UAVOS has added the R22-UV unmanned helicopter to its agriculture unmanned aircraft portfolio for spraying for diseases, weed and pest control, and vegetative control. The R22-UV is a manned Robinson-22 helicopter converted by UAVOS to an unmanned aircraft. (Photo: UAVOS) The Agro-Drone R22-UV is equipped with a specially developed utility to deliver liquid chemicals — the spray system Simplex model 222. The R22-UV drone is provided with a 100-liter tank for chemicals and can stay […]

October 17, 2019 Business aviation is booming. According to the General Aviation Manufacturing Association, business jet sales are on the rise. Corporate flight departments will continue to grow and the number of flights and flight hours within the business aviation fleet will continue to climb. With these growing figures comes the mounting need for robust systems to help maintain a high level of safety and efficiency. Our FltPlan.com Safety Management System (SMS) services were designed […]

India is moving forward towards harnessing space technology for national development and to make it accessible for everyone as they go about their daily lives. To improve the geo-location capabilities of upcoming mobile phones, automotive and Internet-of-Things (IoT) platforms, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and US-based chip-maker Qualcomm have developed a new chipset platform. The platform is meant to support the Indian regional Navigation Satellite System (NavIC) – which is […]

GSA Market Development Innovation Officer Eduard Escalona speaks at the Intergeo Galileo workshop. (Photo: GSA) News from the European GNSS Agency (GSA) Galileo and EGNOS were the focus of attention at a special workshop at this year’s Intergeo in Stuttgart, which took place in September. Intergeo is the world’s leading conference and trade fair for geodesy, geo-information and land management. Intergeo provided an opportunity to give an update on the status of the Galileo and […]

October 8, 2019 By: Jimmy Smith As a professional mountain bike rider, I’m extremely passionate about riding and have spent a lot of my time on two wheels. But recently I’ve been wrapped up with my faithful, four-wheeled home. It’s a 2017 Mercedes Sprinter Van that I purchased back in November of 2017. It’s been insanely liberating having everything I need to live my life in such a small and mobile space, and it allows […]

The Austrian Federal Railways (OBB) were dealing with a threatened owl species which were suffering from electric shocks on their network. They turned to TE Connectivity (TE) for support in both preventing power outages as well as providing durable and reliable wildlife and asset products that were simple to fit. The challenges of wildlife and network protection Over the course of the last few years, the province of Carinthia in the Austrian Alps […]

Click for report. A committee of the UK’s House of Commons issued a report Oct. 8 calling for greater drone regulations, including registration, drone ID transmission, and geofencing around sensitive locations. In the 73-page report “Commercial and Recreational Drone Use in the UK,” the Science and Technology Committee made numerous recommendations to the government. In its summary, it recalls drone sightings at Gatwick Airport in December 2018, which caused “significant disruption and highlighted the need […]

October 10, 2019 At Garmin, we talk a lot about beating yesterday and accomplishing your fitness goals. But we also know that your mental health plays a huge part in your overall wellness. Check-in with yourself today, and take some time for your mental well-being. Here are some tips for managing and improving your mental health: Record how you’re feeling For those of you using the menstrual cycle tracking feature, you can easily log any […]

Satelles, Inc. has raised $26 million in Series C funding. C5 Capital led the round, with participation from Iridium Communications and existing investors. This new investment brings Satelles’s total funding since the launch of its platform to $39 million and will help the company expand its sales and marketing efforts, broaden its partner network, and accelerate product development. Industry and government requirements for positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) are expanding at a […]

The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced Oct. 11 that all 20,000 rebates offered to general aviation aircraft owners to equip their aircraft with Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) Out have been issued and are no longer available. Aircraft owners who have already reserved their rebate, but not claimed it yet with installation, will be allotted the specified time needed to complete the requirements for the rebate. Image: FAA Starting Jan. 1, 2020, […]