The C-Drone Review – The brave new world of civilian drones

Interview: Kevin Taylor of Lincolnshire Police

April 20, 2019April 20, 2019 Sean DALY419

Last week, at the Commercial UAV Expo Europe in Amsterdam, we spoke with Kevin Taylor, a Special Sergeant and the Chief Drone Pilot at Lincolnshire Police, following a presentation he made at a law enforcement and public safety panel.

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Notre Dame de Paris: police c-drone team provides crucial view to fire chief

April 17, 2019April 17, 2019 Sean DALY419

The firemen who saved Notre Dame de Paris cathedral Monday evening had a modern tool at their disposal: a c-drone which flew overhead, piloted by the Parisian police who coordinated with the fire chief on the ground.

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Interview: Darshan Divakaran of North Carolina Department of Transportation

April 15, 2019April 16, 2019 Sean DALY565

The C-Drone Review interview of Darshan Divakaran of North Carolina Department of Transportation at the Commercial UAV Expo Europe in Amsterdam on April 10.

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Fotokite partners with Pierce Manufacturing to equip firetrucks with tethered drones

April 12, 2019April 13, 2019 Sean DALY763

Fotokite, a startup founded in Switzerland in 2014 with offices in Zurich and Syracuse, New York, has partnered with Pierce Manufacturing Inc., a top supplier of firetrucks in North America, to integrate an autonomous tethered "kite" drone in emergency vehicles to help provide firefighters with situational awareness.

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US: Genius NY competition $1M grand prize goes to Italy’s Sentient Blue

April 11, 2019April 11, 2019 Sean DALY258

Genius NY, a business accelerator organization based in central New York State funded by Empire State Development, has held its third annual awards event in Syracuse, awarding first prize of $1 million (€890,000) to Sentient Blue, a startup from Italy.

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Austria: EHang and FACC want to certify pilotless air taxis next year after flying executives & politicians in Vienna

April 9, 2019 Sean DALY933

China's EHang Inc., in partnership with Austria's FACC, a unit of Chinese state-owned aerospace group AVIC since 2009, is seeking rapid certification of its Ehang 216 autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) in Austria, hoping for mass production and flights next year as journalists, executives and politicians were offered rides in Vienna at a press event.

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UPS, Matternet partner for medical deliveries in North Carolina

April 4, 2019April 5, 2019 Sean DALY565

United Parcel Service (UPS), the logistics giant, has partnered with Switzerland's Matternet and WakeMed Health & Hospitals for regular hourly delivery of medical samples across the hospital system's campus near Raleigh in the US state of North Carolina, with oversight by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT).

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Spain’s Quaternium equips Benidorm police with long endurance c-drone, authorized for BVLOS

March 29, 2019March 29, 2019 Sean DALY348

Quaternium, a Spanish startup founded in 2013 by José Luis Cortés in València, has started a first responder pilot program with Policía Local de Benidorm featuring the HYBRiX.20 hybrid fuel-electric drone.

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GoFly Prize announces Phase II winners

March 26, 2019 Sean DALY387

The GoFly Prize, a $2+ million USD international competition sponsored by Boeing and Pratt & Whitney to create a personal flying device, has announced its Phase II winners today.

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Interview: Gwen Lighter of GoFly

March 26, 2019 Sean DALY216

We interviewed Gwen Lighter, CEO of the GoFly Prize, a $2+ million USD international competition to create a personal flying device.

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