The UAV Digest

The UAV Digest episodes:

• 04.14.2023

  427 Drone Safety Day 2023

  Drone Safety Day, shape-changing drone, jump-start your car, Florida bans DJI, sUAS decision-making, avoiding collisions, adding VTOL to fixed-wing, farmers save water, land a drone in Red Square.

  
• 03.31.2023

  426 ADS-B Spoofing

  Detecting ADS-B spoofing, racing drone munitions, aerial tanking drones, self-flying F-16s, Condor heavy-lift UAV, light tactical UAS, Archer and United air taxi service in Chicago.

  
• 03.24.2023

  425 Drone Delivery Network

  A drone delivery network, using drones to intercept aircraft, DJI drops AeroScope, DJI security risks, cardboard drones, plans for 1,000 loyal wingmen drones, new Zipline aircraft, Russian Su-27 fighter jets intercept a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper.

  
• 03.04.2023

  424 Personal eVTOL

  Another personal eVTOL, cops flying BVLOS, military drones with facial recognition, a lethal drone designed in Australia, the Lilium Jet eVTOL, moving air quietly.

  
• 02.25.2023

  423 Ameriflight Cargo Drones

  Ameriflight cargo drones from Saberwing and Natilus, autonomous wind turbine inspections, American Security Drone Act, hydrogen-powered octocopter, Green and Blue UAS.

  
• 02.17.2023

  422 Global Drone Market

  Global drone market report, aircraft control with AI, slow start to Amazon drone deliveries, drones disrupt flight operations, testing service for microgravity research.

  
• 02.04.2023

  421 Cargo Drone

  An autonomous blended-wing cargo drone and a smaller electric cargo drone, Eaglet takes flight, taser drones at public schools, GAO recommendations for FAA strategy, the Dronut, two MQ-9 Reapers for a Dollar, BVLOS inspection solution.

  
• 01.27.2023

  420 Toroidal Propellers

  Toroidal propellers reduce multirotor noise, layoffs at Prime Air, Valkyrie drones for the Marines, advanced air mobility in Utah, mapping with a collision-tolerant drone, cargo drone carries 100 pounds 600 miles.

  
• 01.20.2023

  419 Collecting Environmental DNA with a Drone

  Autonomous drone collects environmental DNA, measuring flapping performance, outlawing flight over prisons, flying drugs into the U.S., ex-drone manager sues Amazon.

  
• 01.13.2023

  418 Weather Prediction with Drones

  Drones for weather prediction, tracking inventory with autonomous drones, NPRM for UAS communications spectrum, Walmart delivery statistics, underwater drones, the electric grid, cargo delivery to ships.

  
• 12.09.2022

  417 UAV Tether in Heavy Seas

  UAV tether, advanced drones, building designs, Martian missions, Army short-range reconnaissance program, Apple patent, birds, Ukraine drones.

  
• 12.02.2022

  416 European Drone Strategy 2.0

  European drone strategy 2.0, Ukraine drones, wildlife investigations, three active volcanoes, UAS frequencies, consumer attitudes, hydrogen power, Dover AFB sUAS program.

  
• 11.25.2022

  415 Amazon Prime Air Drone

  The latest Amazon Prime Air drone, XQ-58A Valkyrie tactical drones, bringing a drone on a cruise ship, a drone light show fail, and attacking a navy with uncrewed surface vessels.

  
• 11.11.2022

  414 Operations Over People

  Operations Over People approval for AgEagle, UAV-dominated air forces, women drone pilots in Ukraine, autonomous Black Hawk, drone facilitates robbery, BVLOS corridor in New York, autonomous firefighting helicopter, drones celebrate a game anniversary, increasing lithium battery lifespan.

  
• 10.28.2022

  413 Community-Based Drone Organizations

  Community-based drone organizations, Navy drone swarm, Iranian drone components, FAA reauthorization, Chinese cargo drone, Bell Autonomous Pod Transport, specimen sampling with drones, Wing drone crash, Collaborative Combat Aircraft.

  
• 09.02.2022

  412 Nano Drones

  Nano drones in Ukraine, cloud seeding with drones in China, bots that clean beaches and waterways, a STEM program for young girls, new technologies from Draganfly, and patrolling the airport perimeter.

