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NVIDIA makes a new announcement at InterDrone!

Check out the latest in Autonomous flying from NVIDIA NVIDIA Researchers Release Trailblazing Deep Learning-Based Framework for Autonomous Drone Navigation NVIDIA’s autonomous mobile robotics team today released a framework to enable developers to create autonomous drones that can navigate complex, unmapped places without GPS. All of this is done through deep learning and computer vision […]

Drones & Conservation: Monitoring Arctic Sea Ice

Flying the Ptarmigan hexacopter in challenging conditions Springtime in northern Alaska is the right time for a whale hunt. Vast sheets of sea ice crumble together into huge masses that grind into the ocean floor, anchoring it for a time. To get to open water to hunt whales, Inupiat whaling crews will break miles of […]

FAA Administrator Michael Huerta to Deliver Keynote at InterDrone

BZ Media LLC today announced that Michael P. Huerta, administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, will give the Grand Opening Keynote address at InterDrone, September 6 at 10:00 am. He will be joined at InterDrone by a high-level lineup of commercial drone thought leaders who will frame the state of the industry at the conference, […]

AOPA Welcomes Drone Pilots: Membership Options Created

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association was already the world’s largest aviation organization before adding a new group of pilots to its ranks in 2017. For the first time in the history of the organization that has served as general aviation’s voice since 1939, many of the newcomers have never occupied a cockpit. In the […]

Rage RC X-Fly VTOL RTF [VIDEO]

From Rage R/C: If you’re ready for a unique RC flying experience, the RageTM X-Fly VTOL is the aircraft for you. In addition to typical 4-channel drone control, the X-Fly is capable of high alpha flight like an aircraft thanks to software that allow pilots to fly at either 20 degree or 35 degree angles […]

UAS for Search and Rescue

Looking through the Trees When an autistic 11-year-old on his bike went missing with his dad’s rifle this past August, Alaska State Troopers had a problem. They couldn’t activate their normal search-and-rescue protocols because a gun was involved; they didn’t want to take a chance of putting search crews in danger. They instead called the […]

Limited Edition Black Vusion House Drone Racer

From Rise: The same zipping, flipping, house conquering Vusion House Racer that is currently delivering high-speed FPV adventures in homes across the country is now available in a sleek black trim scheme! Perfect for racing against other House Racers! This model is FPV-Ready. Strap on your favorite goggles, grab your favorite SLT radio, and get […]

Drones & Conservation: DartGun!

South Africa’s Super Drone Advanced drones armed with double-barrel dart guns—that sounds like a scifi movie if ever I heard one. But it’s true—and not in a sinister way. In fact, such helpful drones could actually be coming to the United States very soon. The aptly named DartGun is the latest development from Haevic, a […]

Aerial Photography & Composition

Taking photos from dizzying heights doesn’t necessarily mean that they will be interesting or effective. Once you’ve located yourself on a high altitude with a drone, aimlessly shooting will not guarantee you any visually pleasing results. In fact, the most common problem I’ve observed with amateur photographers is that, once they’ve made their drone airborne, […]

Drones & Thermal Imaging

Equipping your drone with a thermal-imaging camera is exactly the same as mounting an ordinary visible-light camera, with one crucial difference: the wavelengths of the photons its sensor detects. Apart from that, everything else works exactly the same, even though you are seeing the world in a whole new way. To understand the pictures produced […]