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Slain Colorado police officer learning to become drone pilot
Slain Colorado police officer, father of seven was learning to become a drone pilot to keep himself off the front line and get into a saver form of work.
EASA publishes guidelines for handling drone incidents at airports
According to the European Aviation Safety Organization EASA, unwanted drone flights are increasingly occurring near airports, often as a result of ignorance, but possibly also on purpose. In view of the possible impact of such incidents, EASA has published guidelines…
Remote ID for Drones and Operations Over People delayed
One result of the transfer of power to the Biden Administration is that Remote ID for Drones, Operations Over People, and Recurrent Training and Initial Testing have been delayed.
First interplanetary drone, Ingenuity arrives on Mars
After a space journey of some 292 million miles and a blood-curdling descent through the atmosphere of Mars, the Mars rover Perseverance has successfully landed on the red planet. Space agency NASA announced. Onboard the rover is the first interplanetary…
Second man charged with flying drone near pre-Super Bowl events
A second Florida man has been charged with violating national defense airspace as he was flying a drone near the pre-Super Bowl events on Saturday.
Skydio about to deliver first batch of drones to US Army
Blue sUAS drone maker Skydio has been chosen by the US Army to continue in a final prototyping phase of its Skydio X2D drone. This should result in Skydio delivering the first batch of short-range reconnaissance drones to the US…
Kittyhawk launches B4UFLY desktop app for easier LAANC applications
Ever since Kittyhawk took over the development and management of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) B4UFLY app we have seen a steady flow of improvements that added new features to the app and made it easier to use. Now, Kittyhawk…
DJI Motion Controller shows up in FCC filings!
Today in the FCC filings a new DJI product showed up. The DJI Motion Controller obviously will control the motion of some other DJI product. The question is what product will that be? A gimbal? A drone?
What Pete Buttigieg as Secretary of Transportation means for drone industry
Romeo Durscher explains what Pete Buttigieg’s confirmation as Secretary of Transportation means for the drone industry in an interview with ZDNet.
Stop the Drone Federalism Act and Sen. Lee in his effort to revive it!
Act today to stop the revival of Senator Lee’s (R-Utah) Drone Federalism Act, which would allow states and local governments to control the airspace under 200 feet and would require a drone operator to “secure permission from the owner before…
Next FAA Drone Advisory Committee meeting on Feb. 24
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) just sent out a reminder that the next Drone Advisory Committee (DAC) online-only meeting will take place on February 24 from 12 to 2 PM EST.
DJI Inspire drones are used to transport COVID-19 tests in NY
DJI Inspire drones are used to transport COVID-19 test kits between a hospital and a biotech lab in the state of New York. The project is the result of a partnership between Airspace Link and the city of Syracuse.