5/30/16 – 6/5/16 If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page. News A U.S. drone strike in Somalia targeted Abdullahi Haji Da’ud, a senior member of al-Shabab. In a statement, spokesperson Peter Cook said that the Pentagon is …
Thomas Finsterbusch wants to provide customers with all of the benefits of drones minus the hassle of actually flying them. Finsterbusch is the Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of Cape Productions, Inc., which provides action sports with drone video filming and editing services. After raising over $10 million in venture …
11/23/15 — 11/29/15 If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page At the Center for the Study of the Drone This fall season has been a busy one for the drone industry, and, for some a very lucrative one. …
By Arthur Holland Michel and Dan Gettinger In a video released on Sunday, Amazon previewed its delivery drone prototype. The two-minute teaser features a drone that can take-off like a helicopter and fly like a fixed-wing airplane, giving it greater range and the ability to potentially land right on your …
11/16/15 — 11/22/15 If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page. News A task force established by the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration has recommended that new and existing drones be registered with the federal government. …
11/9/15 — 11/15/15 If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page. At the Center for the Study of the Drone By now, we are well-acquainted with drones that fly, crawl, and sail, but what about drones that plumb the …
10/26/15 – 11/1/15 If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page. At the Center for the Study of the Drone Lisa Ellman knows a thing or two about the challenges of regulating domestic drones use. During a three-year stint …
A version of this interview is available at Drone360. Lisa Ellman understands the challenges of regulating domestic drones. Between 2009 and 2014, Ellman served in a variety of high-level positions within at the White House and at the Department of Justice, where she worked on policy initiatives on issues spanning from open …
10/19/15 – 10/25/15 If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page. A Message from the Center for the Study of the Drone The Center for the Study of the Drone was founded in 2012 to create original, inquiry-driven content …
8/24/15 – 8/30/15 If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page. At the Center for the Study of the Drone The U.S. National Guard operates a substantial—and strategically critical—fleet of Predator and Reaper drones in America’s wars. Now, the …
7/6/15 – 7/12/15 If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page. At the Center for the Study of the Drone Max Abrahms, an assistant professor of political science at Northeastern University and a term member at the Council on …
This database has been updated to reflect new exemptions up to July 31, 2015. By Arthur Holland Michel and Dan Gettinger Until the Federal Aviation Administration implements comprehensive regulations for the use of unmanned aircraft within the U.S. sometime in 2016, only those companies in possession of a Section 333 …
