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A Norwegian company that manufactures drones announced that it will open its North American headquarters in Baltimore County.
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Use of drone to surveil couple’s property illegal, court rules
A Michigan township violated a couple’s Fourth Amendment protections when it used a drone to take aerial photographs of their property without a warrant and then used those photos as evidence against the couple in a nuisance action. The Grand ...
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Read More »Attorneys turn to drone footage to wake up jurors, win cases
In an effort to engage jurors – and to swing a trial’s outcome in their client’s favor — some attorneys have been turning to drone photography and videography to enhance court presentations. While drone photography hasn’t been used extensively in ...
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Read More »In search of deals, the Md. Bio+Tech conference brings two industries together
BETHESDA — The Maryland Bio+Tech conference wants to make the state the No. 1 place in the country for the biotech industry. The two-day event, which began Thursday at the North Bethesda Marriott Conference Center and continues through Friday, puts biology ...
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Read More »Civil aviation group creates memberships for drone pilots
FREDERICK — An advocacy group for civil aviation is spreading its wings to welcome drone pilots. The Frederick-based Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association said in a statement Tuesday it’s creating new membership options for what it calls “remote pilots” of ...
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Read More »Md. counties’ conference touches on transportation, technology and Pokemon
Transportation and technology will be on the minds of many local officials heading to Ocean City for the opening of the Maryland Association of Counties annual convention. And many of those officials will be looking to Gov. Larry Hogan and ...
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Read More »Final defendant gets 13 years in Md. prison drone case
CUMBERLAND — The last of three defendants has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for trying to fly contraband into a maximum-security state prison aboard a drone aircraft. The Office of the State’s Attorney for Allegany County said in ...
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Read More »Drone close calls, sightings by airliners up fivefold
Reports of errant drones flouting U.S. regulations including flying too close to passenger airliners and other aircraft surged late last year to an average of four incidents per day, according to Federal Aviation Administration data. The 1,200 incident reports in ...
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Read More »Maryland inmate convicted in prison drone conspiracy
A jury convicted a Maryland inmate Thursday of conspiring with two other men to fly drugs and other contraband into a maximum-security prison aboard a drone, a case that exposed a weakness in an inmate dog-training program. Investigators testified at ...
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Read More »Jack L.B. Gohn: Welcome to the ‘Drone Age’
The civilian drone era has barely begun, and already heads are throbbing with the issues drones raise. There are lots of juicy ones, including national defense, air safety and conflicts between federal and state authority, but I only want to ...
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