A University of Kansas aerospace engineer has earned the National Science Foundation's most prestigious award for young faculty to design, build and fly a radar suite and integrate it on a helicopter-based unmanned aerial system to gather data on...

On a humid afternoon in August, pilots are racing drones they built themselves at McAdams Park in central Wichita. The racers are part of ICT FPV (short for first-person view), a local chapter of MultiGP, the largest drone-racing league in the world.

In April, as Kratos Defense & Security Solutions unveiled its first six unmanned aerial MQM-178 Firejets produced at its Oklahoma City manufacturing facility, it also announced the coming of the 30-foot Valkyrie, an unmanned aircraft resembling a...

The Navy developed a hand-launched UAV system includes the drone, a launching platform, and a guidance system. The drone is designed to be used in either a launch-and-retrieve or a one-time use mode.

The patented technology is available via patent license agreement to companies that would make, use, or sell it commercially.

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Through the annual AirWorks conference, DJI drives the commercial drone industry forward. AirWorks is a hub for innovation and growth, enabling participants in this ecosystem to exchange ideas, gain more control of drone technology, and steer the...

Deadline to Apply is October 1, 2019 - AgLaunch & Farm Journal seek 10 cutting edge startups to pitch leading U.S. row crop farmers.

Commercial UAV Expo focuses exclusively on a finite number of industries, making it the most effective and efficient vehicle for owners and operators in those industries to access the most relevant education, contacts and best-in-cass UAS technology...

Application Deadline November 1, 2019 - The Safeguard with Autonomous Navigation Demonstration (SAND) Challenge will be an opportunity for small businesses to compete in an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle competition.

Unmanned and Autonomous Systems are the future of the industry. Why? Drones significantly improve your effectiveness while keeping you out of harm's way. Departments all around the world see the benefits already. If you want to start orgrow your...

Drone delivery company Flirtey has released its new delivery drone and drone station at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., with Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) present. The new drone system brings improvements to Flirtey's already active drone delivery system.

Nanomotion is a Johnson Electric Company based in Israel that specializes in the development of ultrasonic standing wave piezoelectric technology. Simply put, Nanomotion develops and manufactures electric motors that have no moving parts and can stop and restart in microseconds. Their motors are compact and miniature in size, offer extremely accurate and precise movement, high resolution and low settling time, coupled with a dynamic range of velocity and force.

Australian counter-UAV firm DroneShield will partner with Britain's largest telecommunications company in an effort to avoid rogue-drone incidents such as the shutdown of Gatwick Airport this past year.

Just before Hurricane Dorian hit, we had the opportunity to speak with Christopher Todd of the Airborne International Response Team, a volunteer organization of drone pilots and operators working with first responders. 

Engineers and scientists at NASA Langley Research Center have been helping to develop technologies, including "detect and avoid" computer software and safety features, to enable drone delivery systems.

Airspace under 400 feet should be redesigned so federal, state and local governments can take full advantage of drones, the director of Interior's Office of Aviation Services said recently.

A mechanical pilot recently completed a two-hour flight at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah. ROBOpilot, a collection of mechanical arms, cables, pumps and computer equipment, interacts with an aircraft the way a human pilot would – pulling on the yoke, pushing on the rudders, flipping switches and reading dashboard gauges, but with computer vision.

Drone Rescue Systems GmbH tested the parachute safety solution DRS-M600 this summer according to the specifications of the ASTM F3322-18 standard. Drone Rescue's DRS-M600 system was developed for DJI M600 and DJI M600pro and is sold worldwide by the Austrian company. The successful completion of the ASTM standard test makes it possible for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to issue permits, e.g. for use over crowds.

The timeline for launching a drone traffic management system (UTM) continues to see delays, but recent FAA demonstrations give us a boost in confidence that drone operators will have such a system to operate within in the near future.

And today. FreeFly introduces the Alta X, a drone aimed at film and documentary makers, that puts new competitive pressure to the top of the drone market. Let's take a closer look and see what FreeFly offers us with the Alta X.

The Electric Power Research Institute expects a future state where utilities use unmanned aerial systems to support the next generation of inspections and assessments.

California-based drone company Parabug aims to bring about the greater use of augmentative biological control for agricultural pests by using unmanned aerial vehicles — drones — for the rapid and timely dispersal of biologicals.

In this question & answer articke frpm Prairie Business, SkySkopes CEO Matt Dunlevy talks about his company's role today as a drone service provider.

Last week, Columbia Fire and Rescue's HAZMAT team carefully worked for hours to unload 89,000 gallons of propane from an overturned tractor-trailer on Highway 43. As the HAZMAT team carefully worked to empty the overturned 10-wheeler of the flammable gas, Columbia Fire and Rescue had one of its latest tools offering a view from the sky throughout the extended operation — the department's steadily growing fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles.

Hurricane Dorian became the strongest and most destructive storm The Bahamas has ever seen as a Category 5 storm over Labor Day weekend. 

Farming is practically part of Ashley Kuhlman's DNA. But staying current in a rapidly changing industry isn't easy. That's why Kuhlman was so thrilled when her father, Phil, gave her a drone for graduation from the Michigan State University Institute of Agricultural Technology, or IAT, program in 2018. Since then, she's been using the drone to take photos of her family's 1,100-acre farm of commercial corn, seed corn and soybean crops, and serving freelance clients.

Aerial ignition with helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft has long been a key component of fighting fire with fire, but the vast majority of missions still feature a human pilot in the sky.
Now, whether by sky drops of flammable ping pong balls or the full-on force of a flamethrower, a growing number of US government agencies, including the Department of the Interior and the forest service, are turning to unmanned aircraft to battle fires by setting them first.

As the fastest growing and only US organization focused on public safety UAS programs, DroneResponders recently surpassed 600 member-agencies, and announced the new Fall 2019 public safety UAS research survey.

The Federal Aviation Administration is highlighting progress it has made in partnership with NASA to lay the groundwork for an unmanned aircraft systems traffic management system.

The all-electric APT 70 can tote up to 70 pounds, cruise at 75 mph, and cover 35 miles with a fully charged battery.

TechLink's roundup this week includes five of the latest and greatest drone technologies invented by leading federal laboratories. All of these featured technologies are available to entrepreneurs and businesses via a license agreement so they can be introduced into the commercial unmanned aerial systems (UAS) market.