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FIXAR drone approved for advanced flights in Canada
Transport Canada has approved FIXAR’s revolutionary drone design for flights in Canada, meaning the FIXAR can start flying missions in controlled airspace and near people – opening the skies to commercial and industrial clients.
Forget DJI Aeroscope as AI may be able to pinpoint drone pilot’s location
Forget DJI’s Aeroscope and other drone tracking applications, as artificial intelligence (AI) may be all that is needed to pinpoint a drone pilot’s location.
5G will supercharge drones with much lower latency
5G will supercharge drones with a much lower latency rate of 1 millisecond versus the 50 milliseconds that a 4G connection offers.
American made Swift high-altitude-long-endurance UAS completes landmark first flight
American made Swift high-altitude-long-endurance UAS completes landmark first flight and receiving both NASA’s Airworthiness Certification and the FAA’s Certificate of Authorization.
EHang 216 performs sightseeing flights with passengers on board
On July 14, the EHang 216 performed sightseeing flights with passengers on board in Yantai, a coastal city in East China. As part of the EHang ‘World Flight Tour’, four passengers took scenic flights around Yantai’s Fisherman’s Wharf, a popular…
AiRXOS launches new unmanned aircraft systems solution for energy industry
AiRXOS launches a new unmanned aircraft systems solution for the energy industry. GE Aviation’s all-in-one solution enables comprehensive operational oversight for safe, scalable, repeatable commercial UAS operations.
NASA Government Invention of the Year 2020 goes to UTM
Today, NASA announces the winners of its 2020 Invention and Software of the Year Awards. The agency has created two categories and one of them, the ‘Government Invention of the Year’ goes to the invention of NASA’s patented Unmanned Aircraft…
Drones and AI may help conserve farmland bird nests
Recently, we have seen how drones can help save deer in Switzerland and even a birds’ nest here in the U.S. Today, we learn that drones and artificial intelligence may also show promise for the conservation of farmland bird nests.…
Atlas Dynamics’ Atlas Pro drones will assist Norwegian rescue operations
Israeli manufacturer Atlas Dynamics has entered into a contract with Norwegian People’s Aid (NPAID), one of the world’s top arctic rescue units for its Atlas Pro drones.
Global drone market is set to grow ten-fold in the next five years
A landmark white paper that was presented to the UK government this week says that ‘drone technology will transform our immediate and long-term future. Recently, Barclays predicted that the global drone market will grow ten-fold in the next five years.
Drone News – Fri June 26, 2020
Here are today’s most important drone news articles. We publish this post every weekday at 5:30 p.m. Some of these stories are from DroneXL.co and some of them will be from other sources. If you’d like to receive this in an…
FAA awards contract for UTM testing to Switch
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded a contract for the development and testing of a UAS traffic management system (UTM) at the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems (NIAS) to ANRA Technologies, IT-infrastructure provider Switch.