Air authorities seek to curb Dubai’s stray drones

(CNN) — Eighty-seven million passengers passed through Dubai International in 2017, making it one of the busiest airports in the world. So when there’s a hiccup in operations, the effect can be profound. Video Player 00:00 04:20 Shutdowns can cost the airport as much as $1 million a minute, and in recent times drones have […]
Dubai deploys a ‘drone hunter’ to keep its airport open

The airport, the third busiest in the world, has already been forced to shut three times this year because of unauthorized drone activity, creating a headache for airlines and their passengers. During the most recent closure, which lasted for 90 minutes on Oct. 29, 22 flights had to be diverted to other airports. Each shutdown […]
Connecticut DOT Tests UAV on Gold Star Bridge

(TNS) — New London — As cars zoomed across the twin spans of Gold Star Memorial Bridge on Tuesday afternoon, a group of engineers and aviation experts gathered underneath the bridge to operate a vehicle of an entirely different sort. Dressed in yellow vests and white construction hats, they ran through a safety checklist for […]
DOT Takes To The Air To Inspect New London Bridge

NEW LONDON — After examining sections of the towering Gold Star Bridge with a drone-mounted camera Tuesday, engineers hope to know within days whether Connecticut could use technology to perform some bridge inspections in the future. If the experiment succeeds, the state could have a way to inspect some bridges more quickly, safely and inexpensively […]
DOT considering using drones for bridge inspections

Flight paths: Dubai sets out zones for drones

DUBAI // Four drone no-fly zones and nine areas requiring registration have been established across Dubai, delegates to the World Aviation Safety Summit were told. The emirate’s civil aviation authority said on Monday that the International Airport, Al Minhad Air Base, the Palm Jumeirah around Skydive Dubai and Al Maktoum Airport were designated no-fly zones, […]
No-fly zones for drones established in UAE

In the very near future, you won’t be able to buy a drone in Dubai without registering it. That’s according to the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA), who’ve revealed that by mid- May, they will start registering Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems or RPAS operators. The authority has also laid out strict no fly and permission […]
Dubai becomes world’s first city to monitor drones

New technology to monitor drones near airports in real-time Dubai will soon become the first place in the world to implement real-time tracking software to monitor the operations of commercial drones in restricted airspace, according to officials from the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA). The Exponent Portal software – which was publicly unveiled for the […]
Inventory Managers are Being Replaced by RFID-Mounted Drones

Military drones, sheep herding drones, delivery drones—a lot of game-changing tech has emerged out of the recent drone boom. And it’s only beginning. Now, drones are being outfitted with radio frequency identification (RFID) to help businesses track inventory. Picture this. A few times a week, a sales manager grabs a clipboard and walks around a car lot to see […]