Fireworks can be dangerous in the summer months, when fire danger is especially high. CASTLE PINES, Colo. — The Fourth of July and fireworks usually go together.  But as Colorado’s summers see more and more days with high fire danger, cities across the state are turning to an alternative to …

While China continues its aggressive posturing against the island state of Taiwan, the latter is focused on bolstering its military capability. In a technological breakthrough, its indigenously developed drone ‘Teng Yun 2’, pitched as Taiwan’s MQ-9 Reaper UAV and looking quite similar to the US counterpart, has achieved a new …

India’s dreams of seeing its indigenous Ghatak (Lethal) Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) and fifth-gen AMCA fighter jet have come closer with the inaugural flight of the Autonomous Flying Wing Technology Demonstrator (AFW-TD) on Friday. India’s Defense Research & Development Organization (DRDO) announced on Friday that the exercise was carried …

The early weeks of the war in Ukraine were dominated by social media posts showing Russian tanks decimated by small, cheap drones that helped level the playing field and largely negated Moscow’s massive advantage in manpower and equipment. Drones, military analysts said, were a key reason Kyiv was able to …

An Airbus’ Zephyr S solar-powered, very-high-altitude unmanned aircraft is in the midst of a long-duration test flight and has already been aloft for 17 days so far. The drone, sometimes described as a pseudo-satellite in terms of potential capabilities, took off from the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona …

SimActive and Phase One IIQ Announce Integration in Correlator 3D Version 9.2  SimActive Inc.’s Correlator 3D photogrammetry software is designed for large mapping projects.  Phase One, a pioneer of digital imaging sensors and airborne systems, are a leading tool for data capture.  Now, SimActive and Phase One have partnered on …

Everdrone Expands Life Saving Drone System to Denmark by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Everdrone is expanding its life saving drone services to Denmark following its successful implementation within Sweden. Continue reading below, or listen: Everdrone’s emergency medical drones transport cardiac defibrillator equipment to the scene of cardiac emergencies. …

NASA Partners with DRONERESPONDERS by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M Crosby NASA has announced the formation of a partnership with DRONERESPONDERS for the research and development of automated safety processes and procedures that will allow for highly automated aviation response in the national airspace. Continue reading below, or listen: DRONERESPONDERS …

Censys Sentaero BVLOS Fixed Wing Read or listen to all of the headlines in one place: excerpts from the DRONELIFE drone news of the week, July 1.  Click on the links below to read or listen to each story in full. Continue reading below, or listen: UScellular, Ericsson Use Drone …

The international cooperation agreement was signed at ESA’s offices in Paris by Louis Bakienon, Director of the ASECNA SBAS Program, and Josef Aschbacher, ESA Director General. European technology that allows satellite navigation signals to safely guide aircraft down for landing in the majority of Europe’s airports will now also be …