All the headlines from our Drones Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 6 2017 // Reports of drone safety violations continued to increase during 2016, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. There were 1,274 reports from February through September last year, compared with 874 for the same...
Feb 28 2017 // Wildlife refuge officials say a man with a drone caused 1,500 elk to stampede half a mile through the snow.The stampede happened Monday at the National Elk Refuge in western Wyoming. Elk and bison often congregate at the...
Feb 26 2017 // State fire officials say a drone being operated near a wildfire southwest of Fort Worth hampered firefighting efforts by forcing aircraft carrying retardant to be grounded.The Texas A&M Forest Service says two air...
Feb 24 2017 // Reports of drone safety violations continued to increase during 2016. There were 1,274 reports from February through September last year, compared with 874 for the same period in 2015 — a 46 percent increase.The Federal...
Feb 15 2017 // A British drone operator has won a contract to inspect rigs operated by one of the world’s largest oil producers.Sky Futures Ltd. will deploy drones at Eni S.p.A. facilities as part of a global three-year contract....
Feb 14 2017 // The Minnesota Department of Transportation is testing the use of drones to inspect bridges. Transportation officials expect the technology will save money and provide another perspective on how the state’s bridges...
Feb 13 2017 // The International Drone Racing Association (IDRA) has launched a primary UAV aircraft liability insurance policy to cover drone pilots worldwide. Included with the rollout of IDRA’s membership service, each IDRA...
Feb 3 2017 // A Utah lawmaker wants to send people to jail for harassing farm animals with drones, all-terrain vehicles and even dogs under a proposal that is unique in the U.S. but has gained an unlikely opponent.Republican Rep. Scott...
Feb 1 2017 // A long-awaited framework for allowing drone flights over people — a key step in the growth of the industry — has been put on hold because of security concerns, prompting fears that the standards will get caught...
Jan 18 2017 // Attendees at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this month could play around with a dizzying array of unmanned aerial vehicles. Drones that take selfies. Drones equipped with thermal imaging cameras to see...
Jan 3 2017 // A boom in consumer drone sales has spawned a counter-industry of start-ups aiming to stop drones flying where they shouldn’t by disabling them or knocking them out of the sky.Dozens of start-up firms are developing...
Dec 27 2016 // In the year 2016, as in past years, there were the familiar or continuing stories including reinsurers still wishing and hoping for a hardening market; property/casualty insurance carriers reporting financial results...
Dec 19 2016 // The wing on Facebook Inc.’s experimental high-altitude drone broke last summer in Arizona after the massive aircraft hit an updraft and its autopilot overcompensated seconds before touchdown on its maiden flight, a...
Dec 13 2016 // Two women are suing a groom and the event company that ran his wedding reception after they allege he flew a drone that hit them in the head at the New Hampshire event.Kneena Ellis, of Seabrook, and Kelly Eaton of Peabody,...
Dec 7 2016 // U.S. aviation regulators approved commercial drone applications so quickly in recent years that they missed safety violations and took few enforcement actions, a government watchdog report concluded.The Federal Aviation...
Dec 5 2016 // If a drone is on your holiday shopping list, be sure to check your insurance coverage before you crack open that instruction manual and take flight.Damage from a drone is a bit more complicated than handing your kid a...
Nov 22 2016 // A U.S. safety agency is investigating an accident involving a massive experimental drone Facebook Inc. is developing to bring the internet to remote areas of the world.No one was hurt in the incident, which came during the...
Nov 22 2016 // Although Atlantic hurricane season ends in November, cleanup from any damage seen on the East Coast could last beyond the end of the season. Some coastal areas, such as Virginia Beach, were impacted this season,...
Nov 18 2016 // If a drone is on your holiday shopping list, be sure to check your insurance coverage before you crack open that instruction manual and take flight.Damage from a drone is a bit more complicated than handing your kid a...
Nov 14 2016 // The fledgling drone industry is in the throes of change as weak consumer demand and falling prices drive startups to shift their focus to specialized business applications.3D Robotics – an early drone startup that...