The XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrator, a long-range, high subsonic UAV completed its inaugural flight March 5, 2019, at Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona. (Photo: U.S. Defense Department)

Sanctions, security and drones that fight

July 17, 2019

With tariffs, trade wars and sanctions ruling the day, how is a self-respecting UAS manufacturer supposed to make […]

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Flyability inspection drone. (Photo: Flyability)

What’s coming to AUVSI Xponential + UAV misHAPS

April 17, 2019

AUVSI Xponential 2019 — the huge exhibition and conference built around unmanned everything — will run at the West […]

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XQ-58A demonstrator in flight. Photo: U.S. Air Force

Going Beyond. Visual line of sight, that is.

March 20, 2019

Few commercial UAV operations would be able to inspect transmissions lines, pipelines or train tracks without beyond visual […]

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This article is tagged with Air Force, aviation, BVLOS, BVLOS pipeline inspection, Camcopter S-100, commercial inspection, drone, infrastructure, inspection, Kratos BQM-177 Navy drone, navy, Phantom 4, Tony Murfin, UAV and posted in Defense, Featured Stories, Latest News, Mapping, Opinions, UAV/UGV

The FAA UAS data map shows all drone-restricted areas, once updated. (Screenshot: FAA)

Making it safe for drones to fly over people

February 20, 2019

Changes to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) operational drone restriction were recently proposed in order to allow some […]

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Delair UX11 mapping drone (Photo: Delair)

FAA program advances drone integration in National Airspace System

November 20, 2018

This report covers a number of UAV topics, including the news of another U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) […]

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Zephyr-S launched for flight test. (Photo: Airbus)

UAVs used for disaster management, identifying threats

August 15, 2018

UAVs made international headlines this month with an apparent attack on Venezuelan President Maduro in Caracas on Aug. […]

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Northrop Grumman Triton High Altitude UAV. (Photo: Northrop Grumman)

UAV updates highlighted on European front

July 26, 2018

After a couple of good hours of progress, we suddenly ran up against a massive “tail-back” — as […]

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Photo: Allison Barwacz

GNSS receiver, drone developments from AUVSI Xponential 2018

June 20, 2018

As the dust from this year’s AUVSI Xponential show, which took place May 1-4 in Denver, begins to […]

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