Cloud-based drone analytics provider Propeller has inked a deal with drone giant DJI in a new partnership that will marry the company’s mapping platforms with DJI’s Phantom 4 RTK drone. The Propeller PPK Solution integrates a software and hardware system that features photogrammetric model outputs in geodetic, projected, or local …

DroneShield Adds Key U.S. Distribution Partners Sydney, Nov 1, 2018 AEST (ABN Newswire) – DroneShield Ltd (ASX:DRO) (OTCMKTS:DRSHF) (“DroneShield” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has added several key distribution partners for the United States market. – DroneShield adds key distribution partners in the United States, to …

A Euro-American research team has developed a micro-drone that can open doors to new possibilities – literally, not figuratively. The flying robot – dubbed FlyCroTug – is outfitted with a gripping apparatus. Two of the diminutive drones work together to pull objects – for example — lassoing a door handle …

You’ll have struggled to miss the explosive video and research publicized by the University of Dayton earlier this month. Unsurprisingly, the footage made headlines around the world, further justifying the usual media hysteria that rises any time a drone pilot flies too close to an airplane. At the time, DroneLife …

  Several years ago, Airware’s Jonathan Downey was one of the stars of the drone industry, speaking at conferences and sharing his company vision for drone data analytics.  Airware was a pioneer in the industry, among the first to talk about data instead of drones.  But earlier this month, Airware …

Red Hat sounds like a small, theatrical wardrobe agency near the heart of London’s theaterland in Soho. But in reality, it is a software company with its head in the clouds and its feet firmly on the ground. Earlier this week, the century-old technology giant IBM splashed out US$34 billion to …

DJI’s Airworks 2018 kicked off today in Dallas, and they’ve got a lot of news to share. You’ve got to hand it to DJI: whatever they do, they do it with style.  From their first conference 3 years ago in San Francisco, they’ve grown to be a major conference, with …

Israel’s Airobotics today announced it has raised a $30 million round of funding as the company continues to build out its U.S. operations. Founded in 2014, the company has developed a commercial pilotless drone that self-deploys and then returns to its base, where robotic arms handle chores like changing the …

Emmanuel Ezenwere is the founder of Arone, a Nigerian startup that is changing the personalised drone delivery system in Nigeria, particularly in the area of healthcare. Ezenwere conceived the idea for Arone once he visited Lagos and met Temie Giwa-Tubosun, the founder of Life Bank, a startup working to improve …

When the Lily project imploded in 2017, it was huge news that went well beyond the usual drone industry circles: $34m worth of pre-orders, 60,000 backers left with nothing but the vague promise of a refund; many of whom were left scarred from their first foray into the exciting world …