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 […]
Unmanned Systems
Unmanned Systems
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 […]
Censys Technologies Helps Drone Customers Achieve FAA BVLOS Waivers with 100% Approval
Censys Technologies, a leading provider of remote sensing solutions, announced that it has helped its customers operating commercial drones secure the difficult-to-obtain Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) BVLOS (Beyond Visual Line of Sight) waiver at a 100% approval rate for 2021 to date. As of November 2021, Censys Technologies had secured five approvals in 2021 alone […]
Flytrex Raises $40M to Expand 5-Minute Drone Delivery Service Across the US
Flytrex, a leader in on-demand drone delivery for food and retail, announced that it has raised a $40 million Series C funding round, bringing its total funding to date to $60 million. The round was led by BRM Group with participation from OurCrowd, Lukasz Gadowski, Founder and Chairman at Delivery Hero, and includes existing investors […]
Red Cat Subsidiary TEAL Drones Opens U.S. Manufacturing Facility
Red Cat Holdings, Inc., a hardware enabled software provider to the drone industry, announced that its TEAL Drones subsidiary has opened its new U.S.-based manufacturing facility located in Salt Lake City, Utah. “After closing the Teal drone acquisition less than two months ago, our investment to scale production of the Golden Eagle is ready fly […]
Drones – A Key Piece in Fighting Wildfires
The use of drones for fighting wildfires is a “hot” topic, with more than 6 million acres of forest burned this year. When they are used by emergency responders they have proven to help suppress and contain massive blazes and save lives on the ground and in the air. Drones have revolutionized wildland firefighting and […]
