Fotokite, a Switzerland-based company that developed a kite-like, tethered drone that can stay in the air almost indefinitely, won the $1 million grand prize in the Genius NY business competition Monday. Continue reading
Category Archives: Events
Drones for Security and Beyond – Bogota August 22-24
ARTC, the Colombian Unmanned Aircraft Association, which represents over 1,000 professionals and companies that use UAVs in a commercial environment, has joined forces with the E+S+S International Security Fair in Bogota, to organise ‘Drones for Security and Beyond’, on August 22-24 , 2018. Continue reading
Message from Symposium – FAA is ‘Open for Business’
“The message of this whole conference is, the FAA is open for business,” said Derek Kan, undersecretary for policy at the U.S. Department of Transportation, summing up the Federal Aviation Administration’s stance at the third annual FAA UAS Symposium, cosponsored by AUVSI. Continue reading
Secretary Elaine Chao’s Remarks to UAS Symposium
The US Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao addressed the audience at the FAA’s UAS Symposium (March 6- 8) by means of a recorded video. Continue reading
Airbus, Audi & Italdesign Reveal Flying Taxi at Geneva Auto Show
Exactly one year after its Geneva world premiere in 2017, Italdesign unveiled Pop.Up Next,the fruit of a collaboration with Airbus and Audi at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show. Pop.Up Next consists of a modular, multi-modal system that enables transportation to enter into the third dimension by exploiting both urban ground and airspace. Continue reading
FAA UAS Symposium Speakers Say Remote ID is a Must
The recently created pilot program for communities wanting to expand unmanned aircraft operations will help push the technology and integration forward, said speakers at the kickoff of the third annual FAA UAS Symposium, cosponsored by the FAA and AUVSI. One such city might be Baltimore, where the symposium is being held. Catherine Pugh, the mayor of Charm City, noted that her campaign used drone footage for an ad promoting her candidacy. Continue reading
AirShare’s Missile Countermeasure Against UAS
At UMEX 2018, the International Unmanned Systems exhibition in Abu Dhabi, AirShare presented its Overwatch Interceptor-UX, a new solution to counter UAV using a surface-to-air missile able to create high-persistence countermeasure cloud. AirShare is Canadian-based Company with offices in Canada and the United States established to protect critical infrastructure and people from wayward and malicious UAVs (“drones”). Continue reading
Predator XP/RQ-1E Part of “Live-Fly” Airshow at UMEX
The Predator XP/RQ-1E Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) flew above the tarmac of Al Ain Airport in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as part of a “Live-Fly” event. Continue reading