Dear Friends and Colleagues, Today is my last day working at DJI. I have been honored to hold this role for six years, advocating for innovation and the progressive regulation of a technology that I love. Together, we have created the policy frameworks and product safety features that have enabled
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Becker Avionics, a 65 year globally-renowned aviation industry supplier that works with the top 20 Aerospace OEMs, and commercial drone safety innovator, Iris Automation, have entered into a strategic partnership to increase the situational awareness of general aviation pilots and advance uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) safety. The two companies will
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Joint alliance to augment general aviation pilot safety Becker Avionics, a 65-year globally-renowned aviation industry supplier that works with the top 20 Aerospace OEMs, and commercial drone safety innovator, Iris Automation, have entered into a strategic partnership to increase the situational awareness of general aviation pilots and advance uncrewed aerial
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Have questions you want answered? Sign up now for the webinar covering the report’s key takeaways on Wednesday, September 8 at 2:00pm ET. The aviation industry and regulators are achieving many notable successes in creating effective policies to facilitate the integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Uncrewed Aircraft Systems, or UAS)
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Advanced Aircraft Company (AAC), a developer of long-endurance hybrid-electric unmanned aircraft systems designed for a wide range of commercial, defense and public safety applications, has been named one of seven finalists in the NIST First Responder UAS Endurance Challenge, which was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute
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Australian drone-powered logistics company, Swoop Aero, and commercial drone safety innovator, Iris Automation, have entered into a partnership to offer Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone solutions to global clients seeking to safely unlock the skies above cities and solve logistics challenges in remote and rural areas. Swoop Aero
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Australian drone-powered logistics company, Swoop Aero, and commercial drone safety innovator, Iris Automation, have entered into a partnership to offer Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone solutions to global clients seeking to safely unlock the skies above cities and solve logistics challenges in remote and rural areas. Swoop Aero
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Nordic Unmanned has received a conditional letter of award from the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) regarding lightweight RPAS services supporting pollution response and multipurpose maritime surveillance for up to 4 years, with tender name EMSA/OP/1/2021. The official value of the framework contract is EUR 7 million over a period
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Sandnes – Nordic Unmanned has received a conditional letter of award fromthe European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) regarding lightweight RPAS services supporting pollution response and multipurpose maritime surveillance for up to 4 years, with tender name EMSA/OP/1/2021 The official value of the framework contract is EUR 7 million over a
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Zenotech and Flare Bright join forces in the world-first SafeZone project to enable safer drone flight. Cardiff Airport offered them the opportunity to conduct a vital on-site series of flight trials. Over 40 flight trials were conducted in three days to validate a critical piece of drone safety. SafeZone
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“Simply put, this job would not have been possible without an Operating Safety Case.” That’s the verdict of digital services company, The Virtulab, after completing a droneinspection of the iconic Lloyd’s building in the heart of London. The team used a heliguyTM-supplied DJI M210 RTK with X7 camera to collect
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It has come to the attention of the Australian Association for Unmanned Systems possible discrepancies in the Civil Aviation Safety Authority’s (CASA) industry cost recovery figures relating to the Unmanned Aircraft Levy. In the recently released Cost Recovery Implementation Statement (CRIS), documenting CASA’s cost recovery arrangements for aviation regulatory services,
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Boston MA (SPX) Aug 11, 2021 –
If you follow autonomous drone racing, you likely remember the crashes as much as the wins. In drone racing, teams compete to see which vehicle is better trained to fly fastest through an obstacle course. But the faster drones fly, the more unstable they
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The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently announced the four winners of the 2021 PSCR First Responder UAS Endurance Challenge. In the four-stage challenge, participants designed, built and flew an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) with the goal of flying for the longest time possible
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InterUSS, a Linux Foundation open source project that enables trusted, secure and scalable interoperability to advance safe, equitable and efficient drone operations, today announced the launch of the network remote identification service (NET-RID). The new feature meets the European U-Space Regulation established by the European Union Safety Council, which will
