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Remote ID Q & A: Who will enforce Remote ID? When does it become effective? Where is it required? For all of these questions and more, DRONERESPONDERS, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping public safety agencies use drones, has your answers. The FAA released the long-awaited rule on Remote ID for …

OK, so maybe you didn’t get an official Red Ryder carbine action, 200-shot, range model air rifle with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time. That’s OK. You did, however, get a new drone for Christmas, which is much safer and cooler than a 1940s BB …

Travis Air Force Base has deployed Easy Aerial’s autonomous drone-based monitoring solution.   “The 60th Air Mobility Wing, 60th Security Forces Squadron, in conjunction with  Easy Aerial, a commercial provider of autonomous drone-based monitoring solutions, has developed and deployed the first automated drone-based monitoring and perimeter security system for a …

DRONERESPONDERS, the leading resource for public safety drone programs, will launch a “Drones as First Responder” working group. The working group is designed to help other police and public safety departments develop programs like that first built by the Chula Vista, CA police department.  In Chula Vista, drones are sent …

Surfshark, a digital security firm, introduces Mapped: The state of drone privacy laws in (nearly) every country. Drone privacy is serious business – and what gets you a great image in one country could get you a jail term in another.  Finding these laws, however, is hit or miss – …

The marketplace of Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) drones may have a new player.  A new Sony drone could be in development, according to company teasers about a project Sony calls Airpeak. Details are very few.  A new section of the Sony website, Airpeak,  appears to be a placeholder for …

Drones for telecom are already an important industry segment, and new applications to serve the telecom sector are rapidly appearing.  Now, photogrammetry software solution leader Pix4D has partnered with SAP® “to open up the market for drone-based, digital 3D inspections for telecommunications companies,” says a Pix4D press release. “SAP, a global …

Source: Skydio Flying high on news of an unprecedented $100 million investment, California-based drone startup Skydio this week released details about its latest offering, the Skydio X2E. Designed for enterprises, first responders and civilian agencies, the X2E is being touted as an “ideal situation” for situational awareness and inspection of …

Red Bull Media House, Editorial Use Only  Tyler Bereman’s freeride MX takes extreme skill – and so does the pilot creating the extreme sports drone video that displays it.    “Tyler Bereman’s “One Shot,” released Tuesday on Red Bull channels, is a unique video collaboration showcasing the world’s leading talents in …

Every time we write about them, someone wants to know: Are passenger drones real?  The answer is yes – not only do they exist, but they’re being used successfully. Autonomous aerial vehicles (AAV) are not a topic of future science fiction: they are in use today.  EHang, the world’s leading …