Drone America to Scale its Autonomous Air Tanker Concepts

2018-01-13T01:20:03+00:00January 12th, 2018|

Drone America, Unmanned Systems Manufacturer, to Scale its Autonomous Air Tanker Concepts Strategic alliance with Thrush Aircraft anticipated to yield unmanned solutions to airborne wildfire surveillance and attack – and more. (Albany, GA) The arsenal of airborne tactics available to firefighters and first responders may soon grow significantly as Thrush Aircraft has formed [...]

Nevada-based Consortium using Drone America UAV Completes First Long-Distance Beyond Line of Sight Urban Package Delivery

2017-02-28T23:47:35+00:00February 22nd, 2017|

Nevada Team records longest Unmanned Aerial Package Delivery flight in the U.S. Hawthorne, NV – The Nevada Drone Industry set a new long-distance record for aerial package delivery flying a fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) under beyond line of sight conditions.  The backdrop was an urban environment set among the scenic area of Walker Lake [...]

Drone America and DRI unmanned cloud-seeding realizes beyond visual line of sight

2017-03-01T00:07:19+00:00February 16th, 2017|

RENO – Nevada’s unmanned cloud-seeding research team today realized another fundamental capability in its effort toward enhancing snowfall in mountainous regions of the West. Flown at Hawthorne Industrial Airport under Nevada UAS Test Sites Certificate of Authorization (COA) and led by the Desert Research Institute (DRI) flight operations node, the Drone America Savant™ unmanned aircraft [...]

Research Takes Flight with NV Energy Drone Pilot Program

2016-11-02T15:36:42+00:00November 2nd, 2016|

RENO, Nev. – Nov. 1, 2016 - NV Energy announced today that with several partners, it has completed a drone pilot program to inspect, collect and analyze data on sections of its transmission and distribution lines. All of the flights were successfully conducted under visual line-of-sight (VLOS) conditions. The data collected was then incorporated into [...]

Drone America Receives EDAWN Award

2016-10-18T17:08:29+00:00October 18th, 2016|

The Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada (EDAWN) presented Drone America with the Small Company of the Year award at the 5th Annual EDAWN Existing Industry Awards in Reno, Nevada. The award celebrates exemplary performance in sustainability, manufacturing, innovation, and community participation as well as an overall contribution to the region and State. This is the [...]

World’s first successful unmanned fixed-wing cloud-seeding test

2017-08-29T17:15:08+00:00May 16th, 2016|

RENO – For the first time in aviation history, a fixed-wing unmanned aircraft has successfully tested a cloud-seeding payload during an experimental flight in Nevada. Flown at Hawthorne Industrial Airport under the state’s FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Test Site designation, the Drone America Savant™ aircraft reached an altitude of 400 [...]

Media invited to STEM aviation event at Drone America

2017-08-29T17:03:30+00:00April 4th, 2016|

Media invited to STEM aviation event at Drone America RENO- Media are invited to attend a special STEM aviation event on Wednesday, April 6th, 2016 hosted by the Desert Research Institute and Reno-based unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) manufacturer Drone America. DRI’s GreenPower K-12 Outreach Program will introduce students from Dilworth STEM Academy to Drone America’s [...]

Washoe County gets the green light to test drones for emergencies.

2016-02-12T20:38:04+00:00May 29th, 2015|

The Washoe County Emergency Management and Homeland Security Program received a certificate allowing the program to use Drone America's DAx8 Unmanned Aircraft System to test how the new technology can assist in emergencies. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Certificate of Authorization gives the County the go ahead to work with the region’s first responder agencies [...]

Drone America’s Ag applications at NAAA Convention

2016-02-15T22:55:01+00:00December 8th, 2014|

Flying Tiger Aviation will be at the National Agricultural Aviation Association’s (NAAA) 48th Annual Convention & Exposition in Louisville, Ky explaining the benefits and challenges of using unmanned systems for agriculture applications. The company will display several technologies of unmanned systems for the agriculture industry including a Drone America flight video of their advanced Unmanned [...]

Drone America and AMR Collaborate to Make Emergency Drones a Reality

2017-08-29T15:49:17+00:00December 4th, 2014|

Drone America and American Medical Response (AMR) are collaborating to bring Unmanned Autonomous Systems (UAS) to the emergency medical services industry. By leveraging UAS technologies, AMR’s specialty teams would be able to provide swifter and safer rescue operations in dangerous situations such as disaster response, mountain rescue and swift water rescues. “We are looking at [...]

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