All the headlines from our Drones Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 14 2017 // Starr Companies have formed an agreement with the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) to offer its members insurance coverage for the commercial use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), also known as drones.Coverage includes...
Dec 12 2017 // State lawmakers on Thursday passed legislation that would bar people from operating drones while drunk.The National Conference on State Legislatures says at least 38 states are considering drone legislation this year,...
Dec 8 2017 // The number of reported safety incidents involving civilian drones is on track to rise dramatically again this year, with almost as many in the first nine months of 2017 as for all of last year.Through September, the...
Dec 5 2017 // Law enforcement authorities must play a strong role to ensure there are suitable deterrents in place for those flying recreational drones to prevent danger to passenger aircraft, the International Air Transport Association...
Dec 4 2017 // Conditions are ripe for winter wildfires from the mid-South through the Great Plains thanks to a combination of weather factors, including the climate phenomenon known as La Nina, that have left a lot of dry growth.In...
Dec 4 2017 // Researchers say the ZIP code containing the highest number of registered hobbyist drone users in the country is in Las Vegas. Drone researchers at Bard College in New York analyzed data from the Federal Aviation...
Dec 1 2017 // Forestry officials diverted a surveillance plane from its assigned path because a drone hovered above a northern Arkansas wildfire, prompting them to caution people that airborne efforts to take unique photographs endanger...
Dec 1 2017 // An Albuquerque, N.M. cinema drone company says the Federal Aviation Administration has issued it a waiver that will allow it to fly drones over cast and crews on film locations.Flytcam Motion Pictures Managing Partner Luke...
Nov 30 2017 // The hurricane season is officially over, but it didn’t go by without leaving a major mark on Florida and its insurance industry. Hurricane Irma, a name most in the state won’t soon forget, first hit the Florida...
Nov 29 2017 // The millions of small civilian drones plying the nation’s skies can cause significant damage to airliners and business jets in a midair collision, new research commissioned by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration...
Nov 29 2017 // A Chinese startup has developed a flying car that it plans to roll out as soon as next year.EHang Inc.’s E-184 drone can carry one passenger in its small cockpit, but the firm says it’s working on a model that...
Nov 28 2017 // Researchers say the ZIP code containing the highest number of registered hobbyist drone users in the country is in Las Vegas.The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported drone researchers at Bard College in New York analyzed data...
Nov 13 2017 // The government’s registration system for owners of civilian drones would be restored in a defense policy bill agreed to by House and Senate negotiators.The measure boosting aviation regulators’ ability to...
Nov 3 2017 // Unmanned aircraft helped a Nacogdoches, Texas, business survey hurricane damage with a degree of speed and safety once thought impossible.The Daily Sentinel reports after Hurricane Harvey battered the Texas coast and...
Oct 26 2017 // President Donald Trump launched a program on Wednesday to expand testing of drones to include flights over people, nighttime operations and flights out of sight of the operator, the White House said.The pilot program aims...
Oct 16 2017 // Reports of safety incidents involving civilian drones have surged to an average of 250 a month, leading to a federal “emergency” action to approve drone flights in restricted areas, according to a government...
Oct 16 2017 // Drones may already be impacting the world of workers’ compensation.Fewer workers on communications towers are falling to their deaths, according to Todd Schlekeway, executive director of the National Association of...
Oct 16 2017 // One major insurance carrier already has a program underway to train claims adjusters to visit accident sites and fly drones to gather data.American Family Insurance started working on developing a drone program around...
Oct 12 2017 // In the wake of three devastating hurricanes this season, many carriers and vendors used drones and airplanes to assess structural storm damage. This use of aerial imaging combined with machine learning has fostered...
Oct 11 2017 // A panel of industry and law enforcement officials couldn’t agree on how civilian drones should be tracked by authorities, adding uncertainty to the push for expanded commercial uses.The advisory committee,...