General
NEWS
- Undergrads to push drone swarm research forward with aid from Federal Funding
- Teledyne FLIR releases new MUVE B330 drone payload - (Bio-hazard detection)
- Technical malfunction at Skyguide – Swiss airspace closed until further notice
- Amazon Prime Air prepares for drone deliveries
- SFRC approves stop Iranian drones act (Proposed)
- It’s Takes a Bird to Stop a Bird: The RoBird® Flying Robot Defends Airports Against Bird Strikes
Announcements
- ICAO RPAS Symposium & Drone Enable 2022 (Canada)- 7-9 November 2022
- Become a Drone Racing Pilot: DRL Sim Tryouts are Now Open! - through June 28th
- what3words joins Drone Logistics Ecosystem (UK) ---INTERESTING!
- Wisk Aero Signs Agreement to Bring Autonomous Air Taxi Program to Australia
- The biggest 2022 drone events for the second half of the year (Recap and update of events)
- Dronecode Foundation Hosts the PX4 Autopilot Developer Summit Next Month: Open Source Drone Projects - June 23 – 24, 2022 in Austin, TX.
Public Safety and Commercial
- Google Fiber Webpass: 5 reasons why it’s the best Internet provider for drone pilots
- Equinor and Nordic Unmanned start the world’s first offshore logistics operations using drones (UK)
- Turtle trackers fly drones out of sight
- North Dakota’s Vantis UAS System Opens Mission and Network Ops Center: The Heart of Vantis
- Amazon Drone Delivery: A Brief History of the Patents, Problems and Progress from the DRONELIFE Archives
- Japan’s Night Hawks Fly Drone Search and Rescue Missions After Dark in Nishikawa
FAA Information and International Regulatory News
- Zipline receives FAA Part 135 air carrier certification to grow Its Automated, on-demand delivery service
- NATS – Another step on the journey to next-generation aviation (UK)
- OFCOM – Approach to authorising the use of radio equipment on UAS (UK)
- 2022 Drone Safety Day is Saturday, June 18
- London Biggin Hill Airport Deploy’s Altitude Angel’s Guardian UTM
- DIU Announces Updated Blue sUAS List: 4 New Drones Added
For Drone Beginners and Current Flyers
- Warren County Community College Drone Program is Training an Industry Workforce: and Employers are Lining Up to Hire (New Jersey)
- How I Passed the Part 107 Knowledge Test - (A personal experience and viewpoint)
- Learning to Speak Aviation Enhance your situational awareness
- This Part 107 practice test offers access to 270 questions
- 5 ways drones make a positive social impact
- U.S. Drone Soccer kicks off nationally and globally
Interesting Tech to Watch
- Zephyr flies across America
- Drone companies want other robots besides drones — and here’s proof
- UScellular, Ericsson Use Drone Connectivity to Test the Strength of 5G Networks
- SkyDrop, Domino’s gear up to launch commercial drone delivery trial in New Zealand
- Event 38 demonstrates fuel cell on a fixed-wing VTOL drone
- Unjammable GPS for Drones: Protecting Critical Missions
Military
- GA-ASI Prepares ELINT and COMINT Capabilities for RIMPAC Exercise
- Elbit Systems unveils a simultaneous Multi-Mission Tactical Radar System
- The First Submarine-Launched Drone Can See Much Farther Than a Periscope
- First UAV flight operates in German military airspace after successful cooperation between German company PLATH and Czech Republic company Primoco UAV
- AgEagle Evolves: from Agricultural Drones to Flying Robots and More
- The UK’s wee military recon drones will double as cartographers
Drone Security
Drone Organizations
Aerial Filming with 4K Camera Drones
- Drone Cinematography- Getting Started in Drone Filmmaking
- Why drone photographers need a bigger sensor
- What Aerial Images Sell Best? Professional Stock Image Platform HOsiHO Answers Drone Photographers Questions
- LUTS, Log, 10Bit: Geeking Out on Camera Formats for Drones
- Drone Stock Images: HOsiHO is a Site by Artists, for Artists
- How to perfect the drone hyperlapse
Thermal Vision Cameras Explained
Drone Add-ons
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LIPO Batteries
- How to Safely Dispose of LiPo Drone Batteries
- Making batteries - (Tesla video)
- How long do LiPo batteries last, and how do I know if an old LiPo battery is safe to use?
- LiPo Battery Basics--Storage
- How do lithium-ion batteries work?
- DOT Ruling Bans Lithium-Ion Batteries As Passenger Airlines Cargo