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Drone news – Thu May 28, 2020
Here are the most important drone news articles from Thursday, May 28th, 2020. 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…
Smuggling contraband by drone into Mansfield prison in Ohio
Ohio State Highway Patrol Troopers said that a Cleveland man was caught red-handed while smuggling contraband by drone into Mansfield prison in Ohio.
Securing Our Skies Against Chinese Technology Act of 2020, the latest threat against Chinese-made drones
Here’s the latest push against Chinese-made drones from Arizona Sen. Martha McSally. Her proposal, titled “Securing Our Skies Against Chinese Technology Act of 2020,” would prevent state and local agencies from using federal money to buy or operate such technology.
South Dakota law enforcement adds drones to its toolkit
South Dakota law enforcement adds drones to its toolkit according to an announcement of the Pennington County Search and Rescue and the Sheriff’s Office and the Rapid City police.
EHang obtains approval from Chinese authorities to test passenger drone
EHang announced that the company has received approval from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) to test its passenger drone, the EHang 216. The company says that it “became the world’s first AAV company approved by a national aviation…
No clear solutions to detect and mitigate drone threats
There are no clear solutions to detect and mitigate drone threats, according to experts speaking during a discussion hosted by the Atlantic Council. Numerous challenges will have to be overcome to successfully defend against drone threats in commercial and military…
Digital Global Systems announces CLEARSKY™ Drone Threat Management System selected at Bristol Airport
In collaboration with deployment partners, Telent and Airpoint International, DGS announces the successful trial of its CLEARSKY™ Drone Threat Management system at Bristol (UK) Airport. As part of a 3-year commitment, DGS will provide a market-leading network capable of providing…
Truck and drone delivery system hindered by regulatory hurdles
A truck and drone delivery system could be the future of last-mile delivery logistics, however, significant regulatory hurdles are preventing the model from taking off, say MIT researchers.
Drone news – Wed May 27, 2020
Here are today’s most important drone news articles. We publish this post every weekday at around 5:30 p.m. Some of these stories are from DroneXL.co and some of them will be from other news sources. If you’d like to receive…
Drone in hot pursuit of great white shark at Dana Point [video]
Check out this video that shows a drone in hot pursuit of a great white shark at Dana Point, Calif. Local photographer and drone pilot Matt Larmand captured this amazing drone footage of a shark off the Capistrano Beach area…
The Acecore Noa drone, a persistent heavy lifting hexacopter
Acecore Technologies, developer and manufacturer of high end European made commercial multirotors, released their third drone platform today. The new Acecore Noa has a 20kg payload capacity that leaves nothing to be desired and the endurance of a full hour.…
Drones and machine learning to detect dangerous ‘butterfly’ landmines
Machine learning in combination with drones could be used for good to detect dangerous ‘butterfly’ landmines says new research from Binghamton University and State University at New York.