Knowledge Base: US Army Studying Drone Delivery Of Essential Supplies

Seeking methods to keep their manned aircraft away from adversaries' long-range precision weapons, the US Army is looking at ways to rapidly resupply frontline platoons and squads with weapons, ammunition and other essential supplies using autonomous cargo drones. After studying its logistical ...

USHST Sees Safety Benefits of Integrating UAS and OPA Technology into Helicopter Operations

As part of its commitment to drive down the civil helicopter fatal accident rate, the U.S. Helicopter Safety Team (www.USHST.org) has issued a report identifying how Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and Optionally Piloted Aircraft (OPA) technology can reduce fatalities in high-risk operations....

Knowledge Base Presented By Alpha Unmanned Systems GPS-Denied Navigation Challenges and Solutions

Drone usage is expected to soar over the next several years. As legal regulations evolve, many industries will embrace drones for a multitude of tasks from infrastructure inspections to commercial fishing and beyond. And despite the potential for enormous growth, this revolutionary technology has ...

Knowledge Base Presented By Draganfly “Interactive Mapping Tutorial of Real-World Crime Scene”

At Draganfly, we understand the need to see before you buy in order to enhance your workflows so we’re excited to offer a free, interactive mapping tutorial where you can view the video tutorial and work with the corresponding data set yourself from a real-world mapped crime scene of an illegal ...

Knowledge Base Presented By IDTechEx “The Emerging Materials Making Aircraft Lighter”

In the aerospace sector reducing the weight is one of the greatest constant priorities. Due to the high technical requirements, economic and legislative drivers, and relatively deep pockets, aerospace is often the first significant adopter of emerging lightweight materials. This article�...

Knowledge Base Presented By Kittyhawk “LAANC In-Depth”

With the initial roll-out of LAANC just a few weeks away, we’ve been hard at work integrating native, seamless, and beautiful LAANC functionality into our platform (but more on that later ;). Today we wanted to dig into the numbers and dissect *why* there’s such a fervor around LAANC. ...

Knowledge Base Presented By Pix4D “Drone-mapping Hits The Road”

How drones and photogrammetry software are powering the shift from repairs & maintenance departments to smart infrastructure asset management organizations The responsibility of managing highway assets is shifting from reactive maintenance and repair organizations to dynamic, strategic ...

Knowledge Base Presented By UAVOS “The Experience Of The Creation Of A HAPS”

For more than 40 years, leading aircraft manufacturers have been working on the development of unmanned airplane-type aircraft capable of operating for a long time (from several days to several years) at altitudes of 60,000 - 100,000 feet (18,000-30,000 m).UAVOS also has such experience. Our ...

Knowledge Base Presented By Kittyhawk “Most Popular Drone Models”

We frequently talk about the diversity of our customers at Kittyhawk. Everyone from media to oil and gas to rail roads use Kittyhawk to help power their commercial drone operations across their organizations. However, our customers have a diverse set of needs and use a variety of hardware. We ...

Knowledge Base Presented By Kittyhawk “ Minimum GPS Satellites Viewable During Flight”

Your drone is subject to the whims of the environment you’re operating in. As drone operators, we have a lot of control, including the ability to choose not to fly, but even then, things can happen in flight that either the pilot or the software must respond to. One of these ...