  
• 08.26.2022

  411 Automated Inspection

  Automated inspection of solar panels, NUAIR Public Safety Summit, supersonic target drones, Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat, Pixy selfie drone, rural law enforcement, UAV that can land on steep roofs.

  
• 08.19.2022

  410 Women and Drones Documentary

  Women and drones documentary film, Chinese drone submarine, unmanned surface vessels, drone tech to India, portable ATM system, mapping with multiple drones, Ford patent.

  
• 08.12.2022

  409 Court Ruling on Drone Remote ID

  Court rules in favor of drone Remote ID rule, drones for Ukraine, drones on Mars, chicken by drone, lifeguard drones, mapping a mountain, NASA Zipline partnership, United sends Archer pre-delivery payment.

  
• 07.29.2022

  408 Archer Aviation Maker

  Archer Aviation planning full transition flights of their Maker aircraft, drone shuts down Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, protecting sporting events with drones, using lasers for drone communications, RQ-4 Global Hawk end-of-life, alligator attacks drone, a Remote ID device from...

  
• 07.22.2022

  407 Microsoft AirSim

  Microsoft announces a new AirSim platform to train drone AI systems, Amazon Prime Air eyes deliveries in Texas, Russia looks at Iranian drones, DJI pushes back against the American Security Drone Act, a UK drone superhighway, and new drones from...

  
• 07.08.2022

  406 Coaxial Drone Patent

  A coaxial drone patent, locals push back on Amazon, autonomous battery swapping, battlefield medicine, drones in sports, saving elm trees, investigating polluters.

  
• 07.01.2022

  405 Dufour Aerospace Tilt-Wing

  The Dufour Aerospace CCO explains the manned and unmanned eVTOL tilt-wing platforms being developed by the company.

  
• 05.27.2022

  404 Drones Not UFOs

  The Navy says they were drones not UFOs, an air assault experiment with a drone swarm, drone deployment planned for Africa, a drone that kills wasps, flying in the wind with deep learning, the unique view from above, and Walmart...

  
• 05.20.2022

  403 BVLOS ARC Final Report

  Public meeting scheduled for BVLOS ARC Final Report, MQ-9B STOL, closing Skyward, bombs and commercial drones, DJI indoor drone, Commercial UAV Expo 2022, drone docking systems.

  
• 05.13.2022

  402 Domestic C-UAS National Action Plan

  We analyze the C-UAS National Action Plan recently released by the White House.

  
• 04.29.2022

  401 Air-One Vertiport Opens

  Vertiport opens in England, military tactical UAS, detect-and-avoid deployment, Army drone swarm, drone legislation, NTSB drones, DJI suspends business in Russia and Ukraine, Drone Safety Day.

  
• 04.22.2022

  400 U-Space

  U-Space ecosystem for UAV and eVTOL, hypersonic UAV project, Rick roll with 300 drones, Switchblade drone in Ukraine, outlook for agricultural drones, Texas drone delivery service, drones and export laws.

  
• 03.11.2022

  399 BREEZE Drone for Venus

  BREEZE drone for Venus, first responder tethered drone, river rescue, Thor’s hammer C-UAS, UAS in the Arctic, offshore wind farm deliveries, Ukraine hobby drones.

  
• 02.18.2022

  398 Cargo Drone

  Autonomous cargo drone, noise research, vehicle inspection drone, high-speed VTOL challenge, beach trash, UAS in unsegregated airspace, Western parts in Russian drone, longest BVLOS waiver, intelligent drone controller.

  
• 02.11.2022

  397 CycloTech Cycloidal Rotor

  CycloTech eVTOL propulsion, autonomous Blackhawk, drug running, university 5G study, Wisconsin bill to ban govt use of DJI, Navy unmanned underwater vehicles.

  
• 02.05.2022

  396 Drone-as-a-Service

  A drone-as-a-service network in Germany, drones as tools, impact of AI on UAV capability, hypersonic drone, apple-picking drone, digital twin of a national treasure, a lethal killer drone.

  
• 01.29.2022

  395 Counter-UAS Contract

  A $1B counter-UAS contract, Kittyhawk air mobility, sports game halted, drones in UAE, Navajo Nation medical deliveries, locating pets after a disaster, surveying volcanos, unidentified drone spotted, a drone research contract.

  
• 01.22.2022

  394 Hydrogen Drones for Inspections

  Partnerships for hydrogen drones and maritime drone deliveries, Li-Air batteries, U.S. troop attacks, flying over a school, UPS delivery drones, flying in the fog, save a dog with a drone.

