For the time being, it will not yet be possible to become active in the Specific category on the basis of one of the two European standard scenarios for drone flights within visibility over populated areas or flights outside visibility…
Drones labeled “Blue sUAS” approved by the US Department of Defense are 8 to 14 times more expensive to purchase than the Chinese DJI drones they replace. In addition, users complain about the less broad usability of the Blue sUAS…
Chinese passenger drone developer EHang announced this week that its manned EHang firefighting drone, the EH216F AAV, has successfully passed a technical examination by China’s National Fire-Fighting Equipment Quality Supervision Testing Center (NFFE). The company reports this in a press…
Emergency services in the United Arab Emirates are exploring the potential of deploying drones to light nighttime accident sites. That reports the Khaleej Times. A first experiment was recently conducted to see how this innovation might work. A drone illuminated…
The US Department of Defense is interested in the possibility of deploying autonomously operating offensive drone swarms. This is apparent from a market consultation with the subject ‘Offensive Unmanned Aircraft Systems Swarm’. The idea is that multiple drones work together…
US rail company BNSF Railway has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct drone inspections out of the pilot’s line of sight (BVLOS). The exemption is partly based on the advanced obstacle detection and a high degree…
A team of scientists at the University of South Australia has developed a drone that can take on the color of the sky. In this way, the ‘chameleon drone’ becomes invisible from the ground. The Australian Ministry of Defense is…
Dutch developer of high-end drones Acecore Technologies has launched a new drone, based on the existing Acecore Zoe platform. The Zoe Zetona is distinguished by the location of the camera suspension, namely on the front of the device. As a…
One of the video platforms where beautiful drone videos regularly appear is Vimeo. It’s a matter of typing in ‘drone’ as the search term, setting the search period to ‘last 30 days’, sorting the results by ‘popularity’ and voilà: the…
I had never thought that a herd of sheep could be so entertaining until now! A flock of migratory sheep was photographed by drone photographer Lior Patel using his DJI Mavic 2 Pro, which he used to shoot this amazing…
German researchers have developed a rescue drone that can recognize calls for help from people on the ground and link a position to it. The aim is to be able to start aid faster and more effectively after a natural…
At the end of 2018, London Gatwick Airport was closed for several days due to a number of drone sightings. A search was made for both drones and their operators, but no evidence was provided for the drone flights. A…