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A quick-thinking drone pilot used the speaker on the Mavic 2 Enterprise to warn a surfer of an approaching shark at a beach south of Wollongong, Australia. After hearing the warning the surfer quickly paddled back to shore, while the shark swam off into deeper waters.
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FPV drone pilot Andre Larsen from Norway captured this very cool shot of somebody jumping off a boat into the water. As Larsen flew his FPV drone closer to the action, a splash of water hit his unmanned aircraft, which then spun out of control and ended up in the water as well. The waterproof action cam kept filming as the unmanned aircraft instantly went from droning to…
Aviation Concepts LLC, a global provider of aviation services in the manned and unmanned aircraft industry, announces the addition of its latest business, Tech Center Guam, a UAV Training School, Drone Port, and Aviation Academy.
Tech Center Guam provides an excellent alternative to U.S. mainland training. It is geographically it is the closest to Asia, yet meets the regulatory requirement that testing is conducted on U.S. soil. An…
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Roughly two weeks ago we wrote this piece on the status and price increases of DJI drones in the official DJI online store. As a result of the trade war tariffs, DJI increased the prices on a range of its products, including the DJI Mavic 2, DJI Care Refresh, and batteries for the Mavic and Phantom series. At the same time, the Chinese drone maker also removed all of the DJI Phantom 4…
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The Area 51 airspace will be closed to helicopters and drones during the Storm Area 51 event. The planned event to “See them aliens” started out as a joke on Facebook, but has morphed into a potentially dangerous situation. More than 2 million people have said that they would attend the event, and as a precaution, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued two temporary flight…
We all know that Drones and UAVs are far more than mere toys.
But we also know that it’s going to take a shift in thinking among pilots and regulators who are not accustomed to sharing the skies!
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Right now the FAA is working together with the tech industry to build new rules of engagement to ensure that these unmanned aerial vehicles avoid a collision without the eyes of human pilots.
These regulatory hurdles are…
As applications for drones and UAVs become commercially viable, more industries are investing!
Drone delivery is a technology with far-reaching significance – not just because it has the potential to change the nature of residential delivery, but because it pushes so many boundaries of commercial drone applications: flight beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS), sense and avoids technology, flight stability, and…
As applications for drones and UAVs become commercially viable, more industries are investing!
Drone delivery is a technology with far-reaching significance – not just because it has the potential to change the nature of residential delivery, but because it pushes so many boundaries of commercial drone applications: flight beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS), sense and avoids technology, flight stability, and more.
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This was initially conceived for agriculture – seasonal weeding with fewer toxic chemicals. But this technology could be used for ice and snow melting/clearing, firefighting and training, grassland management, and more.
How can a Flamethrower on a Drone be Utilized by Commercial UAS…