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Steve Rhode is a public safety drone pilot and a manned aircraft pilot. Here, he points out four realities of drone aviation that no pilot can afford to forget. The following is one of a biweekly series on public safety drone issues by Steve Rhode, Chief Pilot with the Wake Forest Fire Department and the North […] The post Public Safety Drone Pilot Steve Rhode: Four Realities of Drone Aviation No Pilot Can Afford to Forget appeared first on DRONELIFE. View the full article

It’s been a year since we were able to gather, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. Commercial UAV Expo Americas is on schedule for an in-person event this September, and it looks like the show will be better than ever. More than 225 organizations have already confirmed, and more are signing […] The post Commercial UAV Expo 2021: It’s Happening, Live in Las Vegas appeared first on DRONELIFE. View the full article

Photogrammetry platform provider Pix4D continues their global growth, expanding their Tokyo office to serve the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. The expansion demonstrates growing demand in the region for software solutions to support commercial drone operations. Swiss-based Pix4D, a Parrot company, already has offices in Lausanne, Berlin, Madrid, San Francisco, Denver, Shanghai, and Tokyo. Over the […] The post Drone Mapping Platform Pix4D Expands Tokyo Office, Continuing Global Growth appeared first on DRONELIFE. View the full article

Drones are now more important than ever for enterprise companies – and that means that drone security is more important too. Here, mobile development expert and author Godfrey Nolan gives 5 points that drone manufacturers, software developers for the drone industry and industry users must consider in the development process. The following is a guest […] The post Drone Security: 5 Points Manufacturers and Users Must Consider to Protect Drone Data appeared first on DRONELIFE. View the full article

From their origins in the recreational arena, Parrot has emerged as a major power in the commercial drone industry: making the government-approved, Blue sUAS list in the U.S. with it’s U.S.-manufactured ANAFI USA. Now, the launch of a Parrot bug bounty program with YesWeHack shows the company is making a point of data security, a critical […] The post Parrot Launches Bug Bounty with YesWeHack to Up Security Analysis appeared first on DRONELIFE. View the full article

In the last few years, US drone companies have gained significant ground. Among those companies is American Robotics, which in January 2021 became the first company to be approved by the FAA to operate automated drones without any human beings on-site. DRONELIFE discussed the resurgence of US drone companies and new developments in autonomous flight […] The post American Robotics and the Resurgence of U.S. Drone Companies [DRONELIFE Exclusive] appeared first on DRONELIFE. View the full article

A new Skydio webinar hosted by AUVSI features the company’s newest partners, Axon. Held Wednesday, April 21 at 3:00 pm EST, the webinar brings speakers from public safety tech experts Axon and Skydio to discuss implementing drone technology for police and public safety agencies. Registration is free. The panel will feature public safety drones experts […] The post AUVSI’s Skydio Webinar Features New Partners Axon: Implementing Drones for Police appeared first on DRONELIFE. View the full article

European drone regulations published a few months ago reflect a risk-based approach: last week, a panel of experts hosted by Commercial UAV News met to discuss how those regulations will impact the drone industry. European Drone Regulations – Expert Perspectives from Across the Pond By: Dawn M.K. Zoldi, Guest Contributor On Thursday, April 1, 2021, […] The post European Drone Regulations: Expert Perspectives appeared first on DRONELIFE. View the full article

Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research (NUAIR) has taken a leadership position in helping agencies and companies across the state adopt drone technology. Now, public safety drone organization DRONERESPONDERS and NUAIR have strengthened their partnership to assist agencies in New York state to integrate drone technology, using the significant resources of both parties to advance and […] The post DRONERESPONDERS and NUAIR Partner to Help New York Public Safety Agencies Implement Drone Tech appeared first on DRONELIFE. View the full article

A recent Michigan Court Ruling touches drone privacy: and could lead to major problems for the commercial drone industry. An article in JDSupra (worth a full read) explains how the decision developed and why it could have a significant impact on commercial drone operations in the state – or the whole country. The ruling says that […] The post This Michigan Court Ruling Could Have a Major Impact on Commercial Drone Operations appeared first on DRONELIFE. View the full article

Founder and CEO Bill Reynolds of Leading Edge Associates, Inc. and Leading Edge Aerial Technologies has been working on mosquito control since he entered the industry with a college internship in 1985. Now, he’s won an industry award for creative thinking and advancing public health efforts for his work in using drones for mosquito control. […] The post Drones for Mosquito Control: Engineering New Technologies for an Old Problem appeared first on DRONELIFE. View the full article

Counter-drone provider Citadel Defense just scored another contract with the U.S. defense department in what has become a string of awards from defense agencies worldwide. According to a Citadel press release, the startup garnered $5 million to protect soldiers from potentially hostile drones on the battlefield using its Titan counter-drone system. The system uses AI, machine […] The post Citadel Defense Scores $5M DOD Contract appeared first on DRONELIFE. View the full article

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have developed a new telehealth drone to improve access to healthcare. “Inventors Victoria Wangia-Anderson, Manish Kumar, Seung-Yeon Lee and Debi Sampsel from three colleges at UC collaborated to develop a semi-autonomous prototype that can be dispatched right to people’s homes,” says a UC press release. “The drones are big […] The post Telehealth Drone Brings Healthcare to Your Living Room appeared first on DRONELIFE. View the full article

