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An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), also known as a drone is an aircraft without a human pilot aboard.

SharedSky Seeks To Make Traverse City Northern Michigan Hub For Drones, UAV’s

TRAVERSE CITY - Five entrepreneurs have partnered to create a group dedicated to expanding and promoting the drone industry in this northern Michigan resort town. The nonprofit is called SharedSky. Its mission statement reads: To connect individuals, businesses, local government, and organizations interested in the safe and ethical use of unmanned aerial systems in the

By |2017-03-08T13:40:31-05:00March 8th, 2017|Drones, Featured|
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Drone Sightings Near Airports Up 45 Percent Through 3Q 2016

WASHINGTON DC - Between February and September of 2016, the Federal Aviation Administration said commercial pilots, air traffic control, law enforcement and the private citizens reported possibly spotting 1,274 drones flying near air traffic control facilities - a 45 percent increase from all sittings reported in 2015. Still, the FAA says it has yet to

By |2017-02-28T21:38:58-05:00February 28th, 2017|Drones, Featured|
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Drones Are Turning Civilians Into An Air Force Of Citizen Environmentalists

SAN FRANCISCO - Last Winter as meteorologists warned of a monster El Nino, researchers at the Nature Conservancy in California prepared to mobilize. El Niño promised to bring in king tides that would raise the sea level by as much as one foot above normal during high tide, causing flooding along the coastline that researchers

By |2017-02-20T21:43:38-05:00February 20th, 2017|Clean Update, Drones|
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Predictions Vary, But Experts Agree Commercial Drones To Become Multi-Billion-Dollar Industry

HOUSTON - Drones have the potential to grow into a massive industry within the next decade, but finding a consensus opinion on just how much it will grow is a difficult task.  A report in January 2015 predicted that the commercial drone market would be worth more than $4 billion by 2021, with significant growth

By |2017-02-10T07:31:26-05:00February 10th, 2017|Drones|
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US Customs May Change Classifications For Drones Currently Imported As Toys

WASHINGTON DC - Customs and Border Protection may change import duty and classification for DJI and other drones currently imported as toys watch out for Unmanned Aerial Photography Aircraft. 2016 was often called the year of the drone by many reporters, tech advocates and news agencies. Many small drone service companies took off the ground, mid-size

By |2017-02-02T13:48:21-05:00February 2nd, 2017|Drones|
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25,000 People Apply For Commercial Drone Pilot Licenses Since Aug. 29

ROYAL OAK - Since Aug. 29, when the Federal Aviation Administration created drone pilot licenses, some 25,000 people have applied, says Enrico Schaefer, founder of DroneLaw.Pro in Traverse City. The FAA had predicted some 600,000 would apply. The FAA also is reviewing regulations under part 107 that allow drone pilots to fly over people, something

By |2017-01-25T14:01:50-05:00January 25th, 2017|Drones, Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|
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Amazon’s Mothership: eTailer Gets Patent for Mega-Drone

SEATTLE - What happens when you connect a flock of flying drones? You get a "collective unmanned aerial vehicle" that's capable of lifting heavier burdens and flying greater distances than smaller drones can, according to a patent recently granted to online retailer Amazon. The Amazon Technologies Inc. patent describes a large and robust flying drone

By |2017-01-13T10:23:28-05:00January 13th, 2017|Drones|
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Amazon Makes First Successful Commercial Drone Delivery – In England

CAMBRIDGE, England - Amazon has begun a commercial trial of its Prime Air autonomous drone delivery service, beginning with a single fulfillment center in Cambridge, England. The first delivery, which took place on December 7, took just 13 minutes from the customer placing an order. There's a promotional video of the first Prime Air delivery embedded

By |2016-12-16T14:58:11-05:00December 16th, 2016|Drones|
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Alphabet’s Project Wing Receives Part 107 Waiver – Allows Drone Operator To Fly Up To 20 Drones At Once

WASHINGTON DC - On Nov. 25, the FAA issued a Part 107 waiver for the operation of multiple small unmanned aircraft to Project Wing. This is the first Part 107 waiver granted to X’s (an innovation lab at Alphabet and formerly Google X) drone delivery project, which received the OK from the FAA to test

By |2018-12-04T19:50:54-05:00December 8th, 2016|Drones|
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