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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 399 BREEZE Drone for Venus | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:26

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.

 398 Cargo Drone | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:10

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.

 397 CycloTech Cycloidal Rotor | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:09

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

 396 Drone-as-a-Service | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:40

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.

 395 Counter-UAS Contract | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 27:38

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.

 394 Hydrogen Drones for Inspections | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 31:58

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.

 393 Lessons for the eVTOL Industry | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:32

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 News 5 Lessons eVTOL Can Learn from Legacy Helicopter Airlines We see what the emerging eVTOL industry can learn from the history of helicopter airlines: safety first, encouraging public acceptance, keeping a critical eye on operating costs, maintaining tight routes, and including the first and last mile. Dog owner spends nearly $16K on drones to celebrate pooch’s birthday A woman in China hired 520 drones to spell out “Happy 10th birthday to Doudou” for her dog. The drone light show featured a birthday cake and a jack-in-a-box-like present. Authorities said they would have shot down the drones if they had seen them. This Footage Of Jet-Powered Coyote Drones Obliterating Other Drones Is Incredible Raytheon Missiles & Defense released a video showing Coyote missiles launched from a truck and taking out different fixed-wing drones. In partnership with the U.S. Army’s Integrated Fires and Rapid Capabilities Office, the tests used precision targeting radar and mobile sensing radar to detect and defeat drones of varying size and range. Raytheon says the Coyote 2s have a "dogfight-type of capability" and are capable of engaging highly maneuverable targets. Video: Raytheon Missiles & Defense proves counter-UAS effectiveness against enemy drones https://youtu.be/RrRScxnDfrk Drone helps save cardiac arrest patient in Sweden A 71-year-old man suffered a cardiac arrest while shoveling snow in Sweden. Everdrone dispatched an autonomous drone with an Automated External Defibrillator. It arrived within 3 minutes and a doctor on the scene used the defibrillator at the man’s house - all this before the ambulance arrived. Video: Everdrone’s emergency medical delivery service in action in Sweden https://youtu.be/5P6pzy395ZQ Two GA-ASI Avengers Equipped with Lockheed Martin Legion Pods Autonomously Send Fused Air Threat Data to Command Center General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has demonstrated sending fused sensor data to a command center. The long-range air threat data was captured passively by two Avenger® Unmanned Aircraft Systems and fused by an advanced sensor algorithm. The Avengers were each equipped with a Lockheed Martin Legion Pod®. GA-ASI Senior Director of Advanced Programs Michael Atwood said, “Avenger with Legion Pod demonstrates how collaborative autonomous platforms with advanced sensing can deliver persistent, shared air domain awareness.” Video: Legion Pod Flies on F-16 https://youtu.be/AOzWHNnD4ck 28 MUST KNOW Tips & Settings for DJI Mavic 3 Dan from DansTube.TV recently created a tips and settings video for the DJI Mavic 3, a professional-grade cinematic drone with a 4/3 CMOS Hasselblad camera and 28x hybrid zoom. Video: 28 MUST KNOW Tips & Settings for DJI Mavic 3 https://youtu.be/F-5DVAlbbEc UAV Video of the Week Drone that can fly and swim unveiled Developed by telecom company KDDI, the drone floats on water and releases a second, underwater drone from its belly cage. The underwater drone can survey fish and shellfish farms or perform infrastructure inspection of f...

