U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced new additions and changes to the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Drone Advisory Committee membership.  New members include representatives from U.S. manufacturer Skydio and Amazon Prime, as well as individual drone operator Vic Moss and President CEO of the Drone Services Providers Alliance, Kenji Sugahara. …

January 6, 2021 By Veronica Hanks in Business Marketing Thousands of new companies pop up each week from motivated people who have a unique idea and the ambition to bring it to life. Many of these companies make it big, however, most of them fail in the initial 5 years. …

Following the publication of the final rule on remote identification for drones last week, the industry has voiced opinions both for and against the concept of Remote ID as well as the actual rule.  DRONELIFE is honored to publish this joint op-ed from two of the industry’s leading voices: AUVSI …

TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, January 5, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ — This outstanding conference brings together the key experts and critical organizations that will shape the development of future Unmanned Aircraft systems. The creation and development of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has provided a valuable opportunity to develop tasks such as search …

The final rule was published last week, and the elimination of the network requirement for Remote ID has been both lauded and criticized.  Drone industry thought leader and Kittyhawk CEO Jonathan Hegranes has written a thoughtful response to the new rule. Kittyhawk has also published a ​whitepaper​ on Remote ID, providing …

Global Drone Package Delivery Market 2020 Key Players Analysis, Segmentation, Growth, Future Trend, Gross Margin, Demand and Forecast by 2025 Jan 04, 2021 (CDN Newswire via Comtex) — The recently distributed report entitled Global Drone Package Delivery Market Growth (Status and Outlook) 2020-2025 is well crafted using a combo of …

Hu Nhu, CC BY-SA 4.0  Pea Ridge, AR, is a beautiful little town renowned for lovely scenery and Civil War history.  If local Planning Commissioners approve tomorrow, Pea Ridge will also be the site of a Walmart drone delivery hub. The Walmart drone delivery hub will be the site of …

City of Birmingham introduce drone that could sanitize stadiums for games City leaders are currently exploring ways in which the Park Board could deploy this state-of-the-art equipment in sanitizing Legion Field and other recreational facilities across the City in the fight against COVID-19. Updated: 5:25 PM CST Jan 4, 2021 …

A strategic partnership between P3 Tech Consulting and Five-Alpha will combine expertise to address issues in the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) market. The partners will form a team that  combines P3 Tech Consulting‘s expertise in tech law, regulation, policy and plans with Five-Alpha’s industry leadership in infrastructure standards, regulations, and code …

If you got – or gave – a drone this holiday season, there are important rules for new drone flyers to be aware of and follow.  We asked an FAA representative to point out the top 10 items new flyers need to be aware of. Part of an occasional series, …