TEL AVIV (Dispatches) — Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah is in possession of some 2,000 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) compared to 2006 when the group had less than 50, says an Israeli research center, warning that a “swarm” of such UAVs can severely damage the occupying regime’s defenses.In a report on …

A new policing system is being developed that will send autonomous drones equipped with shot-locating technology to the source of gunshots. “By analyzing the live video from its onboard camera, police officers can then gain a better sense of the situation they’re heading into,” reports New Atlas. From the report: …

DRL and Draganfly Create New STEM Program with Woz Ed and Robotify by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby The world’s leading drone racing property, the Drone Racing League (DRL), announced today an expansion of their DRL Academy STEM program in partnership with industry leader Draganfly, the leader in demand-driven …

What’s next for drone regulation in 2022?  A new report from Drone Industry Insights says the commercial industry can expect progress globally. DRONEII Editor Ed Alvarado writes that around the world, drone regulations – and the regulatory framework – are evolving rapidly.  “This is a very welcome development given that the …

Drying nature: SkyPixel 2017 SkyPixel and DJI Call for Entries for one of the biggest aerial photo and drone video contests around: the SkyPixel 7th Anniversary Aerial Photo & Video Contest.  Compete for prizes that total more than $97,000 USD – and the glory.  Find contest rules on SkyPixel here. …

https://sputniknews.com/20211221/not-tiktok-alone-us-china-sanctions-war–shifts-to-drone-manufacturers–big-data—report-1091683155.html Not TikTok Alone: US-China Sanctions War Shifts to Drone Manufacturers & Big Data – Report Not TikTok Alone: US-China Sanctions War Shifts to Drone Manufacturers & Big Data – Report As numerous critics in the US claim that Chinese drone manufacturers, such as SZ DJI Technology Co., are sending …

How Looser Federal Drone Regulations Could Help The Supply Chain Backlog The following is a guest post by Dan O’Toole, founder and CEO, DRONEDEK: creators of a drone delivery mailbox.  DRONELIFE neither accepts nor makes payment for guest posts. The global supply chain backlog is at best an inconvenience for holiday …

San Diego-based SkySafe, an airspace security and management technology company, has announced a $30 million Series B investment to accelerate growth. The Series B investment led by Kingfisher Investment Advisors “with participation from new investors Gaingels, and MIT alumni investment fund Castor Ventures. Previous investor Andreessen Horowitz, who led the seed …

Your post-mounted mailbox could one day be replaced by a temperature-controlled smart box capable of receiving medicine, groceries and parcels by drone. Why it matters: After the novelty of drone delivery wears off, people aren’t going to run out of their homes to greet the whirring machines as they lower …

A US warship fired at a drone that was terrorizing a Navy destroyer off the coast of California for weeks in 2019 after the Navy deployed special ‘ghostbuster’ teams to deal with them, new documents reveal.  The series of encounters with suspected UAVs, or unmanned aerial vehicles, in July 2019, …