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AirMap Now Offers iOS App for UAS Operators

UAO Staff
UAO Staff on May 04, 2016

AirMap, a provider of airspace information and services for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), has released the AirMap app for iOS and Apple Watch. Through the app, operators can access low-altitude airspace advisories, create flights, file digital flight notices to over [Read More]

AirMap Gets More Backing, Adds New Execs to Board

UAO Staff
UAO Staff on April 11, 2016

AirMap, a provider of airspace information and services for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), has raised $15 million in Series A financing, led by General Catalyst Partners. The company recently announced its collaboration with more than 50 U.S. airports through its [Read More]

New System Allows Drone Operators to Notify Airports of Flights in Real Time

UAO Staff
UAO Staff on March 29, 2016

Airspace information provider AirMap and the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE), through the Airport Innovation Accelerator, have launched the Digital Notice and Awareness System (D-NAS), which allows unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operators to provide airports with real-time digital information [Read More]

Security Exec and Ret. Air Force General Join the AirMap Team

UAO Staff
UAO Staff on February 05, 2016

AirMap, a provider of airspace services for drones, has named Jared Ablon chief information security officer (CISO) and appointed Lieutenant General Thomas G. McInerney (U.S. Air Force Ret.) to the company’s board of advisors. As CISO, Ablon is responsible for [Read More]

Through AirMap Partnership, DJI Adds New Geofencing to Drones

UAO Staff
UAO Staff on November 18, 2015

First revealed by Brendan Schulman, DJI’s vice president of policy and legal affairs, at the Drone World Expo in San Jose, Calif., the global drone company has introduced a new geofencing system for its unmanned aircraft. Geospatial Environment Online (GEO), [Read More]

Know Before You Fly Teams with AirMap for Airspace-Data Integration

UAO Staff
UAO Staff on September 08, 2015

The Know Before You Fly unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) safety campaign has now integrated airspace information from AirMap. The Know Before You Fly initiative, first founded late last year by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, the Academy of [Read More]

AirMap Lands $2.6 Million Investment from Lux Capital

UAO Staff
UAO Staff on July 28, 2015

AirMap, a start-up that provides a comprehensive airspace database and resource for unmanned aircraft (UAS) operators for knowing where and where not to fly, has received a $2.6 million investment led by Lux Capital. Co-investors are Social+Capital Partnership, Bullpen Capital, [Read More]

AirMap: Making Airspace Compliance a Cinch for UAS Operators

Betsy Lillian on May 11, 2015

Not long after its initial beta release, AirMap – a free source for knowing precisely where and where not to fly your unmanned aircraft system – is now out in the form of Release 1.1. At the Association for Unmanned [Read More]

AirMap Enables Safe, Legal & Hassle-Free Drone Flying

UAO Staff
UAO Staff on April 30, 2015

AirMap, a free, comprehensive airspace database and resource for unmanned aerial system (UAS) operators, has launched in the U.S. Because airspace rules are complex, AirMap removes barriers to compliance by providing low-altitude airspace information. It was co-founded by aviation expert [Read More]