Legal Problems with Drone Detection and Defense Systems
Trying to stop bad drones? This article dives into the different types of counter drone systems (drone jammer, anti-drone gun, etc.) & their legal problems. Source: Big Legal Problems with…
Drone delivery services will be used to conduct close-in surveillance
The intrigue: Walmart and DroneUp will offset the cost of delivery with revenue from other drone-related services, such as insurance inspections, emergency response and construction oversight. For example, a local…
“Drone Soccer” League competition coming to high school programs
With modified quadcopter “drones”: This full-contact team sport helps high schools adopt drone education. Source: U.S. Drone Soccer Launches National Leagues | Model Aviation
DJI can no longer buy components from the US for its drones
DJI products can still be sold in the U.S., but DJI is prohibited from buying parts from U.S. suppliers. Thus, this only hurts U.S. companies but ya know, we are…
FCC Fines HobbyKing Nearly $3 Million for Marketing Unauthorized Drone Transmitters
HobbyKing sells radio control model aircraft, subsystems and parts. For quite some time, they sold dozens of models of transmitters, especially for video links and telemetry, that operated on unauthorized…
Learn how to safely fly a quadcopter
I originally posted this in an online drone/camera forum. This information may be helpful to a wider audience. Judging from the large number of videos people post on Youtube of…
FAA is establishing Remote ID technical standards before reviewing public comments
FAA Press Release For Immediate ReleaseMay 5, 2020Contact: pressoffice@faa.gov WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced the eight companies that will assist the Federal…
Transportation: #Drone delivery of consumer packages is mostly hype but does have some specific good use cases
Most of the widely hyped drone delivery scenarios are not economically realistic and probably will not happen any time soon. But there are some targeted applications that should make sense…
Extinction Rebellion plans “terror” op to shut down Heathrow Airport by attacking it with quadcopters
The terror operation, per documents, is intended to start September 13th.
Canada issues new, restrictive #drone regulations. Visitors to Canada to be banned from flying model aircraft in Canada. #quadcopters #drones
The new rules, to take effect in June, erect high barriers and costs to model aircraft hobbyists while doing little to improve safety. The effect is, as I suspected we…