Sentences with phrase «drone is in the air»

There is some drift when the drone's in the air, but it's not really a problem unless you're in a really cramped space, which is never recommended when flying a drone (see Best Indoor Drone section above).

The wifi feature allows you to view photos and videos from your phone while the drone is in the air, making it a standout among smartphone drones.

The Cheerwing Syma quadcopter drone, for example, is an affordable drone which comes equipped with an HD camera, Wi - Fi compatibility, and a controller which once paired with a smartphone, allows users to view live footage as the drone is in the air.

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Others foresee an expanded role for U.S. air power potentially including drones against IS in a Trump presidency.

If you look at drones, as advanced as they might seem, we are actually at the point where nascent air forces were in 1916 during WWI.

The retail giant is showcasing two of its Prime Air drones to attendees of this year's annual South by Southwest festival in Texas.

Additionally, NASA is still in the early stages of creating a national air - traffic management system tailored for drones.

Another incident described in the FAA's accounts involved an airplane pilot in North Carolina who noticed a drone was flying roughly 1,000 feet below his aircraft, which was 7,000 feet in the air.

In what's being characterized as the closest encounter yet between an unmanned aerial vehicle and a civilian aircraft, an Air France plane last month came within 16 feet of colliding with a drone.

AirMap built a mobile app that drone pilots can use to receive updates from airports and air traffic management teams about flight conditions «so they don't get too close to an airplane» or don't land in places they shouldn't be, like «on the White House lawn,» said AirMap CEO Ben Marcus.

Assessing the size is also difficult: even though the perspective might be a factor here, the object seems to be smaller than the F - 16s, but probably much larger than a micro-drone as the bird - sized Perdix drones, 103 of those, launched from three F / A -18 F Super Hornets, took part in one of the world's largest micro-drone swarms over the skies of Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California on Oct. 25, 2016.

With all the talk of Prime Air — the much - hyped futuristic delivery service Bezos first announced in 2013 — it's perhaps surprising Amazon hasn't made public investments in drone companies.

With the millions he's raised, his flagship product might become one of the most game - changing drones in the air.

The initial results are promising: Members of the U.S. Olympic ski team have reported a 31 % improvement in their propulsion force, and the Air Force noted a 50 % reduction in training time for drone pilots.

These centers carry a range of products, and if a customer orders something that is available in the center, they'll be eligible for Amazon Prime Air, as the drone program is called.

Facebook this year announced it is putting drones and satellites in the air over developing countries to help bring its social network to new populations.

Israeli officials are saying that should Iran retaliate for the attack on the drone base, there will be massive Israeli air strikes on Iranian bases in Syria.

They are unwillingly exposed, in a sense, to the constant drone of those who set the agenda of what gets heard on the air - waves and read in print.

He is idiotically polluting the air and waters, engrossing the land and forests, and creating misery in his ceaseless, selfish accumulation and wars of drones.

This places the Royal Navy alongside the British Army and Royal Air Force in demonstrated drone capability; the latter service has been operating surveillance drones in Afghanistan for years.

Here's a wild one, courtesy of Wired's Danger Room: what happens when an aerial drone from Georgia (the one in the Eastern Hemisphere) runs afoul of the Russion air force?

This summer when a Lake Katrine man was on trial for using a civilian drone outside a Town of Ulster medical building, Ulster County Assistant District Attorney Tom Colonna summed up «drone anxiety» by telling the jury that the machines «put human eyes in a place, like 30 feet in the air outside an exam room window, where human eyes normally wouldn't be.»

The Syracuse region will host the conference, in part, because New York state is investing $ 250 million to develop an air traffic management system for drones so they can be safely integrated into the nation's commercial airspace.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, has been leading research into how to manage an expected boom in air traffic from the operation of low - altitude unmanned aerial systems, or drones, across the nation.

A drone protester was taken into custody in the town of DeWitt to begin serving a six - month jail sentence for violating an order of protection for a colonel at Hancock Air National Guard Base.

