Meet the GL-10, NASA’s prototype Drone

Posted on May 12, 2015June 23, 2015 by dan

The Prototype 10 engine Electric drone Greased Lightning ( GL-10) has both hover and plane mode. The prototype drone from NASA is currently in its testing stage, with the ability to take off vertically the drone has passed its hovering tests with flying colours, but the next stage is the transition from vertical to forward “wing-borne” flight. As engineers who have designed full-scale vertical take off and landing tiltrotors such as the V-22 Osprey will…

Drones Monthly Digital Magazine

Posted on May 6, 2015May 6, 2015 by dan

Drones Monthly Magazine is the number one publication in the UK dedicated to covering the latest in drone news, innovations and latest technology within the world of drones, multi rotor and UAV. View the first issue of Drones Monthly Magazine for free today, its quick, easy and simple to view here Within a rapidly fast growing industry drones are now dominating the RC rotor world on a commercial and consumer basis, Drones Monthly puts…

What to expect from the new Phantom 3

Posted on April 9, 2015June 23, 2015 by dan

World leading drone series continues to innovate Since Frank Wang founded DJI back in 2006 it has become the Phantom series that has become a worldwide sensation with their drones been spotted all over the world, with their drone series coming straight out of the box that suits to a professional use of aerial photography but easy enough for novices to get to grips with. The last few years have seen a boom in drone advances,…

Drones Monthly announce UK Drone Show as official media partners

Posted on April 8, 2015April 8, 2015 by dan

Drones Monthly Magazine are happy to announce this years UK Drone Show as official Media Partners In this rapidly innovative industry the first consumer drone show has reached UK shores, the show will cater the latest in drone technology from companies on the cutting edge of innovation, whether you are an enthusiast, aerial photographer…just interested in tech or an industry professional, the UK drone show is the event to be at. tickets are on sale…

German designer creates Apple drone concept

Posted on April 1, 2015April 1, 2015 by dan

A German graphic designer Eric Huismann has designed a drone concept which has been widely named as the idrone by online media As many reports suggest we can confirm this is not a concept linked directly to Apple but in fact is the creative work of German graphic designer Eric Huismann, It is suspected Apple will release a drone at some point in the future but at the moment the concept design by huismann gives…

DroneDeploy form partnership with DJI

Posted on March 31, 2015June 24, 2015 by dan

DroneDeploy Announces New App, $9M Funding and Partnership DroneDeploy, a San Francisco-based start-up that provides cloud-based software solutions for commercial drone operations, has raised Series A funding, launched a new mobile app and formed a partnership with DJI.The $9 million in Series A funding was led by San Mateo, Calif.-based Emergence Capital, with participation from previous investors SoftTech, DataCollective and Angelpad. The investment adds to the $2 million in seed funding the company received in…

Is the future of the emergency services unmanned?

Posted on March 31, 2015March 31, 2015 by dan

Drones could now replace police helicopters as the forces aim to save money Following a stream of drone concepts and innovations aimed at the emergency services and search and rescue, it comes to no surprise that Chief constables at Surrey and Suffolk police aim to implement five new drones in the near future to cut spending by £4000,000 a year. The police are forced to look at the new technology after government cuts are pushing local…

Europe on the forefront of drone logistics

Posted on March 25, 2015 by dan

Europe may see the first commercial delivery drones take flight as the European Aviation Safety Agency release new policies regarding drones The EASA have now put drones into their own category rather than being fitted into manned aviation regulations, enabling less strict rules from the ones put into place by the FAA, Amazon have already spoken out their frustration with the Federal Aviation Administration with the time taken to approve Prime Air test flights in…

Game of Thrones banishes the game of spy drones

Posted on March 24, 2015 by dan

A strict no fly zone has been implemented over the set of the epic series Game of Thrones following an array of unlicensed drones being spotted. The production company behind the HBO fantasy series has issued a strict ban on spy craft flying above the principal filming location in Northern Ireland. With drones now becoming cheaper and more widely available they are being used in combination with Gopro cameras, while in general drones are being…

FAA give Amazon the go ahead for test flights in the US

Posted on March 24, 2015March 24, 2015 by dan

The Federal Aviation Administration has finally given Amazon approval to test their delivery drones outdoors in the US Despite public concern over privacy and safety issues Amazon are still in pursuit of their goal of their air delivery service and they may not be far from it. The FAA stated last week that a airworthiness certificate was issued to Amazon and the prototype delivery drone, allowing outdoor test flights over rural and private land in…

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