Military Plans To Use Aircraft as a Drone Docking Station
An aircraft that will serve as a drone docking station to launch and recover fleets of drones may soon be available to the U.S. military. The Pentagon is partnering with…
Telcom Giants Plan to Use Drones As Base Station For Emergency
Drones are seen as a great tool for taking dramatic aerial videos as well as inspecting crops, buildings, and other forms of infrastructure. They are also being developed as…
Researcher Uses Drone to Map Melting Glaciers
To map Greenland’s remote ice sheets, researcher Joseph Cook, needed to tackle the problem from an aerial perspective. He camped out for several months on the ice sheets of Greenland…
Researchers Use Drone With Augmented Reality to See Through Walls
Drones make excellent remote sensing systems, perfect for deployment into disaster areas for emergency rescue operations. Drones can move quickly over large areas or maneuver through buildings, distinguishing debris…
DJI Report States That 65 Lives Were Saved Last Year With Drones
The drone company, DJI, has released a report showing multiple instances that people have been rescued by drones during the last year. The drone manufacturing giant stated that at least…
Drone Parachute Safety System Developed By Austrian Company
At many drone expos, there is always some new technology that grabs the attention of attendees. This was the case at a recent drone expo held in Amsterdam. An…
Drone Almost Collides With Commercial Aircraft at Heathrow Airport
Crashing into another object is a major concern many pilots worry about when flying. With the advancement in drone tech, they now have something new to worry about. At some…
Drones Tested in Brazil to Fight Disease Carrying Mosquitoes
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its partners have finished testing a system to suppress the spread of Zika virus and other mosquito carrying diseases. The process will involve…
Airlines Back Creation of Global Drone Registry
The world’s airlines are supporting the creation of a global registry for drones. This endeavor will be led by the United Nations and is intended to curb the increasing incidents…
FlyJacket Lets Operators Fly Drone With Virtual Reality
Flying a drone requires some practice and confidence to operate it effectively. Whether it’s a fixed-wing or multi-rotor aircraft, there are a lot of complex processes that go on…
