The FAA must be starting to bounce emails from Lawyer Brendan Schulman from office to office hoping that somebody else will open and deal with them. This time several Universities make fair and valid points. A month ago Peggy Gilligan, Associate…
To support its operations in Ukraine the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe has put out an urgent request for UAS. They are perhaps required to help with the security of staff and rapid mapping of ground surrounding the Malaysian Airlines…
With thanks to an sUAS News reader. Just one of the many things quietly going on in the background. SUBJECT: REPORTING UNAUTHORIZED UNMANNED AIRCRAFT ACTIVITY TO THE DOMESTIC EVENTS NETWORK (DEN) ATC ATC MUST NOTIFY THE DOMESTIC EVENTS NETWORK (DEN) AIR…
Remy Castro, 23 and Wilkins Mendoza, 34 who were charged in Manhattan Criminal Court with felony reckless endangerment earlier this week for flying there RPAS at night in New York. They seem to be unaware of any potential consequences for…
When sUAS News started closed source autopilots cost at least $10,000 USD. There was no cheap telemetry and tablet control. Now, on sale for a price of $469 you can buy an airframe with autopilot fitted that will lift a…
Ruffling feathers in the RPAS world two operators flew and recorded footage above music festival crowds in Florida this May. According to the SunFest website:- Founded in 1982, SunFest is Florida’s largest waterfront music and art festival. Held annually in…
The ‘Projector Drone’ is now a reality. This exciting project is being developed by the team at Melbourne-based company, I-Drone. The ‘Projector Drone’ is capable of beaming news, games and advertising over the walls of a city near you. The proof of…
Pix4D’s pre‐summer challenge was to create a highly accurate and very dense 3D model of Chillon Castle (Château de Chillon), Switzerland’s most visited historic monument. The 3D point cloud integrates the indoor and outdoor structures of this highly complex architectural object with…
Causing quite the storm in North America amongst the First Person View (FPV) flight community some further clarification from the FAA of what can and can’t be done with a model aircraft. A shot across the bows of North Americas…
Accidents happen, BUT the inset photo shows what happens when an uninsured and untrained civil UAS pilot in Australia drops an octo-copter on someone’s head, and nothing about this incident was pretty! To try to prevent this happening elsewhere Transport…
