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Schiebel to supply Camcopter S-100 UAS to Royal Thai Navy

2019-11-05T12:53:07+0000

Schiebel has received a contract from the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) to supply its Camcopter S-100 vertical take off and landing (VTOL) unmanned air ...

Man paralysed after accident is world's first quadraplegic drone pilot

2019-11-05T12:53:02+0000

A man who can't walk is now able to 'fly' and see all his favourite places from the air after becoming the world's first - quadriplegic drone pilot. Former surfer James Bedding, 37, was just 15 when he fell from a harbour wall and broke his neck confining him to an electric wheelchair. He has still been able to visit some of his old haunts on the Channel Island of Jersey, there are many places his chair hasn't be able to get to. But James says he was given a new lease of life after he discovered drones. James, who is understood to be the world's first quadriplegic drone pilot, flies it using a stylus he controls with his mouth.

Australia awards contracts to enhance drone technologies for army

2019-11-05T12:52:51+0000

AVT Australia received a contract for the development of a system that can enhance the quality of images captured by unmanned aerial systems (UAS) ...

US Navy Develops 'Topside Drone' System for Vessel Inspections

2019-11-05T09:52:13+0000

The U.S. Navy says it has developed a new system known as "Topside Drone", as a corrosion/anomaly detection sensor payload and processing system, which is outfitted to a commercial unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to help inspect for material defects, corrosion, warping, and more.

Hoover Police credit drone use in escaped inmate capture

2019-11-05T05:52:41+0000

Hoover, Ala. (WBRC) - Hoover police deployed new technology to the department in a search for an escaped inmate - and it helped make an arrest ...

First person found guilty of flying drone without permit fined $2000

2019-11-05T04:52:16+0000

A 37-year-old man was fined $2,000 yesterday for unlawfully flying a drone near Paya Lebar Air Base without the proper permits. Singaporean Ed ...

Drone pilots including children will need to pass a theory test and get a ?9-a-year licence or face

2019-11-05T02:16:08+0000

Drone pilots will soon have to take a driving theory-style test to prove they ... If pilots fly a drone after failing the online multiple-choice 'ID' quiz, they ...

Drone video shows area where cars burned in Natomas I-5 grass fire

2019-11-05T02:15:35+0000

High winds in the Sacramento area quickly spread a grass fire in North Natomas across I-5 on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019, shutting down traffic and burning ...

Drone registration made compulsory as UK scheme launches

2019-11-05T01:54:48+0000

Drone users in the UK must now sit an online test and pay a ?9 annual fee or face a ?1,000 fine after the launch of a mandatory national registration ...

Children who get a drone for Christmas will need to take theory test before flying it

2019-11-05T01:52:41+0000

Anybody who flies a drone without doing so will face fines of up to ?1,000 under a new system being launched by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on ...