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A Honeywell (NYSE: HON) breakthrough in compact satellite communications technology will bring the safety, connectivity and efficiency trusted for decades by airplane manufacturers and airlines to three of Pipistrel’s exciting new aircraft, including the fixed-wing Surveyor and both unmanned Nuuva platforms, the V300 and smaller V20. Weighing in at only
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A Honeywell breakthrough in compact satellite communications technology will bring the safety, connectivity and efficiency trusted for decades by airplane manufacturers and airlines to three of Pipistrel‘s exciting new aircraft, including the fixed-wing Surveyor and both unmanned Nuuva platforms, the V300 and smaller V20. Weighing in at only 1 kilogram
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The City of Johns Creek is partnering with Airspace Link, Inc., a provider of drone flight authorization and management solutions, to launch its new FLYSAFE program that helps local drone pilots fly safely and compliantly under Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) guidelines. Johns Creek is the first municipality in Georgia to
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Adorama Business Solutions (ABS) today announced a partnership with Unmanned Tactical Group (UTG) to offer advanced drone training services to its public safety and government customers implementing a drone program. The partnership is another step forward in ABS’ commitment to provide a robust commercial drone ecosystem of cutting-edge professional solutions,
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Aerospace engineers at MIT have devised an algorithm that helps drones find the fastest route around obstacles without crashing. The new algorithm combines simulations of a drone flying through a virtual obstacle course with data from experiments of a real drone flying through the same course in a physical space.
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On July 28 and 29, NUAIR and the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services (DHSES) held a two-day unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) Summit for New York State public safety officials. The UAS Summit showcased the latest UAS or drone technologies available to first responders and NY
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Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) are becoming more prolific as commercial applications of drones continue to expand. An increasing number of business aviation departments find the organizations they support want to utilize UAS for various functions. What best practices are UAS operators implementing to ensure safety of their own operations, as
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UL, the global safety science leader, and Hyundai Motor Company, a global enterprise aiming to revolutionize the mobility value chain and sustainability, have entered into an agreement to help further the safe deployment and use of second-life battery energy storage systems (SLBESS). A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed during a
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Advanced Aircraft Company (AAC), a developer of long-endurance hybrid-electric unmanned aircraft systems designed for a wide range of commercial, defense and public safety applications, has announced the launch of its Hybrid Advanced Multirotor Unmanned Aircraft System (HAMR). The company also announces its latest round of funding, led by Shenandoah Valley
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Advanced Aircraft Company (AAC), a developer of long-endurance hybrid-electric unmanned aircraft systems designed for a wide range of commercial, defence and public safety applications, today announces the launch of its Hybrid Advanced Multirotor Unmanned Aircraft System (HAMR). The company also announces its latest round of funding, led by Shenandoah Valley
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AVIAN, Inc., a government acquisition services company, has acquired redUAS, a counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) tactics, and training joint-venture. redUAS was acquired on July 30. Prior to its acquisition, redUAS was a joint venture formed in 2017 between AVIAN, and five U.S. Armed Forces veteran-owned, and first responder-owned companies.
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A drone struck a skyscraper in the World Trade Center complex and became lodged on the building’s facade Monday afternoon, landing the operator in custody. The gizmo crashed into 7 World Trade Center around 5 p.m. and ended up wedged between window panels outside the third floor of the
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Second generation encoder delivers real-time video streaming in the field New York, NY (August, 2021) — All Mobile Video, one of the nation’s top providers of end-to-end audio/video solutions, today announced that its public safety division, AMVision, has launched the InsightRT2 video encoder. The next-generation encoder is a smaller,
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Nordic Unmanned has received a conditional letter of award from European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) regarding fixed-wing RPAS (drone) services carrying out long-range general maritime surveillance, with tender name EMSA/OP/46/2020. The official value of the framework contract is EUR 20 million over a period of up to 2+1+1 years. Nordic
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