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Drone News | UAS | Drone Racing | Aerial Photos & Videos | Flying Under the Midnight Sun – High Arctic drone operations

Flying Under the Midnight Sun – High Arctic drone operations

“This is a crevasse minefield!” yelled Louise. In flat light I was skiing in front, trying to pick the safest way forward. Bumps of blue glacier ice were all around me. My ski tails would settle, leaving behind holes of blackness. Louise moved left to avoid one of my holes. Dave also stepped left into […]
Drone News | UAS | Drone Racing | Aerial Photos & Videos | Drone Mapping Versus Terrestrial Laser Scanners

Drone Mapping Versus Terrestrial Laser Scanners

In the drone industry, it is taken nearly as gospel that small uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) will allow people to do their jobs better, safer, and faster than whatever the traditional method happens to be—especially when it comes to public safety. However, if you are making decisions that have financial consequences or lives on the […]

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Drone News | UAS | Drone Racing | Aerial Photos & Videos | VTOL Pharmacy Delivery

VTOL Pharmacy Delivery

Volansi, Inc., a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL), middle-mile drone delivery service,  has begun a commercial healthcare drone delivery project in North Carolina. In collaboration with Merck, known as MSD outside the U.S. and Canada, Volansi is piloting the delivery of cold chain medicines from Merck’s Wilson, N.C. manufacturing site to Vidant Healthplex-Wilson, a Vidant […]
Drone News | UAS | Drone Racing | Aerial Photos & Videos | Amazing Aerials: Pro photography advice from the world’s best

Amazing Aerials: Pro photography advice from the world’s best

Aerial photos and videos produced using drones has developed into a major industry. There are literally thousands of enthusiasts snapping digital images with their drone hoping to turn their exciting pastime into a money making proposition. The cameras and equipment available today are top shelf and image quality is constantly improving. So what does it […]

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Chinese Drone Swarm Launch

Chinese Drone Swarm Launch

CETC, a state-owned Chinese company, has released a new video claiming to show the successful test of a “barrage swarm” that launches 48 attack drones to saturate a target. It is described as the first practical Chinese swarming drone system. The details of the tests carried out in September were released earlier this week by […]
Drone News | UAS | Drone Racing | Aerial Photos & Videos | NATO Drone Delivery

NATO Drone Delivery

DroneUp recently partnered with North Atlantic Treaty Organization Allied Command Transformation, Joint Force Development Directorate, Operational Experimentation branch in an experiment designed to determine if autonomous delivery of a specified payload to identified recipients under field conditions could be proven viable. The experiment participants conducted the exercise on September 21, 2020, in Lawrenceville, Virginia. The […]

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Long-Distance Drone Operations

Long-Distance Drone Operations

Australian data analytics and drone autonomy start-up Emesent is writing its way into the record books with a series of remotely operated autonomous drone flights which promise to drive revolutionary change in the heavy industry space. The most recent of these missions took place on August 28 at an Ultra-Deep Canadian Hard-Rock Mine. Emesent’s Hovermap […]
Students Study UAS Air Traffic

Students Study UAS Air Traffic

The Purdue University UAS Program has recently purchased and deployed a POLARIS system – Simlat’s simulation for UAS Traffic Management (UTM) along with Simlat’s C-Star UAS Simulator. “We are excited to partner with Simlat and incorporate this innovative technology into our UAS program,” said Dr. Damon Lercel. Simlat’s POLARIS provides simulated UAS traffic at scale, […]

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Drone News | UAS | Drone Racing | Aerial Photos & Videos | Flyby Technology Delivers Covid-19 Tests

Flyby Technology Delivers Covid-19 Tests

Some of the best pilots in the UK are flying Covid-19 Test and Trace samples by drones in a pioneering move to ease pressure on the NHS during the coronavirus pandemic crisis. It can now be revealed that the drones are being piloted by former RAF, Royal Navy and combat helicopter pilots who are recognized […]
Drone News | UAS | Drone Racing | Aerial Photos & Videos | FAA State-Wide BVLOS Waiver

FAA State-Wide BVLOS Waiver

Drones are the N.C. Department of Transportation’s newest tool in maintaining the safety of the state’s bridges and other infrastructure. The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday approved a waiver that allows NCDOT to operate Unmanned Aircraft Systems beyond visual line of sight while conducting bridge inspections. This approval is part of North Carolina’s participation in […]
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