A new strategic partnership between Toyota Tshusho and Zipline in Japan will enable nation-scale, on-demand drone delivery of critical medical supplies. Toyota Tsusho Corporation (Toyota Tsusho) is one of Japan’s general trading companies and a member of the Toyota Group. The partnership with Zipline in Japan will bring medical drone delivery to communities across Japan, […] The post Zipline in Japan: New Partnership with Toyota Tshusho Will Provide National-Scale Drone Delivery Service appeared first on DRONELIFE. View the full article

At last week’s “Let’s Talk Drones” chat room, the audience got to see an end-to-end Flytrex drone delivery: from the order, placed on a phone app, to the delivery of a hot Starbuck’s coffee drink at the Flytrex and Causey Aviation operations center in Fayetteville, NC. The whole process was so fast – and so […] The post Flytrex Drone Delivery: Order on an App, Get Your Starbucks Coffee Delivered to Your Door (Without a Drop Spilled) appeared first on DRONELIFE. View the full article

Drones are proving to be a critical tool for environmentalists. Now, a city in the U.K. is utilizing the sophisticated technology of Ellipsis Earth to address the problem of trash with drones. Cities Today reports that a pilot program in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) will use drone technology to deal with litter. Local city government […] The post Drones Tackle Trash Problem – in the U.K. and Around the World appeared first on DRONELIFE. View the full article

Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) are a critical component of urban air mobility, drone taxis, and more future applications of flight. Lockheed Martin company Sikorsky Innovations is at the forefront of VTOL development. Creating the Future of Vertical Flight: A Sikorsky Innovations Perspective “Use the greatest of caution when combining the words ‘Impossible’ and […] The post Passenger Drones, Urban Air Mobility, and More: Sikorsky Innovations is Tackling the Major Challenges of VTOL Flight appeared first on DRONELIFE. View the full article

Drone photographers making a living with their art have to have talent – and a good understanding of the market. Professional photographer Sami Sarkis, the artist behind stock image platform HOsiHO, gives DRONELIFE the deep dive on what aerial images sell best – right now. Current Events HOsiHO customers are willing to pay for high quality […] The post What Aerial Images Sell Best? Professional Stock Image Platform HOsiHO Answers Drone Photographers Questions appeared first on DRONELIFE. View the full article

Good news for drone entrepreneurs! The Genius NY deadline for application has been extended to April 30, 2021, giving drone companies another chance to try for the $1 million top prize. Five finalists will share the $3 million dollar prize money, with one company scoring the top prize. Almost more importantly than the funding, however, […] The post Genius NY Deadline Extended Until April 30, 2021 appeared first on DRONELIFE. View the full article

A two way radio for drones from Dotterel Technologies means that drone operators could actually have a two-way conversation with people on the ground. The sophisticated audio payload allows for communications despite the sound of the drone itself. The applications for a two way radio for drones are tremendous, but Dotterel has started out with […] The post Two Way Radio for Drones Means Rescuers Can Hear a Cry for Help [VIDEO] appeared first on DRONELIFE. View the full article

What is a vertiport, exactly, and how should vertiport technology be integrated into the current transportation infrastructure? More than 70 representatives from the FAA, NASA, and industry gathered earlier this month to “further develop a strategic plan that supports NASA’s advanced air mobility (AAM) efforts,” says a NUAIR press release. “NASA awarded Oneida County […] The post What is a Vertiport? NUAIR Brings Industry Players Together to Develop Advanced Air Mobility Strategies appeared first on DRONELIFE. View the full article

In a big step forward for cargo drone delivery, CA-based Volansi has received flight approvals to operate beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) in Senegal. Africa has long been a leader in drone delivery applications, starting with Zipline’s widescale medical delivery operation in Rwanda. This latest announcement, however, is different – and represents a significant […] The post BVLOS Cargo Drone Delivery Approved in Senegal: Could the Concept of “Sky Lanes” Work Anywhere? appeared first on DRONELIFE. View the full article

What one drone can do, multiple drones can do faster. Scientists have been able to use multiple UAVs, managed by UgCS drone fleet software from SPH Engineering, to survey one of the largest Adélie penguin colonies in the world in under 3 hours. UgCS drone fleet software has been used for everything from drone light […] The post From Drone Light Shows to Environmental Conservation: UgCS Drone Fleet Software Helps Scientists Count Penguin Chicks appeared first on DRONELIFE. View the full article

Launched today, TindAIR is a new consortium funded by the European Union ́s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program tasked with working on wide scale demonstrations of urban air mobility applications. TindAIR, which stands for Tactical INstrumental Deconfliction And in flight Resolution, falls under SESAR’s U-Space efforts, developing unmanned traffic management systems for integration of drones into […] The post TindAIR: Bringing Urban Air Mobility to Europe appeared first on DRONELIFE. View the full article

We wrote about DroneUp’s drone delivery of Coke with Coffee to residents in Coffee, GA – but how exactly did that delivery work? The A2Z Rapid Delivery System allowed packages to be delivered without landing the drone – a method that solves a lot of problems in drone delivery. CA-based A2Z Drone Delivery, LLC, has […] The post A2Z Drone Delivery Rapid Delivery System Means Drones Don’t Have to Land at Your House appeared first on DRONELIFE. View the full article