The UAV Digest show

The UAV Digest

Summary: The UAV Digest is an audio podcast devoted to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Systems. We cover new developments in the industry, regulatory issues, unmanned technology, and a lot more. We consider both commercial and military applications, from all perspectives.

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Podcasts:

 UAV250 Skyship Search and Rescue Platform | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 32:56

KT Corp proposes the Skyship platform for search and rescue operations, EU moves to harmonize drone rules, deliveries by drone in China, a drone that can change its shape, UAS success in the Arctic, Transcend Air proposes a city-to-city VTOL aircraft.

 UAV249 Aquila Project Shut Down | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 32:55

The Facebook Aquila project is canceled, drone companies attract VC capital, Amazon patents drone hacking defense, making wildfire overflights a felony, surveillance drones that look like birds, and a VTOL transportation service is proposed.

 UAV248 Black Swift Technologies Eyes Venus | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 29:22

A UAS for Venus from Black Swift Technologies, DJIs new headquarters complex, the MIT Navion chip, commercial drone predictions for 2018 and beyond, and the LiquidPiston rotary drone engine.

 UAV247 FAA Culture Limits Advancement of Drones | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:38

A report says FAA risk adversity limits use of drones, SenSat breaks U.K. BVLOS record, Japan set to loosen BVLOS rules, and FCC sends a strong message to drone makers, marketers, and operators.

 UAV246 AiRXOS UAS Partnerships | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 26:54

AiRXOS creates partnerships to create an “air operating system,” a five-month Canadian UAS BVLOS proof-of-concept trial, using drones to identify violent crowd behavior, and a chain of custody drone program for law enforcement.

 UAV245 Airbus Urban Air Mobility | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 34:38

Airbus pushes forward with a new Urban Air Mobility unit, law enforcement embraces drones, another Amazon drone delivery patent, and FAA UAS news.

 UAV244 Solar Powered Drone | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:14

A long endurance solar-powered drone, UAVs used for offensive and defensive applications, autonomous pollination drones, and DJI interest in the UAS Integration Pilot Program.

 UAV243 UAS Integration Pilot Program | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:17

UAS Integration Pilot Program selectees, the Small UAS Coalition, Aurora’s Hybrid-Electric VTOL X-Plane, and air taxi action with Uber, Embraer, and NASA.

 UAV242 Rockwell Collins CNPC-1000 Data Link | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:32

The Rockwell Collins CNPC-1000 UAS command and control data link, DOT procedures for obtaining operator exemption to hold economic authority, New Zealand police ask the public not to shoot down drones, autonomous air ambulances, battlefield deliveries by drone, the CBP drone program comes under fire, Intel wants to play a major role in processing drone sensor data.

 UAV241 Intel Falcon 8+ Certified Under UL 3030 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:53

The Intel Falcon 8+ becomes the first drone certified under UL 3030, DJI responds to security and privacy concerns, hydrogen fuel cells for drones, combating the Zika virus with drones, and an air taxi startup draws on an outside designer.

 UAV240 Calls to Repeal Section 336 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:55

The Commercial Drone Alliance wants to repeal Section 336 and include recreational drones in the FAA regulations.

 UAV239 Recreational Drones for Commercial Purposes | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 35:24

Recreational drones flying for commercial purposes, upset Google employees, illegal anti-drone systems, drones and the travel industry, UAS ID and tracking proposals, a business competition winner, mapping with a LIDAR-equipped drone, an outdoor drone testing facility.

 UAV238 UL 3030 for Drone Safety | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:40

The UL 3030 certification standard for small commercial drones that use lithium-ion batteries.

 UAV237 MQ-25 Stingray | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 32:45

Lockheed Martin’s MQ-25 Stingray concept, UTM testing, nuclear power plant inspection, pizza delivery by drone, another near-miss, Canadian drone regulations, and a new drone racing idea.

 UAV236 A Folding Arm Drone | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:03

Picking up objects with a folding arm drone, a drone that protects dropped objects with an airbag, a large air freight drone, training drone photographers and videographers, a first night flight for the NTSB, a general aviation company partners with an unmanned company, and an autonomous vehicle accident.

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