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Another “drive-and-fly” drone taxi prototype has just been certified as safe for road and flight testing by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The FAA issued the Silicon Valley-based firm ASKA a Special Airworthiness Certificate (SAC) and a Certification of Authorization (COA) which allows the company to test its flying car prototype on local California... Read More
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Texas-based Sky Elements claims on its website to be the ”largest drone show provider in the United States.” With so much marketing hype and fierce competition in the drone industry these days, many companies make claims of this sort that are impossible to verify. Sky Elements is surely in the running but so are... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:When it comes to law enforcement drone programs, few can match the breadth and sophistication of the one in Ft. Myers, Florida and surrounding Lee County. The FMPD just received a free gift from the Florida DOT – a state-of-the art 3-D photogrammetry drone – that will allow the department to expedite and enhance its... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Chinese based drone company, DJI, now has some major US competition. One of the prime beneficiaries will likely be Montana-based Skyfish, which is vying to replace DJI as a leading contractor with the US defense establishment while also encroaching on DJI’s near monopoly in a number of commercial niches. Founded in 2011, Skyfish spent quite... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:New York City and Washington DC are two US cities with some of the tightest restrictions on private and commercial drone flying. Both cities typically point to their population density, as well as national security concerns, as reasons for these restrictions. In New York for example recreational fliers can only fly drones in five of... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:You may have noticed some unusual new camera angles in Fox’s live broadcast of Major League Baseball’s annual “All -Star Game” earlier this week. That’s because Fox, in a historic first, decided to add four remotely piloted drones to its standard baseball coverage, allowing viewers to gain some additional perspective on the game as it... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:Most drone companies seeking to make remote deliveries these days are focused on food or store items (Walmart and Amazon) or medical supplies (Zipline). But one Swiss company, RigiTech, is pioneering a completely new niche – spare parts. RigiTech has already made more than 50 successful deliveries of vital replacement parts to an offshore wind... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:A major dispute has opened up between European and US regulators over the standards to be used for certifying the airworthiness of unmanned aerial passenger vehicles – popularly known as “air taxis” or “flying cars.” The dispute has existed under the radar for years but has only recently come to the fore as a growing... Read More
Service Type: Location: View Contents:A just-released survey of drone manufacturers and fliers has revealed the three biggest challenges currently facing the U.S. drone market – and at least one of those challenges may surprise you. The survey, conducted by Elsight and IP3 Tech, and first reported by DroneLife.com, asked respondents to list the three market challenges in order of... Read More
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A California-based company has just received FAA approval to begin testing its new passenger drone vehicle in the real world. The company, ALEF, claims it’s the first air taxi company to receive such FAA approval. Big news, right? Well, not quite. ALEF’s “flying car” isn’t the first passenger drone vehicle to receive a “Special... Read More
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