Censys Technologies, with its most recent and largest Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) waiver approval for Architecture, Engineering, Constructions, Operations, and Management (AECOM), has maintained its 100% BVLOS waiver approval rate. AECOM provides architecture and design, construction management, engineering, and environmental services within the energy, healthcare, and government sectors (among others). The AECOM waiver […]
Unmanned Systems
Unmanned Systems
WSDOT Aviation Division to Administer Commercial Drone Registration Program
The last Washington state legislative session saw the enactment of SHB 1379, entrusting the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) Aviation Division with the establishment of the State Unpiloted Aircraft Systems Coordinator position and commercial drone registration. WSDOT Aviation is in the process of establishing the commercial drone registration program as outlined in the legislation. […]
Walmart & DroneUp Announce First Multi-Site Drone Delivery Operation
DroneUp, LLC and Walmart announced the first multi-site commercial drone delivery operations. The three locations, which will be located at Walmart stores in Northwest Arkansas, will operate from 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., seven days per week, to deliver items to eligible Walmart customers by air in as little as 30 minutes. “When we invested […]
Flytrex Receives FAA Approval to Expand to One Mile Drone Deliveries
Flytrex announced last week that it has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to expand its delivery radius to one nautical mile across all its operating stations in North Carolina. With a rapidly growing list of collaborations with leading restaurant and retail chains – far more than any other drone delivery company – […]
ECSU Partners with Wake Tech for Drone Training and Public Safety Programs for Students
On December 9, 2021, Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) and Wake Tech Community College broke ground in Wake County on the site of a new 106-acre technology center that will expand unmanned aviation programs offered in North Carolina. The facility, Eastern Wake 4.0, will house integrated teaching labs for multiple universities, allowing students to easily […]
DroneUp Announces Acquisition of AirMap
DroneUp, LLC today announced it has acquired AirMap, Inc. AirMap’s Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) service is the most comprehensive airspace management software solution in the world. The acquisition comes on the heels of DroneUp’s recent partnership with Walmart to offer drone delivery to consumers from a growing network of drone airports, called DroneUp […]
Vantis Releases Request for Proposals for Multiple UAS Vendors to Support Operational BVLOS Testing
Vantis, North Dakota’s Statewide UAS Network, has released a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking multiple unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), or drones, to support operational testing of beyond-visual-line-of-sight flights (BVLOS) on the network. Proposals are due by December 31, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. CT. Vantis is a network of radars, radios, and other technologies on towers […]
Intermountain Healthcare Launches Drone Delivery Service in Utah
Intermountain Healthcare (IHC) is launching a drone-delivery service with Zipline to fly medical supplies and home care equipment to hundreds of patient’s homes each day in Utah. The goal is to deliver supplies to approximately 90 percent of patient homes in the Salt Lake Valley over the next few years. The service is planned to […]
Skyports Partners with MassDOT to Land its Drone Services in Massachusetts
Skyports, a drone services provider has partnered with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s (MassDOT) Aeronautics Division to demonstrate how its drone services could link communities across the Cape Cod region in Massachusetts. MassDOT is investigating the uses of drones as a solution to connecting its remote communities to everyday services such as healthcare and logistics, […]
FAA Launches 2021 Holiday ‘12 Days of Drones’ Safety Campaign
If you are considering buying a drone as a holiday gift, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) wants you and your loved ones to understand how to fly it safely. The FAA is launching its 12 Days of Drones campaign to educate the public about the rules, regulations and best practices of operating a drone. This […]