  
• 01.14.2022

  393 Lessons for the eVTOL Industry

  What the eVTOL industry can learn from helicopters, a counter-unmanned aircraft missile/drone, a birthday drone light show, saving lives with a drone, fused sensor data across manned and unmanned aircraft, and getting the most from the DJI Mavic 3 drone. UAV...

  
• 01.07.2022

  382 RaceDayQuads v. FAA

  RaceDayQuads v. FAA and the Remote ID rule, drones for law enforcement and telehealth, Russian attack drones and drones that recharge from power lines, a DARPA program for underwater drones, and finding lost hikers. UAV News D.C. Circuit May Blow Up the...

  
• 12.24.2021

  391 Kinetic Energy and Flight Over People

  Measuring drone kinetic energy, Dedrone funding, endangered heritage sites, heavy-lift multirotors, MQ-25 tests, the next Reaper, FAA grant for UAS training, drone swarms harass Navy.

  
• 12.17.2021

  390 Gliding Cargo Delivery Drone

  Silent Arrow guided cargo delivery drone, best cities for flying a drone, bringing power to those without, sailing the Gulf Stream, airline plans drone delivery, rogue drone, DJI end of support.

  
• 12.10.2021

  389 A Perching Drone

  A perching drone, connecting communities with drones, photography drones, vaccination deliveries, combat drones, law enforcement, Airmap acquires DroneUp, NOTAMs and drones.

  
• 12.03.2021

  388 12 Days of Drones

  FAA 12 Days of Drones campaign, dangers to aircraft, local drone rule injunctions, Sony video drone, long-endurance electric solar drone, amphibious drone tanker, Navy drone hub.

  
• 11.19.2021

  387 Personal eVTOL

  Personal eVTOL, military delivery and resupply drones, drones on construction sites, UAS support for hypersonic testing, weaponized drones, carrying contraband, and drone video evidence in a criminal case.

  
• 11.12.2021

  386 Fuel Cell Hydrogen

  Where to get Hydrogen for fuel cells, Boeing loyal wingman milestone, new drone rules for Oregon, Gremlins snatched in mid-air, drone attack on the U.S. power grid, and Black Friday drone deals.

  
• 11.05.2021

  385 Hunting with Drones

  Hunting with drones and the fair chase concept, autonomous agile flight, thermal mapping to reduce building heat loss, Trick or Treat, the delivery drone hold-up, UAS over wildfires, and a LAANC update. UAV News Outdoors in Maine: Drones in the woods, and...

  
• 09.24.2021

  384 Airport UAS Threats

  Airport UAS threats, snooping by drone, AUVSI XCELLENCE awards, construction industry issues, healthcare projects, more cargo drones, Boeing Loyal Wingman production site.

  
• 09.17.2021

  383 Heavy-Lift UAS

  Heavy-lift UAS, NOAA data collection, motorsports coverage, delivery drones and bad weather, DRL sponsorship, VTOL collaboration, smuggling contraband, Volocopter, batteries, Drone Safety Awareness Week.

  
• 09.10.2021

  382 Terrafugia Commaris UAV

  Commaris VTOL UAV for commercial operations, hazmat responders, QF-16 target drones, endangered porpoises, US Navy repels drones, AT&T COWs, India drone rules.

  
• 09.03.2021

  381 Tactical Beyond Visual Line of Sight

  Tactical beyond visual line of sight waivers, 100,000 Wing deliveries in Australia, Starlink for military maritime drones, Mavic 3 leaked, measuring the wind, a drone services partnership, history of drones in Southeast Asia.

  
• 08.27.2021

  380 NASA System-Wide Safety Project

  Dr. Wendy A. Okolo explains NASA’s System-Wide Safety project that is focused on safe operations of unmanned vehicles in the National Airspace System.

  
• 08.13.2021

  379 T-Mobile 5G Drone

  T-Mobile low latency 5G drone, high speed UAVs that crash less often, solar-powered UAV, first responder drone of choice, patrolling the beach with drones, marketing real estate with drone videos.

  
• 07.16.2021

  378 UAS Incident Map

  Interactive UAS incident map, airspace coordinator and archaeologists, drone swarm sniffs out gas leaks, X-56B UAV destroyed, making drones quiet, AI drones that find meteorites.