 382 RaceDayQuads v. FAA | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:11

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 Remote Identification Rule for Drones Oral arguments were heard in the RaceDayQuads v. FAA case where the FAA’s remote identification (RID) rule is being challenged. In brief, the RID rule applies to small drones (0.55-55 lbs) which would broadcast a “digital license plate” over WiFi and/or Bluetooth with a unique identifier, position, altitude, velocity, control station coordinates, and other “message elements.” The broadcast would be openly accessible by anyone.  This RID capability must be either hardwired into the drone (Standard Remote ID) or attached externally in the form of a module (Broadcast Module RID or BMID). Drones without RID can only fly in FAA-recognized identification areas (FRIAs) under the purview of community-based organizations and educational institutions. Manufacturers have until September 2022 to comply. Drone operators have until September 2023 to comply. RaceDayQuads (RDQ) is a large online retailer that supports first-person view (FPV) drone-racing customers. RDQ’s co-founder and CEO, Tyler Brennan said he seeks “to protect the constitutional rights of U.S. citizens to be free from unreasonable searches from the government when they are flying in their own backyards.” RDQ alleges that: The rule is a violation of the Fourth Amendment because it allows warrantless tracking in a backyard.The FAA arbitrarily and capriciously relied on undisclosed ex parte communications during the rulemaking process.The final rule was not a logical outgrowth from the NPRM.The FAA failed to comply with a legal mandate to consult with Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).The FAA failed to address significant public comments as required by the Administrative Procedure Act.  For its part, the Government contends: Merely requiring RID technology onboard a drone does not equate to an unreasonable search. Planes flying in public view do not give rise to a reasonable expectation of privacy.Even if the rule did violate the Fourth Amendment, the special needs exception would legally justify it. A ruling is likely to come sometime in early 2022.  Autonomous drones to respond to gunshots in new policing system US company ShotSpotter and Israel-based Airobotics are teaming to provide Israeli law enforcement agencies with a system that detects and locates gunfire, alerts the police, and provides live drone video footage and stills of the scene. ShotSpotter would identify and locate the sound of gunshots with a network of acoustic sensors. Airobotics would deploy its autonomous drones to the ShotSpotter coordinates. Special Delivery: Drones bring the doctor to you: Medicine’s next big thing? Manish Kumar, Ph.D., Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Cincinnati says, "We are building a telehealth drone that will have the ability to go inside people’s homes.” Engineers are designing and testing a system with sensors that allow the drones to maneuver through a front door and into a patient’s living room. Patients would connect with a doctor for a telehealth appointment. A medical kit on the drone would be used to measure and transmit health information. Russian Orion Drone Downs Unmanned Copter In a video,

 391 Kinetic Energy and Flight Over People | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 32:38

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.

 390 Gliding Cargo Delivery Drone | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:21

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.

 389 A Perching Drone | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 27:51

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

 388 12 Days of Drones | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 31:04

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.

 387 Personal eVTOL | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 27:00

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.

 386 Fuel Cell Hydrogen | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 25:53

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.

 385 Hunting with Drones | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 32:10

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 the ethical debate over whether they belong The law in Maine says hunters cannot use drones to locate game. According to Title 12 Section 11216 Hunting with aid of aircraft, “A person on the ground or airborne may not use an aircraft to aid or assist in hunting bear, deer or moose.” Section 10001(1) defines an aircraft as “a machine or device designed for flight.” In 2014, Colorado became the first state to outlaw the use of drones for scouting, hunting, and taking wildlife. The concept of “fair chase,” a registered trademark of the Boone and Crockett Club, comes into play. Watch these autonomous drones zip through the woods Rapid autonomous flight in complex and changing environments is difficult, but researchers at the University of Zurich in conjunction with Intel Labs are tackling this problem. Using simulations, they are training drones to imitate expert human pilots for autonomous agile flight. Video: Learning High-Speed Flight in the Wild (Science Robotics, 2021) https://youtu.be/m89bNn6RFoQ Project webpage: Learning High-Speed Flight in the Wild  Warren, MN, uses drones, thermal sensors to map its heat-leaking homes The Minnesota town of Warren is using a drone to help residents cut their energy costs. Warren is a Climate Smart Municipalities Partnership member where cities in Minnesota and Germany link up for sustainability and climate initiatives. They used a thermal sensor-equipped drone to produce a municipal map showing structural insulating inefficiencies and losses of heat. Pilots and drones came from Northland Community College. Drones have fun at Halloween 2021 This is a compilation of drone Halloween videos and photos, including a drone light show in Dallas produced by Sky Elements Drone Shows, flying witch drones, trick or treating robots, and an Australian youngster dressed up as a Wing delivery drone. Amazon Drone Delivery Was Supposed to Start By 2018. Here's What Happened Instead In 2013, Amazon announced an experimental drone delivery service. Now it’s 2021, almost 2022. Where are the Amazon delivery drones? Amazon Prime Air is still committed to delivering packages by drones, and they say, “We are pioneering new ground and it will continue to take time to create the right technology and infrastructure to safely deliver packages to customers.” In the U.S., drone delivery is paced by the FAA as it develops the regulatory framework. Hybrid rotor/fixed wing drone was used extensively over Schneider Springs Fire In August and September 2021, the Schneider Springs Fire in Washington burned more than 107,000 acres. An L3 Latitude Engineering FVR-90 unmanned aircraft was used to monitor the fire. The eVTOL uses four electrically-powered rotors to take off, and then transitions to horizontal flight driven by a rear-mounted gasoline-powered propeller. It can fly for up to 12 hours and fly at an altitude of 10,000 to 12,000 feet. Visual video cameras and heat-sensing infrared sensors monitor and map fires, with images transmitted to the ground in real-time. Video: UAS Type 1 Drone Used on the Schneider Springs Fire https://youtu.be/zdjZPDxb5OY Unmanned aircraft on wildfires — what have we learned?

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