Current drone regulations prohibit flight over people except under very specific circumstances – a serious limitation for many drone applications, especially in populated areas.  Fargo, ND drone services and development company Botlink will now be able to explore the possibilities of flight over people, however.  Botlink has receved a nationwide …

Washington • A bill that Democratic and Republican senators introduced Thursday would ban the sale of advanced armed drones to any nation that is not a close U.S. ally, according to lawmakers and congressional aides. The proposed legislation is aimed at halting an effort by the Trump administration to bypass …

Japan’s global drone services powerhouse, Terra Drone, has invested in Dutch drone services company Skytools to create a major European drone hub in Rotterdam.  The new venture will include drone training facilities and a research and development center. Terra Drone Corporation provides commercial clients with end to end drone solutions, …

It’s a very exciting time for drone delivery: short distance tests of small package delivery are happening all over the world.  Residential drone delivery is a potential game changer for the retail industry, but cargo delivery drones offer a potentially more valuable and immediate solution for industry.  CA-based Volansi, experts …

Republican and Democratic senators introduced legislation on Thursday that would block international sales of United States-made drones to countries that are not close US allies, mentioning Saudi Arabia in particular. Reuters broke the news in June that President Donald Trump’s administration planned to reinterpret the Missile Technology Control Regime, a …

Drone sightings data is just that – it’s a sighting, not an accident.  Reporting rules, however, don’t differentiate between legal and unauthorized flights – and as legal commercial flights increase, that leaves a lot of question as to the connection between drone sightings and rogue or unauthorized drones. That’s just …

Source: Parrot European drone maker Parrot is expanding its partnership with swarm-drone light show producer Dronisos. The plan will develop new applications for drone flight automation leveraging Parrot’s  ANAFI UAV platform. Dronisos’ drone swarms deploy dancing drones and lights for a variety of clients, including Lancôme, Peugeot, FIFA and Oreo. “These shows …

DJI is clearly getting sick of the barrage of recent reports questioning their security; some of which don’t even bother to get the facts right.  The latest report from Synacktiv questions the DJI Pilot App security: but DJI has issued a statement pointing out the problems with a report written …

By Lalit Gupta & Nandita Pegu The Ministry of Civil Aviation recently notified the Draft UAS Rules 2020 and invited public comments on the proposed rules. This was necessitated due to increasing commercial and civilian use of drones in the country as also evidenced by current Covid-19 and anti-locust drone …

Drone Delivery Canada Sparrow Drone Drone Delivery Canada is partnering with the Georgina Island First Nation (GIFN) to provide delivery services to the Ontario community. Working with sales agent Air Canada and the Pontiac Group, DDC will launch a two-way delivery flight route to the First Nation’s mainland community using …