A drone to spray the breeding grounds of malaria-carrying mosquitoes is tested at Cheju paddy farms in Zanzibar, Tanzania. [AP] You can now fly your drone without having to employ aggressive methods of watching your back. That is if, you obtain a licence to be a remote pilot. Drones mostly …

The Canadian government has been selling sensitive drone technology to Turkey last year, which was used by Azerbaijan in its 2020 conflict with Armenia, Ricochet reported. Internal government documents revealed that the Trudeau government exported the Wescam optics for drones to Turkey in coordination with a defense lobbyist with connections …

Source: Dronehub Polish autonomous drone startup Dronehub is teaming up with European property monitoring company RCS Engineering to develop a security system that marries security-detection and drone tech. With the new integration, RCS’s breach detection software would trigger autonomous drones to respond to property invasion incidents, reducing the cost of …

Last night, Dawn Zoldi interviewed Plaintiff Tyler Brennan and Atty Jonathan Rupprecht in their first interview since filing “RaceDayQuads.com v. Federal Aviation Administration,” the first Remote ID lawsuit challenging the newly published rule. Dotting I’s and Crossing T’s – The FAA Remote ID Lawsuit By: Dawn M.K. Zoldi, Guest Contributor  BREAKING NEWS! …

Camille Sauers for MySA March 18, 2021Updated: March 18, 2021 11:16 a.m. 1of3 L-R: Nicole Webb, St. Mary’s University Engineering Technician in the Drone Lab; Dante Tezza, Assistant Professor of Computer/Software Engineering; Baptiste Pousset, Electrical Engineering senior; and Kimberly Tse, Computer Engineering senior, showcase the variety of drones available for students …

Wing CTO Adam Woodworth is one of the most influential aviation experts in the drone industry today – but very few people would recognize him.  In a rare public appearance at this year’s SxSW conference, Woodworth talks about developing an aircraft that will allow millions of people to experience drone delivery …

Initially earmarked for covert military operations, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones have since gained tremendous popularity, which has broadened the scope of their use. In fact, “remote pilot” drones have been largely replaced by “autonomous” drones for applications in various fields. One such application is their usage in …

Here at DRONELIFE, St. Patrick’s Day is a company holiday on other years: our CEO holds an Irish passport, and our home town of Boston usually celebrates Evacuation Day (look it up) as a reason to take the day off.  This year is different – but the St. Patrick’s Day …

(A DRONELIFE Editorial.) A recent headline from the Brookings Institute is a stunning example of the drone industry’s public perception problem. Death from above: How criminal organizations’ use of drones threatens Americans is actually an article about the growing opioid crisis: but the authors places the blame for our current problems first on COVID, …

Texas lawmen team up with Austin-based drone software company By DRONELIFE Staff Writer Jim Magill Picture a search and rescue mission in which a hiker is lost in a remote brush-covered region of West Texas. The state’s premier law enforcement agency, the Department of Public Safety, launches several drones to …