Imagine a system that operates as a mobile phone application and/or computer program, which displays a map of an area with restricted areas marked, and which also displays real time data on drones currently in the air. For authorities, it is a system that enables them to enforce flight safety …

Personnel Pentagon reassigns COVID policy response lead By Lauren C. Williams May 20, 2020 The Pentagon’s industrial policy chief, Jennifer Santos, who has been responsible for leading the Defense Department’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, has left her post. Scott Baum, the principal director for industrial policy, will now …

Albatross UAV in flight Albatross UAV in flight (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The military announced on Sunday (May 17) that in response to the January 2019 drone crash and other mechanical failures, its entire fleet of Albatross unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV, 銳鳶無人機) is to be upgraded. …

The DJI Mavic Pro The big headline over the last few days has been about the latest results in the ongoing DJI Autel lawsuit – an epic legal battle over intellectual property between two Chinese drone manufacturers that dates back to 2016 or before.   Last week, the Chief Adminstrative …

We’ve all been missing the opportunity to meet colleagues and mentors in person – but the free, online Unmanned Leadership Forum is your chance to meet 14 industry leaders and ask your questions. Today  at 1 pm EST on Facebook live The Unmanned Leadership Forum will have a 2-hour live, …

“These companies clearly see their moment to sweep out all that democratic engagement and have the same kind of power as their Chinese competitors” For a few fleeting moments during the New York governor Andrew Cuomo’s daily coronavirus briefing on Wednesday 6 May, the sombre grimace that has filled our …

Image Provided by the Centrum Search and rescue drones have been used for several years now, and are incredibly effective at finding missing persons.  Using thermal imagery, searches for missing persons can continue in the dark and under ever more challenging conditions. This new search and rescue drone solution covers …

Business is not as usual – but just how bad is the coronavirus effect on drone business?  In this DRONELIFE minute survey, we report what some DRONELIFE followers say. There are a lot of very significant drone business surveys, and a lot of very official forecasts for the drone industry.  The …

It’s against privacy rights and it gives governments unprecedented surveillance powers, right groups had argued. Paris: France’s highest administrative court ruled Monday that Paris authorities could no longer use aerial drones to track people flouting social-distancing rules in the coronavirus fight, handing a victory to rights groups who warned of …

WASHINGTON: The US Air Force on Sunday successfully launched its high-tech drone X-37B, placing the reusable vehicle into orbit for its sixth secretive mission in space. The drone, which resembles a smaller version of the manned space shuttles retired by the US space program in 2011, was launched from Cape …