NASA has been leading research into how to manage an expected boom in air traffic from the operation of low - altitude unmanned aerial systems, or drones, across the nation.

WASHINGTON — An Air National Guard unit based in Niagara Falls will soon be directing unmanned drones on missions around the globe, and that unit also may get to keep at least some of the four C - 130 cargo planes that the Air Force was threatening to take away less than a year ago.

These goggles can help you stay in contact with your drone while it's in the air and fly it incredibly accurately.

That's well beyond the average time that a camera drone can fly, which means you get to enjoy having your drone in the air longer.

It comes with an integrated receiver that allows you to easily communicate with your drone while it's in the air.

This is the average time your drone will stay in the air on a single charge.

Flying Time: The length of time a drone can stay in the air varies, especially for drones with camera and GPS, as the slight extra weight must be considered.

This drone is steady in the air, with three - speed levels that are perfect for learners and experts alike.

The 6 - axis gyro system keeps the drone steady in the air and is flexible and responsive to control.

In the letter, Amazon stated that its drones were already capable of carrying 87 per cent of the items Amazon sells, and promised that its Prime Air service would allow packages to be delivered within 30 minutes of ordering.

The number of drones flying in the U.S. today is hard to pin down because not every company and agency that gets FAA approval to fly a drone actually puts one in the air.

To keep personal drones in the air longer, higher, and farther, researchers are exploring ways to recharge batteries in flight.

Later, master's students Brendan Galea and Ehsan Kia took the project's helm, often working at night and into the wee hours of the morning so the drones» artistic efforts wouldn't be disturbed by air turbulence from other students coming in and out of the lab.

Meanwhile, UVS members are investigating how drones could become vital tools in many fields, from helping police track stolen cars to assisting emergency services in crisis situations such as fires, floods and earthquakes, to more prosaic tasks like advertising or dispensing fertiliser from the air.

However, the distance that a drone can travel and the duration it can stay in the air is limited by the availability of power and re-charging requirements.

The Air Force currently supports 61 round - the - clock drone patrols in Afghanistan, Yemen and North Africa, but plans to expand to 65 patrols across the three regions by next year, Hoagland wrote in the report, which was released in August by the Brookings Institution, a nonprofit think tank based in Washington, D.C.

This scenario may soon be played out now that Voxtel, a firm in Beaverton, Oregon, has won a US Air Force contract to develop a drone - based tagging system.

July 13, 2015 Helicopter Safety in the Age of the Drone The University of Chicago Aeromedical Network (UCAN), Air Methods, and several other medical - flight associations are working with the national MedEvac Foundation to present the Great American Safety Drive, a Chicago - based educational event about «Flying Safely in a Shared Space: Manned and Unmanned Aircraft.»

It forms the scattered but otherwise constant home to thousands of American corporate drones, and is the simultaneously alien and mundane setting for «Up in the Air» — soon reaching your screens courtesy of writer - director Jason Reitman and star George Clooney.

Thomas Egan (Ethan Hawke) is an Air Force pilot who once flew jets, but now sits in a trailer flying drones.

Greenwood's exec drones on in a briefing about the new generation of Xbox aces being «the future» of the Air Force; Kravitz's newbie acts, improbably, as Egan's Conscience, mouthing everything he feels but hasn't the guts to articulate.

Even drone air strikes are collaborative gaming, weapons and politics in one application.

The air conditioning was droning through a hot, drowsy day of summer school this week at Rochester Prep Elementary School on Jay Street, where teacher - in - training Shanise Williams was working on a math problem.

While Amazon keeps the ball rolling on attempts at Amazon Prime Air drone delivery and has already experiments with same - day and even one - hour delivery in larger markets, Amazon's newest shipping option will speak to those busy consumers who might not want to risk leaving their new high - end purchase sitting on their doorsteps while they're at work.

The road to launch of the Amazon Prime Air drone delivery service — one that could deliver packages of up to roughly five pounds, which is around 86 % of Amazon's business — has been filled with road blocks, and it's hard to believe that it's all in the country's best interest.