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• Crew Error and Datalink Issues Caused 2016 MQ-1B Crash

  1-2-2018 USA UasVision

  Crew error and datalink issues caused an MQ-1B to crash Feb. 2, 2016, in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, according to an Air...

• DHS Issues ‘Counter-Drone’ Procurement Guide for Emergency Responders

  1-2-2018 USA UasVision

  DHS’s SAVER program has identified 13 counter-unmanned aerial systems that could be useful for emergency response, and issued a guide on their...

• SpaceX Rocket Survives Experimental High-Thrust Landing at Sea (Photo)

  1-2-2018 USA LDN

  SpaceX usually tries to land Falcon 9 first stages during such liftoffs, either on a "drone ship" at sea or back on terra ... It also helped loft...

• Falcon 9 Rocket Survives a Hard Landing in the Atlantic Ocean

  1-2-2018 USA LDN

  SpaceX frequently launches Falcon 9 rockets and then attempts to land them on a drone ship in the ocean or on a landing pad somewhere in the United...

• On yer bike! Boffins teach AI drone to fly itself using cams on bicycles, self-driving car

  1-2-2018 USA LDN

  “[Drones] will help us in our everyday activities, deliver our packages, or support search and rescue teams in their operations in case of...

• Artificially intelligent drones that can kill on their own will: Killer robots used by unethical enemies will threaten Australia, army chief warns

  1-2-2018 USA LDN

  The Chief of the Australian army has warned 'artificially intelligent drones that can kill on their own will' could ... qualms about using...

• Drone implemented in search for missing Spearfish man

  1-2-2018 USA LDN

  The drone will cover an area that extends from the Days of ’76 Rodeo Grounds across the street to the brown rocks area to the top of Burnham Avenue...

• New Pentagon report warns that the US is falling behind Russia and China in space

  1-2-2018 USA LDN

  However, the United States may not be entirely dragging their feet in this realm. The Air Force’s secretive X-37B, which is an autonomous drone...

• Oxford-based Bodle gets £6m to launch new digital display tech

  31-1-2018 USA LDN

  Drone management platform Altitude Angel secures $4.5m Clary commented: “Electronic displays continue to be outnumbered by the vast number of...

• How the energy landscape will change in 2018

  31-1-2018 USA LDN

  In the US alone, the International Energy Agency’s new Digitization ... creating a culture where operators are comfortable working in AI-enabled...

• Silicon Valley Start-Up Raises Millions for UAV Risk Management Platform

  31-1-2018 USA unmanned-aerial

  Palo Alto, Calif.-based SkyWatch , a data analysis, risk assessment and risk reduction platform for the drone industry, has raised $2 million in...

• Swift Aero Cleared for Class Bravo Airspace Flights in Vegas

  31-1-2018 USA unmanned-aerial

  Swift Aero Aerial Systems (Swift Aero), an unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) service provider, has received a waiver from the Federal Aviation...

• Texas Parks & Wildlife Has Life-Saving Plans for New Drone

  31-1-2018 USA unmanned-aerial

  The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) has been gifted a drone to enhance its work in hard-to-access areas during natural disasters...

• Drone STEM Education: Don’t Miss an Opportunity to Introduce the Next Generation of Flight

  31-1-2018 USA unmanned-aerial

  We live in a world where technology is changing so quickly that career counseling, planning and educational choices must be based on forecasts of...

• SkyPixel Unveils The Best Aerial Photos Of 2017

  31-1-2018 USA dronelife

  SkyPixel, DJI’s aerial community platform, has announced the winning entries from its 2017 Photo Story Contest. The contest ran from October...

• South Korea Preps Serious Anti-Drone Measures Ahead of Winter Olympics

  31-1-2018 USA LDN

  As part of anti-drone precautions, all Olympic venues will be designated ... U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, confirmed the US...

• Turkish drone destroys massive portrait of PKK party founder in Afrin

  31-1-2018 USA LDN

  A Turkish Air Force drone has destroyed a portrait of Kurdistan Workers ... between the PKK…and the People’s Protection Units (YPG), the main...

• Drone program helping Modesto Police, now Stockton next up

  31-1-2018 USA LDN

  Along with solving crime, Valencia says the drones have also been used to give firefighters a birdseye view of a fire or natural disasters, such as...

• Drone STEM Education: Don’t Miss an Opportunity to Introduce the Next Generation of Flight

  31-1-2018 USA LDN

  One of the most attractive reasons educational institutions should adopt a UAS drone curriculum is the diversity of industry space in which UAS...

• From Kigali to Khartoum: Africa's drone revolution

  31-1-2018 USA LDN

  That has aided us in discovering abandoned settlements, pottery sheds, and a series of other archaeological materials created by the Yoruba people...