Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced Geopipe as the winner of the GENIUS NY program with a grand prize of $1 million to create 3D models using drones. BotsAndUs, Droneseed, Eget Liber, and Skyy Network all received $500,000.
New York Stories Yesterday
New York Stories June 30
The Herkimer police department in New York State has acquired two new drones to assist search and rescue operations, emergency deliveries, and other departments within town. The police department was able to secure $4,200 in funding from the village board to purchase the DJI drones.
New York Stories June 5
Looters steal $16k worth of drones from DJI’s Manhattan store
Looters stole around $16,000 worth of drones from DJI‘s Manhattan store last Saturday. Six drones were taken and have not yet been recovered. The incident took place at around 11:25 p.m.
New York Stories March 2
Drone footage captured by John Kucko has shown what it’s like to be living along the New York side of Lake Erie for some of the residents. Several houses have been blanketed in a thick layer of ice thanks to gale force winds and low temperatures.
New York Stories November 12, 2019
First part New York’s 50-mile drone corridor receives FAA approval for BVLOS
Last week, the first part of New York’s 50-mile drone corridor received approval from the Federal Aviation Authority for beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) drone test flights.
New York Stories July 16, 2019
Drone demonstrations in 50-mile BVLOS corridor during New York UAS Symposium
In its second year, NUAIR is hosting the 2019 New York UAS Symposium at Turning Stone Resort in Verona, NY. During the three-day event, you will be able to watch drone demonstrations using the 50-Mile BVLOS corridor outfitted with the radar and technologies needed to make the entire corridor testable airspace. The 2019 New York UAS Symposium will take place from September 16 to 18, 2019.
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