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On a smoky mountain slope, an exhausted firefighter scans the hazy horizon around her. Beyond a line of flames, she can see a small town in the distance. She kneels down, reaches into her backpack, and pulls out a small quadcopter drone. After launching it into the air, the drone’s autopilot takes control, flying the […]

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on FreightWaves.com. Jen had spent weeks looking for the perfect toy for her daughter for Christmas. Then she found it online and placed the order. Only days before Christmas, she chose drone delivery as the delivery option because the e-commerce site said it would be delivered on December 23, […]

Unmanned aerial vehicles—drones, as we all like to call them—have dramatically affected the world over the last decade with their ability to handle tasks considered either too dangerous or too mundane for humans. Public safety drones, for instance, are capable of heading into the teeth of a brush fire to gather critical intelligence, a place […]

Learning to fly drones and unmanned aerial systems or vehicles gives you the tools to range far afield from your current position. Amateur drone pilots capture perspectives on the world not possible from the ground, and professional UAS or UAV pilots develop skills that apply to other aspects of aviation. If you have purchased an […]

AirMap and Raytheon Company said they’ll soon begin collaborating on projects to safely integrate drones into low-altitude civil airspace, efforts they expect will unlock the positive economic and social benefits of expanded commercial drone operations. AirMap calls itself the world’s leading airspace intelligence platform to help drone operators safely fly and communicate in low-altitude airspace. […]

Humacao, Puerto Rico-based Red Cat has announced a new product designed to track drones and analyze their activities in an effort to help pilots ensure that a flight stayed within the regulations of drone operations. A black box of sorts, the Blockchain black box tracks and records drone flight data. Red Cat claims to be […]

Engineers at the California Institute of Technology have developed an algorithm that uses a single drone to redirect a flock of birds away from an airport. Associate Professor and Jet Propulsion Laboratory Research Scientist, Soon-Jo Chung, created the algorithm with his colleagues in response to the “Miracle on the Hudson” incident. In 2009, US Airways […]

For the first time in AirVenture history, a drone light show will be included as one of the events. According to EAA, the show will consist of 100 lighted drones performing a 10-minute show called “The History of Flight,” which also includes a musical accompaniment. The drone performance will be a part of Oshkosh’s night […]

A beta testing phase of the FAA’s Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) is being incrementally implemented across the United States. The testing phase has begun in the south central region of the country and, once completed in mid-September, the LAANC will cover nearly 300 air traffic control facilities and about 500 airports. A […]

Under the FAA’s Part 107 rule, operators of small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) are required to obtain approval to enter airspace controlled by an air traffic control facility. Airspace authorization is based on data from UAS Facility Maps, which generally allow for operations below 400 feet, and currently involves a 19-step manual application process, which […]