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Back in January, Intel set up a very cool nighttime drone program that had the flying machines festooned with colored lights and flying in unison. There were 100 drones in that show and they flew in tune with music played by an orchestra. However, that event took place in Germany in part because the FAA isn’t quite as keen on allowing 100 drones to take to U.S. skies.
Intel says that it spent lots of time with the FAA showing it what the software it developed to control the drones could do and eventually the FAA granted permission for Intel to hold a Drone 100 show in Palm Springs, California. You can watch the video of the Palm Springs event below:
The show appears to be pretty much exactly the same as the one in Germany. Intel says that it wants to hold these shows over stadiums and other venues with lots of people, and it eventually wants 1000 drones in the swarm.
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Airports are getting more worried about civilian drones wandering into commercial airspace. While the one that struck a plane at Heathrow last month didn't do damage, an unmanned aircraft could get sucked into an engine and bring down the whole plane...
On Sunday, April 17th, British Airways flight BA727 from Geneva to London was coming in to land, when the pilot saw something -- reportedly a drone -- strike the front of the aircraft. The collision was said to have happened above Richmond Park, an a...
The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) is hosting its annual event in New Orleans this week, and as part of the festivities, FAA administrator Michael Huerta made a few key announcements. First, Huerta revealed that the ag...
Airlines have made great efforts to update their tech, including replacing bulky flight manuals with iPads. But pilot teams still receive flight information updates the same way they've been doing for decades: over radio voice comms, as current wirel...
If you think piloting a drone is tricky, try managing a swarm of them in the sky at once -- it'll be a small wonder if there isn't a collision. However, NASA and the FAA managed just that. They've completed the most complex test yet of a drone traf...
Today on In Case You Missed It: A startup plans to detect and disable any drone flying within range of its proprietary system with a planned launch date later this year. The US Air Force beat its own magnetic levitation speed record at 633 miles...
Some judges might think you're allowed to shoot down drones that encroach on your turf, but don't tell that to the Federal Aviation Administration. In response to Forbes' questions, the agency says that shooting down a drone is a federal crime. You'r...
Late last year the FAA implemented rules on drone registration, and now its working group of experts has submitted another set of recommendations. This time the focus is on rules for unmanned aircraft flights over people (who aren't directly involved...