Drone Wars: Airspace and Legal Rights in the Age of Drones July 2, 2015 By Gary Wickert It is only the tip of the iceberg. As technology advances, common citizens are increasingly finding themselves with the ability...
Munich Re Survey Suggests 40% of Businesses Could Soon be Using Drones June 9, 2015 In fewer than five years, the use of drones (unmanned aerial vehicles – UAVs) could become common practice for almost...
Berkshire’s BNSF Partners With U.S. to Research Long-Distance Drone Flights May 11, 2015 By Thomas Black BNSF Railway Co., owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., will be among the first companies to operate a commercial...
Delaware Researcher Testing Drones to Assess Storm Damage May 11, 2015 By MOLLY MURRAY, The News Journal of Wilmington In the hours after a horrific storm – a storm like Superstorm Sandy – with bridges impassable and roads debris-covered,...
Google Looking Past Drones to a Future With Pilotless Planes May 7, 2015 By Thomas Black The chief of Google Inc.’s experimental cargo-drone program wants to see automated flight go beyond pilotless planes and extend to...
Commercial Drone Use Stymied by Slow to Act FAA May 6, 2015 By Thomas Black As U.S. regulators study how to govern commercial drones, corporate America is plunging ahead on using unmanned aircraft in a...
Insurers Urge FAA to Speed Use of Drones for Disaster Response April 21, 2015 U.S. companies including insurers and aerospace manufacturers urged federal aviation regulators on Tuesday to speed up the use of drones...
Commercial Drone Users Get Smoother Path for FAA Flight Permits March 27, 2015 By Alan Levin Commercial drone operators will have an easier time using and testing their devices in the U.S. after the Federal Aviation...
State Farm Given Okay to Use Drones for Damage Assessments March 18, 2015 State Farm has become the first insurer in the United States to receive FAA permission to test Unmanned Aircraft Systems...
Oklahoma Lawmakers Want Drone Use Regulated February 6, 2015 By TIM TALLEY Concerned about the growing presence of drones in the skies above Oklahoma, a couple of state lawmakers have filed legislation...