Excerpts from DRONELIFE drone news for the week of February 17, 2023. Click on a title below to view the full text.
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pierce aerospace We partner with Counter-UAS leaders drone shield Integrates Pierce Aerospace’s Flight Portal ID Remote ID technology into command and control systems including DroneShield’s C-UAS and DroneSentry-C2 to provide end users with enhanced situational awareness and advanced UAS identification capabilities beginning in 2023 .
Latest DJI Mini: Mini 2 SE
Leader in civilian drones and creative camera technology DJI The DJI Mini 2 SE is an ultralight, palm-sized, foldable camera drone suitable for both beginners and experienced drone pilots. Weighing less than 249 grams, the regulation-friendly Mini 2 SE is exempt from drone regulations in various regions. Its 1/2.3″ CMOS camera sensor shoots 12MP photos and video at his 2.7k and uses a 4x digital zoom for seamless transitions between shots at different distances It will come true.
20 Drones, 1 Pilot: New Matternets exemption could change the economics of drone delivery
Last week, a major drone delivery system developer mat net An FAA exemption was granted that would allow the company to conduct operations that deploy a total of 20 aircraft simultaneously under the control of only one remote pilot. Available only at Matternet’s Pittsburgh, Calif. test site, the 20:1 waver allows the aircraft to fly beyond the field of view of his pilot and visual observers remotely. The presence of a visual observer is required to ensure the airspace is clear. This new exemption follows a series of other Matternet efforts, including the recent FAA. type and manufacturing Certification.
GAO report on drone integration urges FAA to develop comprehensive strategy
News and commentary. U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report on Drone Integration We discovered the need for a more inclusive strategy and better communication.
The GAO report on drone integration concludes with four recommendations:
- “FAA administrators should develop a drone integration strategy that includes all seven elements of a comprehensive strategy”;
- “FAA management will evaluate current documentation to identify options that more clearly communicate how applicants will meet drone operational request requirements, and to clarify the FAA’s internal processes for reviewing and approving operational requests. must be communicated.”;
- “FAA administrators should develop and document a formal lessons learned process for drone integration activities, which includes all six key practices of the lessons learned process.”;
- “FAA administrators should implement formal lessons learned processes they have developed for ongoing drone integration activities, including Part 107 waiver reviews and BEYOND programs.”
HevenDrones Announces New Commercial Hydrogen Drone: H2D55
today, Heaven Drones The H2D55 is the company’s first commercial hydrogen-powered drone. Boasting five times the energy efficiency of his conventional lithium battery-powered drone, his H2D55 is lightweight, and with a payload capacity of 7kg, he can fly for 100 minutes. The H2D55 is expected to be announced at his IDEX later this month. The H2D55 is part of a planned lineup of three hydrogen-fueled drones built to address the long-term environmental impacts of lithium mining, as well as the flight endurance and payload capacity limitations of lithium battery-powered drones. is the first
Zeitview’s Advanced Inspection Services Help Develop North America’s Largest Solar and Energy Storage Facility
ZeitviewRecently rebranded from DroneBase, its advanced inspection services will be used in partnership with site developers to develop Gemini, North America’s largest solar and storage facility-scale power plant. announced. prime g solarGet a bird’s-eye view of every stage of the construction process with Zeitview’s advanced inspection services, providing critical data not available from the ground. The company’s services are also used to ensure site management of the 6,000-acre facility is conducted more efficiently and the project is completed within time and budget constraints.
Dubai Vertiports Skyports Design Approved: Check Out These Images
Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Vertiport Infrastructure Leader skyport infrastructure With the approval of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, we have developed a birch port design for Dubai.The design was commissioned by Dubai’s Road Transport Authority (RTA), Skyports Infrastructure, and Joby Air At a closed-door presentation held before the World Government Summit 2023.
Spright on Elsight’s Drone Source Podcast: Drone Healthcare Delivery
Don’t miss this episode featuring sprites Elsites Drone Source podcast. Host Ben Gross interviews his Spright’s Justin Steinke. Slight Learn about working with FAA and EASA regulators and how Spright is using Elsight Halo for BVLOS operations.
UAVaid Deploys Drones for Sierra Leone Reforestation Project
A pilot project based in Sierra Leone will utilize drone-based remote sensing and data management techniques for validation and monitoring of reforestation programs. Sierra Leone has lost more than 30% of its forest cover since 2000 and has little money to create new forests. At COP26, the government of Sierra Leone pledged that by 2030 he would plant 25 million trees on over 960,000 hectares.
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