George Matus just graduated from high school in May, but he’s going to skip college – he’s been awarded a $100,000 Thiel fellowship to pursue his innovation instead – and he already knows what his first “real” job will be.  His drone business launches today, after raising $2.8 million in …

It may not seem like it, but drones are still in their infancy and only proving themselves through the rigorous testing done privately, commercially, and by state and federal government agencies. Despite the tangible benefits that drones can provide, the public has mixed sentiments about their use by law enforcement, …

photo: DMCC The Dubai Multi-Commodities Center (DMCC), the Government authority on trade, enterprise and commodities in Dubai, announced this week that they have partnered with the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA) to create and launch a drone trading platform, the UAE’s first. The DMCC is a government entity unlike any here in …

Photo credit: Famartin, license by CC Drone operators flying in the state of Utah will need to be especially careful not to fly in restricted areas: Utah has just become the only state to make it legal to shoot a drone. Gov. Gary Herbert signed a bill this week which …

The latest published statistics reveal that the drone industry is here to stay in a very big way. Guest post by Tim Jennings, President of CCG, maker of DroneHangar — We all know the drone industry has had a bit of a PR problem from the start, particularly because “the …

A year ago, the Australian startup Flirtey made the first ever drone delivery in the U.S., working with NASA and the FAA to test the delivery of medical supplies to a remote medical center in Virginia. Since then, Flirtey has successfully tested both the first urban drone delivery – performed …

Patent 9,387,928 B1 Amazon drone delivery appears to be making some progress, as the company filed a patent this week for birdhouse-like docking stations for drones. US Patent 9,387,928 B1 outlines Amazon’s plans for drone delivery, including the concept of using docking stations along the flight path to allow for re-charging …

Airbus Group SE and Local Motors Inc. held a ceremony held at which they announced the winners of the “Airbus Cargo Drone Challenge ”, a co-creation competition for the next generation of commercial drones, which both companies launched in April. The challenge solicited designs that would 1) be designed for …

The world’s most popular franchises never truly die, they just move with the times. You only have to look at the Pokemon Go popularity wave sweeping across entire continents to confirm that. But to move with the times in the drone industry, you have to get off the ground, and …

CyPhy Works announced today that it has received an order for its Persistent Aerial Reconnaissance and Communications (PARC) System, from the U.S. Army’s Rapid Equipping Force (REF). PARC, a tethered drone, addresses the need for a persistent eye-in-the-sky by flying for days at a time. The news here is that …