Israel’s Percepto has scored a major win in Florida.  Florida Power and Light (FPL) will deploy Percepto’s Sparrow drones in hurricane response, after Percepto’s drone-in-a-box solution passed level 5 hurricane testing at the Florida International University Wall of Wind.  “The box can withstand winds of up to 150mph making it …

European drone maker Parrot is partnering with global cybersecurity firm WISeKey to enhance digital security for Parrot’s ANAFI UAV product line. WISeKey’s VaultIC4xx tech will integrate into Parrot’s inflight control systems and infrastructure to boost security of drone flights and recorded data for professional users. The tech will help prove the …

Unmanned Systems DIU issues $13 million in drone contracts to fight COVID By Lauren C. Williams Jul 15, 2020 The Defense Department’s innovation arm has issued $13.4 million in small-drone support contracts under the Defense Production Act. The Defense Innovation Unit used CARES Act funds to award five companies …

Drone technology could be the key to stopping locusts threatening food security, should the insects become a problem in Western Australia. In recent months, locust infestations have emerged in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Somalia, India, Pakistan, Iran, Yemen, Oman and Saudi Arabia. While there has been a small build-up in New …

Image: Josh Sorenson, Pexels Whether you are thinking about getting your Part 107 or already hold your license, you may be wondering where drone operators work.  That’s the question we asked our readers in this week’s DRONELIFE Minute Survey. There are a lot of very significant drone business surveys, and a …

Despite the current COVID crisis, there has been a lot of good news from the drone industry lately – and one is that LAANC use is accelerating.  This piece of positive data comes from drone operations platform Kittyhawk, developers of the FAA’s first mobile app, B4UFly.  In a blog post, …

In 2018, Silicon Valley, like Hamlet’s engineer, was hoist with its own petard. Citizens were panicking about data privacy, researchers were sounding alarms about artificial intelligence, and even industry stakeholders rebelled against app addiction. Policymakers, meanwhile, seemed to take a renewed interest in breaking up big tech, as a string …

Matternet’s M2 Drone System Enabling New U.S. Hospital Delivery Network at Wake Forest Baptist Health Matternet and UPS have expanded their ground-breaking hospital delivery network, adding North Carolina’s Wake Forest Baptist Health medical campus to their operations. Matternet’s M2 drone system is enabling the new hospital delivery network, in collaboration with …

Every time we write about them, someone wants to know: Are passenger drones real?  The answer is yes – not only do they exist, but they’re being used successfully. Autonomous aerial vehicles (AAV) are not a topic of future science fiction: they are in use today.  EHang, the world’s leading …

Two drone compliance software companies have joined forces to make U.S.-Canadian cross-border operations easier.  U.S.-based drone compliance solution DroneLogbook and AirMarket, Canada’s commercial compliance and airspace management solution, have released a new, integrated platform so that companies operating in both countries can utilize a single compliance solution. The joint solution  – …