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As reported in an article by Fitz Tepper at TechCrunch, a personal drone was flown illegally in San Diego on Monday during an MLB game between the Padres and the Diamondbacks. The drone crashed into the stands and was recovered by officials. If you watch the video, it’s...

Michael Braasch was interviewed yesterday (March 21, 2017) on The Matt Townsend Show on BYUradio (simulcast on SiriusXM Channel 143). Matt asked Mike about the current status and future of civil use of drones and what challenges are currently being addressed. Click HERE to listen...

Yesterday Peter Suciu published an article in ECT News regarding Microsoft’s announcement that it would be providing a high-fidelity open source drone flight simulator that would permit drone developers to test and evaluate their navigation software prior to field testing....

Image: EHang As has been reported by various media outlets this week (e.g., Fortune, The Telegraph, Engadget), Dubai has announced that it will begin single-passenger autonomous drone taxi operations this summer. The ability to fly to your destination across town, as opposed to...

Photo reference: Business & Human Rights Resource Centre Illegal mining is having a devastating impact on the economy of India. They have recently deployed a satellite-based monitoring system and are now turning to drones to help with the surveillance. Bloomberg published an...

As reported by ZeroHedge and others, an anti-drone gun has been spotted in Davos, Switzerland, where the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting will be held this week. Since the meeting hosts a wide variety of world leaders, the appearance of anti-drone guns is not terribly...

As their fans around the world mourn the loss of Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds this week, I can’t help but dwell on how important Carrie Fisher and her character, Leia Organa, were to the success of the original Star Wars trilogy and, most importantly, the success of...

In a commentary published today by the Wall Street Journal, Eric Metaxas tells the relatively unknown story of humans celebrating Christmas Eve in orbit around the Earth (Apollo 8, December 24, 1968) and Buzz Aldrin celebrating communion after the first moon landing (July 1969)....

Braasch authored a sense-and-avoid article on TheConversation.com. The article has since been picked up and republished by a number of additional news outlets. In the article, Braasch explains why obstacle detection is critical for long-distance drone operations and how small...

Braasch was quoted by Alan Boyle in his article “Amazon drone deliveries in England show how small steps add up to a big deal” published on Geek Wire and also republished on Yahoo! Tech. Braasch notes that radar and lidar technologies currently being researched will...