Drone Industry Experts Are Set to Present at the UAS Summit & Expo
The preliminary agenda for the 10th annual UAS Summit & Expo, the Upper Midwest’s premier unmanned aircraft systems event, has been released. A decade after leading the effort to unite regional stakeholders with globally-linked UAS entities, the Red River Valley Research Corridor has ...
FOTV Launches First 24/7 Drone Racing Channel
FOTV Media Networks CEO Alki David announced today the launch of the Drone TV on the leading streaming TV platform FilmOn.com. Drone TV is the first 24/7 channel devoted to the booming new sport of drone racing, and will reach FilmOn.com's 70 million monthly unique users. The channel was ...
Facebook’s Aquila Drone Completes First Test Flight
As the summer sun rose over the Arizona desert, Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and his team watched the Aquila lift off the runway at a military installation near the California border, the first time the unmanned solar-powered aircraft had taken to the skies.Aquila is the ...
Walkera’s New Voyager 4 With Superzoom Camera Drone
Walkera has beefed up its prosumer level flagship camera drone with two killer new features. The Voyager 4 has a gimbal-stabilized, 360-degree camera with a 16x optical zoom lens capable of a maximum 1500mm focal length. Plus, with both the drone and the controller connected to 4G wireless ...
Cyberhawk Working With SSE To Inspect Wind Turbines
In May 2016, Cyberhawk Innovations began flying unmanned aircraft systems to perform close visual wind turbine inspections.Cyberhawk is working with SSE Plc, one of the UK’s largest energy companies, to inspect more than 600 blades using UAS, according to a news release. UAS will be ...
L-3 Communications EO/IR Imaging System Selected for Predator XP UAS
The WESCAM division of L-3 Communications has received multiple orders from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) for its MXTM-15D electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) designator systems for an international military customer. L-3’s equipment will support medium-altitude covert ...
Amazon Patents Drone Housing In The Sky
The United States Patent Office issued Amazon with a multi-use UAV docking system patent last week. US patent number 9387928, filed by Amazon in December of 2014, provides an interesting insight into Amazon Prime Air’s thinking regarding potential delivery drone infrastructure in urban ...
Russian Company Uses 3D Printing Technology To Manufacture First UAS
The United Instrument-Manufacturing Corporation, part of Russia’s state hi-tech corporation Rostec, has produced the first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with the use of the 3D printing technology, a corporation spokesman told TASS.The unmanned aerial vehicle was unveiled at the Internat...
