Pea Ridge, Arkansas, will be home to the first commercial drone home delivery service in the United States, launched by Zipline. Although customers will be able to choose from thousands of products, they will be limited mainly to health and wellness products such as over-the-counter allergy medicines, bandages and ibuprofen tablets. The service will only be available within a 50-mile radius.
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In Croatia, remotely piloted aircraft are being used to replant vegetation destroyed by summer forest fires. Acorns are being turned into oak trees and chillies are used to treat wild boars.
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According to Cleo Robotics, the maker of the Dronut X1, it is “the world’s first twin-rotor, ducted drone”, which means that unlike conventional drones, its propellers are not located outside the fuselage but inside the drone.
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When we talk about state-purpose aviation and operations, we mean all aviation activities serving a state institution and aimed at a well-defined task carried out in the interest of the state. They can be very wide ranging and can range from surveillance to site security.
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In the case of “special” category UAS operations, the UAS operator has the possibility in some cases not to have to have each operation separately authorised by the authority, by applying for an operation licence again and again, but to do it himself, by holding a so-called LUC certificate. In this article, we will discuss the conditions for this and how to obtain such a certificate that can provide these facilitations.
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Intruding aircraft are not only detected by Dedrone’s equipment, the company also offers a weapon to disable drones. There are more and more drones in the world’s skies, but who can use these fast and often very small devices and for what purpose is often either not strictly regulated, or the regulations include elements that are not really respected by people and not really controlled by anyone.