The UAS Flyer - March 27, 2019

Report: UAS industry shows exponential growth since 2016 A recently released report from AUVSI and the Danish Technological Institute reveals that growth in the UAS industry has been exponential since 2016. About 80 percent of UAS technology patents have been published over the past two years. READ MORE SHARE
Drones will gather data for tornado research project In what's being called the biggest tornado research project of its kind, three universities and NOAA will use drones to gather data on how tornadoes form within supercell thunderstorms. The project covers a 367,000-square-mile area of Tornado Alley. READ MORE SHARE
	AirMagic software designed to assist drone photographers AirMagic software developed by Skylum specifically for done photography enables operators to produce better images without spending hours of time editing them. AirMagic uses algorithms and artificial intelligence to fix aerial photography problems. READ MORE SHARE
Consumer DBUS2 drone features new autonomous flight technology Visual inertial odometry—or VIO—is a new technology that enables drones to navigate on their own without human input. The DBUS2 is the first consumer drone equipped with the system. DbUS calls VIO the first step on the road to autonomous flight. READ MORE SHARE
Sabrewing, Alaska tribe to develop Bering Sea UAS test site Sabrewing Aircraft Co. and a native Alaskan tribe have signed an agreement with an estimated value of $43 million to test 10 aircraft—both manned and unmanned—at a site centered on Saint Paul Island in the Bering Sea 770 miles west of Anchorage. READ MORE SHARE
NUAIR deploys ANRA Technologies UTM system at UAS test site The NUAIR Alliance based in Syracuse, New York, is advancing the capabilities of the state's UAS test site by implementing a drone traffic management system developed by ANRA Technologies to operate multiple UAS in shared airspace. READ MORE SHARE