Skyfront drone performs first BVLOS flight under FAA Part 107

Members from the Alaska IPP team gather around the Skyfront Perimeter UAV after a successful BVLOS mission. (PRNewsfoto/Skyfront Corp.) Skyfront’s Perimeter 4 long-range hybrid gas-electric drone this summer successfully performed the first civilian beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) flight without visual observers under…
Auterion enables Impossible Aerospace to launch new US-1 drone for first responders

Photo: Impossible Aerospace Auterion and Impossible Aerospace has announced their partnership and collaboration to bring to market the US-1 UAV, which has a two-hour flight time. Auterion is the provider of Auterion Enterprise PX4, an open-source-based, enterprise operating system for drones. Impossible Aerospace is Silicon…
DroneShield releases body-worn drone detector

RfPatrol. (Photo: DroneShield) DroneShield Ltd. has released a body-worn drone detection product, RfPatrol. Weighing under 1 kilogram, the mobile unit is expected to be of significant interest to a range of DroneShield’s customer base globally, across military, law enforcement, security…
FlytBase to launch FlytGCS for BVLOS drone operations

FlytBase Inc., an enterprise drone automation company, has launched of FlytGCS, a cloud-based remote drone operations solution, at AUVSI Xponential 2019. FlytGCS is built for subject matter experts, drone operations managers and UAV operators who wish to automate, simplify and…
FAA partners with Kittyhawk to improve drone app B4UFLY

New app will improve the safety and reliability of drone flights across the United States. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has partnered with Kittyhawk to redevelop B4UFLY to further its safety mission and create a new and improved mobile application…
FAA program advances drone integration in National Airspace System

This report covers a number of UAV topics, including the news of another U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) program to advance drone integration in the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS); an initial effort towards Type Certification for a larger UAV/UAS;…