Category: NASA
‘A Built-In Customer’: The Surging Role of Drones in Pittsburgh’s Defense Tech Boom
A Powerful Partnership with the Military In recent years, Pittsburgh has been quietly transforming into a hub for defense technology, thanks to significant financial injections [more…]
Tampa General Hospital Launches First-in-the-Nation Drone Program for Emergency Response
Innovative Partnership Aims to Save Lives in Manatee County In a groundbreaking initiative, Tampa General Hospital (TGH) has partnered with Manatee County and Archer First [more…]
NASA Approves Dragonfly Mission to Explore Saturn’s Moon Titan
NASA has given the green light to the Dragonfly mission, a groundbreaking project that will send a car-sized, nuclear-powered drone to explore Saturn’s moon Titan. [more…]
From Drones to Trees: A Technological Revolution in Reforestation
A Seed of Change in the Climate Crisis In an era where technology is often blamed for exacerbating climate change, a remarkable project in Myanmar [more…]
New Pilot Institute Community, AUVSI Drone Ban, Ingenuity, Alpha Drone, & RID Update
Welcome to the Weekly UAS News Update. We have five stories for you this week. Pilot Institute, that’s us! We are launching a new student [more…]
Life-Saving Drones: The Future of Opioid Overdose Response
Swift Aid from the Sky: Drone-Delivered Naloxone In a groundbreaking development, research has revealed that untrained bystanders can effectively use drone-delivered naloxone to save lives [more…]
NASA Achieves Breakthrough in Autonomous Drone Flight for Air Taxi Research
Pioneering Drone Tests Propel Advanced Air Mobility Forward At NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, researchers have successfully conducted groundbreaking drone flights that could [more…]
Drone News: Amazon Loses Head of Ops, FAA UTM Field Test, Skyebrowse Pay-Per-Model, and New FRIA Map
Welcome to this week’s UAS News update. We have four stories for you: Amazon loses its Head of Safety and Flight Operations; the FAA and [more…]
FAA and NASA’s UTM Field Test Showcases Future of Drone Operations
Innovative Testing for Beyond Visual Line of Sight Drone Operations The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), in collaboration with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) [more…]
Discussing DJI’s Future Plans & Drone Policy With Adam Welsh
All right, so we’re about to sit down with Adam Welsh, who is DJI’s head of global policy, to pick his brain about the drone [more…]