University of Leeds has been granted $6.2 million by the government to design drones that can fill potholes, monitor underground systems of pipes and repair street lights. The three different tasks will each have a drone purpose built for it. Filling potholes will be a difficult task as the researchers will have to overcome the […]

Police in Devon and Cornwall are testing two DJI drones for official police applications. The two models picked up by the police (a DJI Inspire and a DJI Phantom 2+) are being tested by the police. The potential applications are limitless however the official reasons for testing are for use in hunting for missing people, […]

That’s right, launch day is coming! Over here at DS Drones we are just a couple weeks away from launch and to celebrate we are giving away a Walkera Runner 250!!! Keep an eye on our facebook page DS Drones for details and win yourself one of these awesome machines! We will be back soon […]

The US government is hoping to impose regulations requiring US Citizens to register their drones before the Christmas season arrives. The new regulations are an attempt to prevent drones from colliding with other flying aircraft. When the regulations are implemented US Citizens will be required to register their drones (Quadcopters) with the Department of Transportation […]

Competitive Enterprise institute released a new report called Keeping the Skies Open for Drones. Keep reading to get a summary of what was discussed. In the report CEI speaks about laws and regulations surrounding the use of UAV’s in today’s world. According to CEI’s Marc Scribner “Drone technology is poised to transform the way we […]

Google has developed a pair of new drones and registered them with the FAA. These drones have been registered with the codenames B3 and M2. The drones in question are both described as amateur electric fixed wing, multi-engine drones. They are listed as having twin engines and no seats. They are classified in the “UAV […]

The FAA is working on a technology that will let them take over rogue drones in a five mile radius around airports This new technology uses remote drones radio signals to detect them when flying in no-fly areas. They are partnering with Arlington, Virginia based Information Technology company CACI to produce this technology. In a […]

On Tuesday October 6th the FAA proposed the largest fine yet to be levied upon a commercial entity. The company, SkyPan International, has been charged with flying drones in crowded New York and Chicago airspace. Reportedly between March 2012 and December 2014 the company flew 65 flights in some of the countries most congested airspace. […]

New startup company BioCarbon is proposing to use drones to plant trees. BioCarbon was founded by former NASA engineer Lauren Fletcher. Based in the United Kingdom BioCarbon plans to use fixed wing drones to survey areas of land they wish to plant. After the land has been surveyed and fed into a learning algorithm a […]

In an unexpected move but not all that bad of an idea 3DR has taken their Solo to the sky and filmed their own Sci-Fi series. The series is called Life After Gravity and they look interesting. 3DR says they will continue with these quoting “We’re launching a full-on sci-fi series.” You can read all […]