Part 107, the Small UAS Rule, takes effect on Monday – and recreational drone operators as well as commercial drone pilots may have to take the Part 107 Test.  The “Aeronautical Knowledge Test” costs $150 to take and, the FAA estimates, will require about 20 hours of studying.  In addition …

After wowing the crowds at CES 2016, French manufacturer Parrot is finally ready to release its Disco drone. In case you missed the announcements from Parrot earlier this year, the Disco is going to be something of a revelation in the aerial photography industry. You see, Parrot’s latest drone isn’t …

image: Sven, CC by-SA 3.0 Drones are changing supply chain logistics and warehouse management for big retailers – and they could have an even bigger effect as regulations change. Traditionally, warehouses are large buildings in industrial areas with big loading docks, allowing product to arrive and then to ship out …

The Pentagon’s futuristic think tank is thinking about how to stop errant drones and it wants the public’s help. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Tactical Technology Office this week announced a request for information to help create “novel, flexible, mobile layered” anti-drone solutions to defend “fixed and mobile ground …

photoHilmi Hacaloğlu, public domain A college student at Staffordshire University in the UK has designed a disaster relief drone that will set up an emergency communications network. The drone concept was exhibited at the New Designers exhibit in England last month.  Luqmaan Patel, the designer of the drone, said that he was inspired …

DroneDeploy, the leading cloud software platform for commercial drones, announced today that they have raised $20 million in Series B financing led by Scale Venture Partners.  The new investment brings DroneDeploy’s total funding to $31 million. DRONELIFE spoke with DroneDeploy CEO Mike Winn and SVP of Marketing Darr Gerscovich about DroneDeploy’s explosive growth, …

Consumer drones have been stuck in a holding pattern for a while now. They are either toys or sophisticated flying cameras that take a bit of skill to master. The latter market, largely dominated by DJI, has seen little change in its fundamental form factor – a four (or six) …

Amazon’s secret drone test site has been found – and photographed – by a journalist for Business Insider, after both Amazon and UK government officials refused to disclose its location. Amazon announced last month that after months of struggling with the FAA it would open testing for its PrimeAir delivery …

In recent weeks the world has been subjected to another wave of viral nostalgia. Pokemon Go has well and truly brought the old series back into the mainstream, and the craze doesn’t look like ending anytime soon. Which makes us wonder whether retro gaming does have a future, at least …

Japan plans to use drone delivery to serve “depopulated areas” by 2018, and to offer drone delivery in Tokyo by the time the 2020 Olympic games are held there, the Japan Times reports. A source from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration says that the Japanese government is working quickly to …