? ACSL, which has been proving itself as an increasingly prominent alternative to DJI, just gave us one more reason to turn our heads to its direction. The company today launched a new product called…

GA-ASI SeaGuardian Featured Again at RIMPAC

An MQ-9B SeaGuardian Unmanned Aircraft System from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. is once again supporting the U.S. Navy during its Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, this time for RIMPAC 2024. RIMPAC 2024, the world’s largest international maritime exercise,…

Boeing Might Put a Drone Operator in the F-15EX’s Back Seat

“Talk to me, Goose—about our robot wingmen” Maverick might say, if he were flying the F-15EX fighter jet, and if Boeing can sync up with the Air Force’s plans for collaborative combat aircraft. “As these missions become more and more…

ICAO’s First Advanced Air Mobility Symposium

The International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) first Advanced Air Mobility Symposium (AAM 2024) is expected to take place from 9 to 12 September 2024, in Montréal, Canada. The theme is “Advanced air mobility (AAM) global harmonization and interoperability: Challenges and…

Airbus Partners with Avolon to Explore Future of Hydrogen Aviation

Airbus has announced a new partnership with aircraft lessor, Avolon, to study the potential of hydrogen-powered aircraft, marking the very first collaboration of the ZEROe Project with an operating lessor. Announced at the Farnborough Airshow, Airbus and Avolon will investigate…