CommercialCheetah Air Gets Approved for Night Activity, Enabling 24/7 Drone Deliveries Cheetah Air can now use its drones to deliver packages 24 hours a day thanks to approval from the FAA to operate at night under Part 107 regulations. An example of how this…
CommercialBoeing Invests in Drone Radar with Fortem Boeing is funding the development of advanced radar systems through its HorizonX subsidiary’s investment in Fortem Technologies. Fortem Technologies offers airspace awareness solutions using radar that is low in size, weight and…
RegulationNear-Instant Nationwide Drone Use Authorization on the Way The FAA has heard the complaints about slow bureaucracy. It knows an agency needs to be nimble to keep up with changing technology and the shifting priorities of modern-day companies and users.…
CommercialTalking Shooting Star Drones With Intel's Natalie Cheung You probably remember the Olympic rings hanging in the air during the opening ceremony, like a set of perfectly placed, everlasting fireworks. Or, if you're one of the 112 million people who…
CommercialLockheed Martin to Launch Versatile Drone-Control Program A piece of software that can control any unmanned vehicle from anywhere in the world sounds like a McGuffin from a Bond film. Lockheed Martin is making that a reality. Its new…
RegulationDrone Solutions Prove Tricky Task for FAA, Industry Drones flew too close to manned aircraft 1,200 times in 2015, according to the FAA. In 2016, that number jumped to 1,800 times. In 2017, there was an actual collision between an…
CommercialDrone Demos Delivery in Airbus' Singapore Skyways Project An Airbus vehicle has successfully left its dock to be loaded with a package, navigated to its destination and deposited the parcel at the designated drop-off point. If this sounds commonplace so…
ConnectivityFenix Group 'Beats Google' at Drone 4G Cell Phone Towers Fenix Group Inc. and Martin UAV have launched a small unmanned aerial system (UAS) capable of providing fully functional 4G cell phone service in what Fenix Group said “may be a world’s…
ConnectivityUAS Symposium: FAA Can’t Take On Cybersecurity Alone The FAA cannot tackle the issue of cybersecurity without industry, FAA’s Wes Ryan told the crowd during a cybersecurity panel at the 2017 FAA UAS (unmanned aerial system) Symposium last week. Audience…
CommercialUPS Has Big Plans for Commercial Drones UPS has been researching the use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for civil applications for more than a decade. Now, the air cargo carrier is turning that research into reality. While interested…