October 15, 2019, issue of 'AOPA Drone Pilot'


VOL 3, ISSUE 21	October 15, 2019

Top Stories

Droning the horror

Follow a drone pilot behind the scenes on a horror film set, where only the drone is at risk of a horrible death. (Photo by Matthew Lamont Burgess.) Read more >

Training and Safety

Cockpit drone radar lands contract

A Denver firm won a NASA contract to build drone-detecting radar for manned aircraft. Read more and watch a video >

Amazon's collision avoidance secret

Amazon Prime Air drones use cameras and artificial intelligence to avoid obstacles, but details remain under wraps. Read more >

Gear

You are being followed

Skydio 2.0 tracks moving objects, dodges obstacles, and films it all in 4K. Read more and watch a video >

FPV for Anafi pilots

Flight by first-person view requires a visual observer. Hopefully, someone always has eyes on Parrot's new Anafi. Read more >

Lifestyle

Weighing whales with a small quadcopter

Biologists figured out a way for small drones to weigh whales in the water, no hoist required. Read more >

'Miracle' rescue

Drone pilots rescued a dog weeks after Hurricane Dorian devastated the Bahamas. Read more and watch a video >

Flying candy in the classroom

Students at a Virginia high school are using drones to deliver candy and notes. Read more and watch a video >

Public Safety

Proven performance

Police drones in Chula Vista, California, assisted in 130 arrests during their first year on the job. Read more >

Beyond the basics

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's teaching staff provide a briefing on public safety use cases that you may not have considered. Read more >

Regulation and Policy

Risk, reliability obstacles remain

The FAA has begun to award commercial drone delivery certificates, but routine operations remain a long way off. Read more >

Stadium protection

Raytheon counter-drone technology being tested at stadiums has led police to four illegal operators so far. Read more >

Airports still vulnerable

A task force faulted a lack of leadership, not a lack of technology, for leaving airports unprotected from rogue drones. Read more >

Drone-killing drone provokes unease

A California startup with a history of controversy designed a small drone to autonomously seek and destroy other drones in flight. Read more >

'Oppo research' in Ottawa

An airport in Canada's capital will put a counter-drone technology to the test. Read more >

Airspace segregation revisited

A report funded by the British government rekindled debate over airspace segregation. Read more >

News

Man vs. machine

No computer has matched the speed of a human pilot, so Drone Racing League sponsor Lockheed Martin will soon pay $1 million to the fastest autonomous drone team. Read more >

Federal app manages fleet

The Department of the Interior created a fleet management app for its 750 drones. Read more >