Today the FAA announced that LAANC access has been expanded to recreational drone pilots, which means hobbyists can now request instant airspace authorization to fly in controlled airspace near airports. Image source Since May, recreational drone pilots have been in limbo when it comes to flying near airports. Historically hobbyists were allowed to fly within
Drones provide practical, economical solutions for upstream, midstream and downstream operations. In our previous post, we discuss the many ways you can begin using drones to improve inspections in the oil and gas sector. In this post, we take a look at the impact drones have on operations—and why it’s time you should consider investing
The followingis an FAA news release. The Federal Aviation Administration announced today new airspace restrictions effective July 11, 2019 on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) attempting to fly over national security sensitive locations. The FAA has been cooperating with federal partners to address concerns about malicious drone operations by using the agency’s existing authority under Title
In the last few years AirMap has become a household name in the drone industry. You may have learned about AirMap when they became one of the first companies to offer instant airspace authorization via LAANC. Since then, their focus has broadened from being an airspace intelligence platform—essentially a digitized database for all things airspace—to
UK-based Heliguy, one of DJI’s largest European enterprise partners and distributors, has been awarded a nationwide contract with Network Rail as part of a drone services framework worth up to £2.6million. Heliguy will supply, maintain, repair and service Network Rail’s drones, as well as delivering training courses to the infrastructure group’s team of in-house pilots.