By Sean Lin, CNA staff writer From battlegrounds in Ukraine to Taiwan’s offshore military outposts, drones have become synonymous with 21st century warfare, and their stealth, maneuverability, and relatively low cost suggest they could play an even greater role in the future. Ukraine has demonstrated their effectiveness in asymmetric warfare …

This opinion column was submitted by Michael Bustamante, president and founder of the Latino Consumer Federation When people think about Nevada and our economy, they immediately turn to gaming and the hospitality industry. Technological innovation is just as important for our economic future. From Tesla’s Nevada based Gigafactory, one of the largest …

Matternet M2 Drone Delivery System First to Achieve FAA Type Certification The drone industry learned of Matternet’s type certification in a surprise announcement by David Boulter, FAA Associate Administrator (Acting) Aviation Safety, during the Commercial UAV Expo Keynotes earlier this week.  The type certification is the first of it’s kind …

Read or listen to all of the headlines in one place: excerpts from the DRONELIFE drone news of the week, September 9.  Click on the titles below for the full story. Continue reading below, or listen: Zipline and E-Commerce Platform Jumia Begin Retail Drone Delivery in Africa Africa led the …

Madrid, 8 September, 2022. – Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) have already demonstrated the huge potential this technology has to enhance maritime awareness and to set-up a multi-purpose maritime surveillance operation. Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) can provide great support for coast guard missions, including: maritime safety and security, fisheries control …

September 8, 2022 (Grand Forks)—The autonomous ecosystem in North Dakota is excited to announce the formation of the North Dakota Unmanned Autonomous Systems Council (NDUASC), a 501(c)(6) non-profit organization whose mission is to promote and advocate for the UAS industry in North Dakota and to provide ongoing opportunities for networking, …

Flyability funding got a major boost this week as the company celebrated a  15 million Swiss Franc (CHF) Series C funding round, augmenting their previous CHF 7 million.   (CHF 22 million is currently about $22, 645,000 USD.)  The companies unique Elios 3 collision safe platform for indoor inspection was …

By Red Cat Holdings, Inc. | September 08, 2022 DETROIT, Sept. 8, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Red Cat Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: RCAT) (“Red Cat” or “Company”), a hardware-enabled software provider to the drone industry, reports that subsidiary company Skypersonic demonstrated its Skypcopter drone for a VIP audience at an aerospace reception hosted by the Consulate of …

Air6, Consortiq, Wonder Robotics win “Pitch the Press” at Commercial UAV Expo 2022 It’s always a favorite event: Pitch the Press at Commercial UAV Expo, where new companies get only 2 minutes to impress a panel of journalists, who choose the most innovative and interesting products.  This year I was …

RA’ANANA, Israel, MCLEAN, Va., and CENTENNIAL, Colo., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — D-Fend Solutions, the leader in radio frequency (RF), cyber-based, counter-drone takeover technology, and Liteye Systems, a technology provider and integrator of C-UAS systems, today announced a system integration between EnforceAir and SHIELD for a Multi-Domain Defense System called SHIELD-Cyber. This …