Maptek A3F (South Korean) with Geocue 535 flying over state property House’s DJI Ban Under NDAA: The recent Senate vote to ban DJI in the NDAA bill may have come as a shock to some, but for those who have been paying attention, it was no surprise. Companies should have been prepared for this action years ago, given [...]
Douglas Spotted Eagle and Brady Reisch headed into the field to collect aerial construction data over fourteen weeks with three different drones. Their goal was to determine which drone was best for the construction job site. They used three popular aircraft for the comparisons and the results were pretty surprising. Read all about it [...]
In 2004, Sony released the world’s first low-cost HD camera, known as the HVR-Z1U. The camera featured a standard 1/3” imager, squeezing 1440x1080 pixels (anamorphic/non-square) pixels on to the sensor. This was also the world’s first pro-sumer camera using the MPEG2 compression scheme, with a color sample of 4:2:0, and using a GOP method of [...]
Software and firmware run the world of UAS, and some developer/manufacturers offer/require frequent updates. Updates are a component of the maintenance process for any UAS and should be manually checked at minimum, every 30 days. We recommend that any old software/firmware versions be archived if possible, in the event of problems encountered with a new [...]
Press Release BOTACH and Sundance Media Group partner for sUAS Training & Consulting Services Las Vegas, NV, November 08, 2018: Botach, Inc. (OTC Markets: BOTACH) (“Botach” or the “Company”), Botach (a drone reseller), drone service provider and distributor of tactical products to the U.S. Public Safety channel, and the U.S. Government), announced a reseller/training partnership [...]
FOR RELEASE: September 18, 2018 Media Contact: Peggy O'Connor [email protected] +1.703.518.1415 AERIAL VEHICLE OPERATIONS CENTER/AVOC to be on display at GSX, demonstrating present and future technologies for sUAS in Security Operations Alexandria, VA - September 15, 2018 Security is an ever-evolving landscape and sUAS (Drones) are an undeniable, significant component of future security operations. sUAS [...]
FoxFury, Pix4D, Sundance Media Group (SMG), and the Nevada Drone Center of Excellence came together during the InterDrone Conference, sharing techniques and technology used for capturing forensic scenes during night hours. This event will be repeated during the Commercial UAV Expo in Las Vegas on October 3, at the WestGate hotel. Register now for the [...]
Batteries, Fuel, power, energy, no matter how the cells powering UAS are referred to, are components of the Unmanned Aerial SYSTEM that are frequently ignored, often to operational peril. During this hot summer season we’ve had multiple agencies and individuals reach out with battery questions. In a few situations, fuel cells have been ignored for [...]
Join Douglas of Sundance Media Group and Yuneec, along with Joey Parker of Westwind as they present UAV for Law Enforcement at the ALEA (Airborne Law Enforcement Association) Safety Summit event in Pensacola, Florida at the ALEA Safety Summit. Also presenting is David Martel of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Douglas Spotted Eagle is [...]
UNDERSTANDING TURBULENCE for sUAS As sUAV/drones become more and more popular, it seems that more and more of them are striking the sides of buildings, trees, or poles without the pilot understanding why. “It was flying fine and all of a sudden it zipped up and into the side of the building.” “Everything was great until [...]
