Also: NZ AFB Drone Incident, Police UAVs, Inaugural Drone Boot Camp, Predator 5M Flight Hours

This is it! THE major unmanned exposition of the year -- AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2018 starts Monday, April 30, 2018 at 1:00 PM and runs through Thursday, May 3, 2018, 4:00 PM (MDT) at the Colorado Convention Center, in Denver, CO.

This premier event unites the largest global community of drone, intelligent robotics and unmanned systems leaders to shape the future of the industry. Featuring the largest and most comprehensive trade show, this event is the spot to learn from daily keynotes with tech visionaries and 200+ world-class sessions as well as connect with 8,500+ industry pros and business experts from 20+ industries. Service Electric TV2 has partnered with Lehigh Valley Drone to add a UAS to its broadcasts of the Lehigh Valley Ironpigs games. The Lehigh Valley Ironpigs are a Minor League Baseball team, and the Triple-A affiliate of Major League Baseball’s Philadelphia Phillies. This will be the first time that a UAS is used to provide a live video feed to a professional sports team in Lehigh Valley. Airbus is demonstrating for the first time a drone-based, innovative maintenance tool – Airbus’ Advanced Inspection Drone – for use inside a hangar, which accelerates and facilitates visual checks, considerably reducing aircraft downtime and increasing the quality of inspection reports. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne-Unmanned!!!

Airborne-Unmanned 04.17.18 is chock full of info in this Weekly News Episode, Tuesday, April 17th, 2018... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Hosts Brianne Cross, Christopher Odom, and Laura Hutson, and is supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalist Tom Patton, this episode covers:

• XPO 2018 Is Right Around The Corner
• Lehigh Valley Drone Providing UAS For Broadcasts Of Minor League Baseball Team
• Airbus Launches Advanced Indoor Inspection Drone
• New Zealand Air Force Base Suspends Operations Due To Drone Incident
• Leavenworth Police Department Purchases Two UAS
• Dozens Turn Out For Inaugural Drone Boot Camp At University Of Hawai'i 
• Predator-Series Aircraft Pass Five Million Flight Hour Mark

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