`Drone Net’ Promises Cost-Effective Security for Airports, Campuses and Other Operations

Someday soon, a “Drone Net” now under development at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University could provide a cost-effective way to protect small airports, university and corporate campuses, farms or other operations from irresponsible drone operators.The game-changing technology, based on a ...

Study Confirms Small Unmanned “Drones” Pose Increasing Risks to Aircraft

In a newly published study, researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University detail results of a small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) detection study, performed near Daytona Beach International Airport in Florida.  Looking at flights of drones during the 13-day sampling period from just one ...

The Next Generation Of Safe And Inexpensive Humanitarian Airdrops

To reach the more than 800 million people who are hungry worldwide, logistics are often a key issue. Assisting 80 million people in 80 countries each year, even WFP –  the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives – cannot reach everybody to deliver life- saving ...

Research Reveals Commercial Drone Programs Realize ROI in One Year or Less

Skyward, a Verizon company and maker of drone operation management software and consulting services, announced today results of a custom-built quantitative survey by Blue Research®. The data revealed that one in 10 companies with revenue of $50 million and more use drones and 92 percent realized ...

FirstEnergy Utilities Lead Industry in Use of Drones to Inspect Protected Bird Nests

FirstEnergy's electric utilities are leading the industry with the use of aerial drones to inspect the nests of protected birds of prey.  The drones offer a fast and safe way to survey locations where the birds have started nesting on utility poles and other electric equipment, without ...

The Latest Cover Of ‘Time’ Is Composed Of 958 Intel Drones

Intel® Shooting Star® drones helped create their first magazine cover as part of the upcoming TIME drone special issue. The issue is the first TIME cover photo shot by a drone and featured an Intel drone light show. In early May, Intel’s drone team worked with TIME magazine to replicate a ...

NOAA, Oceans Unmanned and DJI Team Up to Save Entangled Whales

Every fall, pods of enormous humpback whales make their way towards Hawaii, where they can ride out the winter in warm waters of NOAA's Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. For centuries humans have watched this noble migration with awe and wonder. But today, an ever-growing ...