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Vote for NASA’s Parimal Kopardekar!

It’s your turn to vote for the winner of the 2018 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals People’s Choice award. Polls are open now until 11:59 p.m. ET on July 9, 2018. Twenty-seven Sammies finalists are eligible for this special recognition. Their achievements include pioneering research to understand and prevent peanut allergies; coordinating investigations to […]

Drone Delivery Canada News

Drone Delivery Canada announced that they’ve successfully completed a series of test flights during the week of March 5th, 2018 in the U.S. at the Griffiss International Airport located in Rome, New York. “Testing at Griffiss was a natural extension for continued progress with our platform in a BVLOS non-segregated airspace environment. An active runway with large aircraft, helicopters, […]

UAS Integration Pilot Program News

Was the state or area you live in chosen by the FAA to participate in its UAS Integration Pilot Program? We congratulate the following selected participants: City of Reno, Nevada City of San Diego, California Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Innovation and Entrepreneurship Investment Authority (Virginia Tech) Kansas Department of Transportation Lee County (Florida) Mosquito Control District […]

Reno-Flirtey Picked for Integration Pilot Program

Flirtey, a Nevada-based drone delivery service company that is pioneering life-saving applications of drone technologies, and the City of Reno have been selected by the Department of Transportation for the highly competitive Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Pilot Program. The DOT received more 140 applications and only 10 were selected for […]

Kittyhawk & Jeppesen’s LAANC Tools

Drone app maker Kittyhawk and Jeppesen have formed a new partnership to roll out a robust set of LAANC tools: the Low-Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability system currently being deployed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Both see a future where the lines between manned and unmanned flight operations disappear and merge into a single […]

5th Graders Fly Drones

After a successful 20-year partnership with Boeing, Mesa Public Schools’ Aeronautical Center of Exploration (ACE) has debuted an exciting new activity. Fifth-grade students now visiting ACE at Salk Elementary learn how to fly a drone, thanks to Boeing engineers who designed the activity and curriculum. “This will help students plan their careers in aviation and […]

Kansas State & Wildlife Dept. Partner for UAS Training

Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus is partnering with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism to send 30 employees, including 12 law enforcement officers, through unmanned aircraft systems training from May through June. The employees will attend sUAS Commercial Remote Pilot Training and then be eligible to sit for the Federal Aviation Administration exam to become certified […]

Drone technology at work – Kipcon Engineering

As the use of drone technology continues to mature, many commercial and industrial companies are offering services not available any other way. Whether it’s a construction project or an existing structure or building needing visual inspection, drones have become invaluable for saving time, money, and manpower. “Drone technology is now fully integrated into all of […]

Drone News: International Drone Day May 5

Where will you be flying this Saturday? International Drone Day’ takes place Saturday May 05, 2018. This follows the success of the first International Drone Day in 2015, which saw over 40,000 people in 150 countries take part. Drones continue to be an often controversial topic, and so International Drone Day 2018 is set to […]

AUVSI Xponential Awards Video

Check out the winners of the Xcellence Awards at the 2018 AUVSI Xponential show in Denver, Colorado. New this year, the awards recognize organizations and individuals that contribute to the safe uses of drones and unmanned aircraft systems. These first-place winners were recognized in the following categories: Pierce Aerospace in Remote Identification; Neurala “Brains for […]