A security officer stands outside a building of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) during its grand opening in Shanghai November 22, 2001. — Reuters pic HONG KONG, Dec 20 — China’s biggest chipmaker SMIC said today that being put on a US trade blacklist would pose a significant adverse impact …

Until we get to the point where everyone uses jetpacks, flying a drone is the closest most of us will get to personal flight. Though exorbitant prices once made them exclusive to Hollywood productions, the technology behind drone components — specifically cameras, wireless networking gear and lithium-ion batteries — has evolved in recent …

The United States added dozens of Chinese companies, including the country’s top chipmaker SMIC and Chinese drone manufacturer SZ DJI Technology, to a trade blacklist on Friday as U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration ratchets up tensions with China in his final weeks in office. Reuters first reported the addition of …

Medusasami, CC BY-SA 4.0 The drone industry is aware that a functioning Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) system is necessary to integrate drones into the airspace.  Beyond UTM, however, there is significant potential for supplemental services that come out of a UTM framework, services that would offer benefits to a wide …

Photo: Raul Marrero/Gizmodo The U.S. Commerce Department on Friday added drone maker DJI to its “Entity List,” effectively banning U.S. companies from doing business with the China-based firm. The addition of DJI to the Entity List, first reported by Reuters, marks a last-minute acceleration in the Trump administration’s crackdown on …

The U.S. Department of Commerce has blacklisted DJI.  The world’s largest drone manufacturer has been added to the agency’s “Entity” list along with 76 other companies, including other Chinese technology companies and research institutions. As tensions between the U.S. and China increase, DJI has struggled against fears about the security …

Autonomous drone developer Percepto this week announced three regulatory milestones—completing the certifications and a test flight phase that take the Israeli company a step closer to FAA Certification, countrywide EVLOS in Australia and BLOS in Norway. “The completion of the D&R testing phase is a major achievement in the Type Certification …

Drones manufactured in the U.S. are gaining traction – and a new partnership between U.S. manufacturer Skydio and Arris, a leader in advanced manufacturing of high-performance products, could help to revolutionize drone design and manufacturing. Skydio and Arris “have redefined airframe design leveraging Additive Molding™, Arris’s breakthrough carbon fiber manufacturing technology,” …

Skydio autonomous drones stand out because of their ease of use.  Now, Skydio is making it even easier with the Autonomy Enterprise Foundation (AEF) for Skydio 2™, and a new training program for certified Skydio pilots. Skydio Autonomy Enterprise Foundation (AEF) is a broad set of advanced AI-pilot assistance capabilities, controlled …

Royal Mail drone delivery for parcels will soon be available on the Isle of Mull, where a local postman says that the walk to the front door alone can be 30 minutes. In a country-wide first for the U.K., Royal Mail has partnered with a consortium of drone companies: DronePrep, …