Air New Zealand trialling drone aircraft inspections
Air New Zealand is using drones to inspect difficult to reach parts of its aircraft during maintenance stops.
Air New Zealand is using drones to inspect difficult to reach parts of its aircraft during maintenance stops.
Data61 spin-out start-up Emesent has released its ‘plug and play payload’ Hovermap, which allows drones to fly underground and in other GPS-denied locations.
None of the 11 teams that flew in this year’s Medical Express Challenge for unmanned aerial vehicles was able to complete the mission, leaving the potential $75,000 prize money unclaimed.
Queensland cops will be armed with signal jamming guns to down drones at the XXI Commonwealth Games this April.
Brisbane City Council has designated areas in 10 parks as ‘drone zones’ so pilots can fly their recreational unmanned aerial vehicles within regulations.
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority is investigating whether Pauline Hanson breached safety rules, after the senator posted a video of her flying a drone from a Townsville high-rise.
Technology that allows drones to be commandeered mid-flight has gone on sale in Australia.
The world’s first commercial delivery of food by drone has took place in New Zealand this morning.
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority is commissioning an app to help recreational and professional drone flyers avoid restricted airspace and stay within operating laws which change next month.
An Israeli company that offers a fully automated industrial drone system is looking to expand to Australia and raise funding locally.
Controlled by one main pilot, the performance synchronised to Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, performed live by the Sydney Youth Orchestra.
Trials are currently underway in rural Queensland and New South Wales to utilise military-grade drones to help tackle Australia’s expensive pest problem.