The Federal Aviation Administration gives information about using drones in the National Airspace System. More can be found at www.faa.gov/uas. 1 Do I need to register my drone and if so, how do I register? Federal law requires all drones operated under 14 CFR Part 107 to be registered. The limited statutory exception for recreation requires [...]
Researchers found a potential vulnerability in an app that helps power the drones, highlighting U.S. officials’ concerns that Beijing could get access to information about Americans. Cybersecurity researchers revealed on Thursday a newfound vulnerability in an app that controls the world’s most popular consumer drones, threatening to intensify the growing tensions between China [...]
CAMPBELL, Calif., July 7, 2020 – Digital manufacturing innovator VELO3D announced today the commercial release of a production process for additively manufactured parts in Hastelloy® X. This is a nickel-based alloy, suitable for the laser powder-bed fusion (LPBF) process, that is exceptionally resistant to corrosion cracking and oxidation. Hastelloy X is most often used [...]
Ford is making big investments in autonomous driving -- now it's using Mobileye's vision-sensing technology to improve driver-assist features, such as forward collision warning and lane centering Ford is expanding its partnership with Mobileye, the Intel-owned autonomous driving technology business, the companies announced Monday. Ford plans to customize Mobileye's vision-sensing technology to [...]
Despite the current COVID crisis, there has been a lot of good news from the drone industry lately – and one is that LAANC use is accelerating. This piece of positive data comes from drone operations platform Kittyhawk, developers of the FAA’s first mobile app, B4UFly. In a blog post, Kittyhawk CEO and Co-founder Jon [...]
Redwood City-based drone startup Skydio today revealed it raised $100 million, bringing its total raised to $170 million. Coinciding with the fundraising, Skydio unveiled a new family of drones — X2 — and software solutions designed to simplify inspections and enterprise-oriented workflows. Skydio is the brainchild of Adam Bry, Abe Bachrach, and Matt Donahoe, the [...]
Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has made a $4.4 million grant to the Ohio Department of Transportation for the I-70 Truck Automation Corridor project, according to a news release. The Indiana-Ohio joint program is one of 10 projects implementing disruptive technology to improve freight and driving efficiencies. With matching funds, [...]
Small Business Administration IP Protection Trademark Basics Copyright Toolkit Webinars that you don't want to miss! Recorded June 18, 2020 Please watch the first in a webinar series focusing on SBA finance assistance, basics & toolkits for copyright, understanding & [...]
As electric planes pass another milestone, Future Planet asks how long will it be before they are ready for everyday aviation? And just how far can they go? At a large airfield surrounded by farmland in central Washington State, an electric aeroplane recently made history. It is the biggest commercial plane ever to [...]
Zipline, Novant Health launch emergency drone to deliver supplies True to its roots, North Carolina is once again “First in Flight.” On Wednesday, Novant Health, based in the state, launched America’s first emergency drone operation in partnership with Zipline — a drone delivery unicorn best known for its work in African countries like Ghana [...]
