Although GoPro founder and CEO Nicholas Woodman is taking a pay cut down to $1, it won’t be enough to save GoPro’s Karma drone or any of the employees tied to its production. After reducing its global workforce from 1,254 employees to fewer than 1,000 as of September 30, 2017, GoPro has announced that it […]
The FAA, as ordered by President Donald Trump, will begin charging hobbyist drone operators $5 each to register themselves with the federal government — just in time for Christmas. Congress submitted the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 bill, however, the subsection Restoration of Rules for Registration and Marking of Unmanned Aircraft is […]
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce to help build the Applied Aviation and Engineering Research Hangar. The facility will serve as the new home for the Eagle Flight Research Center, a hub for engineering research and development. “Embry-Riddle has a 90-year legacy of innovation, and our research […]
The NFL’s Compensation Committee reportedly informed the league’s owners on Wednesday that commissioner Roger Goodell received a new 5-year deal that will keep him very well-compensated. What isn’t known, though, is whether or not Goodell will receive the perks he reportedly demanded, including lifetime health insurance for his family and use of a private jet, […]
It’s hard to forget the holiday season of 2015. You could walk into a Best Buy and walk out with a DJI Phantom 3 Standard for $250. Black Friday sales had taken an already well-priced drone and made it a must have item for a lot of American households. I remember, because I paid $750 […]
A California man’s multiple attempts at dropping anti-media pamphlets over NFL stadium crowds landed him in jail after flying over Oakland Coliseum and Levi’s Stadium during Sunday’s games. Tracy Mapes, a 55-year-old Sacramento resident, was cited and released by Santa Clara police for flying the drone in violation of a local municipal code, department spokesperson […]
Professional drone racing pilot Ken ‘FlyingBear’ Loo is used to racing the likes of Paul ‘Nurk’ Nurkala, Nick ‘Wild Willy’ Willard and Jordan ‘Jet’ Temkin through extravagant tracks in cool locations, later to be aired on ESPN. Racing a NASA-built autonomous drone? Not so much. “We pitted our algorithms against a human, who flies a […]
Indigo Partners might have made the largest aviation purchase in history. Reports coming out of the Dubai Airshow say veteran airline investor Bill Franke of Indigo Partners signed a preliminary order with Airbus on Wednesday morning for 430 jets, totaling $49.5 billion. The deal includes 273 A320neos and 157 A321neos for four airlines Indigo has […]
SolAero solar cells were successfully installed on “StratoAirNet,” Bye Aerospace‘s prototype unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). It was ground tested on both wings of the initial prototype for the advanced, medium-altitude, long-endurance solar-electric UAV. The StratoAirNet is a lightweight carbon composite construction and aerodynamically-efficient aircraft. The solar-electric UAV has a payload of up to 70 lbs. […]
Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao’s office sent out a memo announcing new information about the FAA’s state program to allow state and local governments to control their own drone regulations. It will also allow them to partner with private sector entities such as UAS operators or manufacturers to accelerate safe UAS integration. “Entities that wish […]
