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An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), also known as a drone is an aircraft without a human pilot aboard.

Drone Maker To Sell $16,500 Drone For Farmers To Monitor Crops

MONROVIA, Ca. - An autonomous drone that allows farmers to monitor their crops to detect issues and improve efficiency is now available on Amazon. The commercial drone comes with a one-year subscription to AeroVironment's decision support software, included in the $16,500 price tag. The supplemental software allows farmers to monitor their crops in order to

By |2017-12-15T07:21:21-05:00December 15th, 2017|Drones|
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Homeland Security Claims DJI Drones Spying For China

LOS ANGELES - A memo from the Los Angeles office of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement bureau (ICE) has been making the rounds and it states some pretty bold claims about drone-maker DJI. The memo, which was apparently issued in August, says that the officials assess "with moderate confidence that Chinese-based company DJI Science and Technology is

By |2017-12-01T10:54:26-05:00December 1st, 2017|Drones|
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Skypersonic Developing Drones For Indoor Use Inside Cages To Prevent Damage

ROYAL OAK - Skypersonic is a Rochester-based research and design engineering company providing autonomous systems and vehicle technology services as well as real-time location systems for various industries, including its Skycopter drone for indoor use for commercial, industrial and civil purposes. CEO Giuseppe Santangelo talks about his company and drone products in this segment of

By |2017-11-14T20:03:01-05:00November 13th, 2017|Drones, IoT, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|
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Trump Proposes Pilot Program To Better Integrate Drones Into U.S. Airspace

WASHINGTON DC — President Donald Trump signed a memo Wednesday establishing a pilot program to better integrate unmanned aircrafts into national airspace to deal with more than one million drones now in the hands of hobbyists and pressure from major eCommerce players like Amazon that want to deliver packages using the unmanned aerial devices. The

By |2017-10-27T09:17:37-04:00October 27th, 2017|Drones, Featured, Politics|
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Drone Law Pro Schaefer Talks About The Hot Commercial Drone Market

ROYAL OAK - Drone Law Pro Enrico Schaefer just got back from the InnerDrone Conference in Las Vegas and talks about the latest news from commercial drone operators. More than 5,000 folks attended, including the FAA Chairman, who updated drone regulations. Anti-drone technology was hot, Enrico said, such as shooting a net and dragging a

By |2017-10-06T12:20:37-04:00October 1st, 2017|Drones, IoT, M2 TechCast, Politics|
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US Judge Overturns Local Law That Banned Drones Over Town

NEWTON, Mass. - A federal judge in Massachusetts has struck down four key portions of a 2016 municipal ordinance in Newton, a Boston suburb that effectively banned drones. The lawsuit, which was filed in January 2017 by a local doctor, involves a question that has yet to be fully resolved in the age of increasingly pervasive and inexpensive

By |2017-09-28T17:18:04-04:00September 28th, 2017|Drones|
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Plane-Blimp Hybrid Set To Shake Up Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Market In 2018

SEATTLE - Sometimes old technology can be resurrected to support new. That certainly is the case with Egan Airships that has developed a plane-blimp hybrid Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, aka Drone, that can fly and hover for an hour. The PLIMP is expected to be commercially available by the first quarter of 2018. PLIMP aircraft represent

By |2017-09-22T07:15:04-04:00September 22nd, 2017|Drones|
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Report: Islamic State May Use Drones To Drop Bombs On Britain, Or Other Western Countries

LONDON, UK - Islamic State has made dramatic advances in the use of commercial drones to drop munitions and it is “only a matter of time” before a terror attack using the machines is launched in Britain or another Western country, inews has been told. Security sources have said that the jihadist group is actively

By |2017-09-15T04:17:47-04:00September 15th, 2017|Drones|
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FAA Authorizes 43 Drone Operators To Operate Over Houston In The Wake Of Harvey

WASHINGTON DC - Last week the Federal Aviation Administration authorized 43 drone operators in Harvey’s wake, for recovery efforts and for news organizations covering it. But the FAA has also prohibited private drone pilots from flying in a broad area around Houston to avoid areas where emergency aircraft such as rescue helicopters are plucking people from

By |2017-09-07T18:58:01-04:00September 7th, 2017|Drones|
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