General Electric Co. is pictured on the Global Operations Center in San Pedro Garza Garcia – REUTERS/Daniel Becerril Reuters is reporting this morning that General Electric is testing autonomous drones to examine refineries, factories and railroads. The checks are a primary step in exploring the chance to seize a slice …

There’s a primary for the whole lot within the rising world of all issues UAV. Today we’ve found what appears to be the primary mixture of drone and flying insect. Although drones are based mostly on the identical legal guidelines of movement and dynamics that govern the pure world, Draper’s modified …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. ― On any given Saturday morning, Calla Hales is confronted with lots of of protesters outdoors the abortion clinic she runs. Members of assorted anti-abortion rights teams flock to A Preferred Women’s Health Center to evangelise, pray, and disgrace ladies who’re making an attempt to entry their federally …

The Drone Racing League (DRL) right now introduced key multi-year, worldwide companions and sponsors forward of its 2017 race season. In February, DRL launched Allianz because the title sponsor of DRL’s elite race circuit, leveraging the insurance coverage model’s motor racing sponsorship heritage to convey the “Sport of the Future” …

French industrial drone producer Delair-Tech has efficiently accomplished a BVLOS flight of 30 miles by way of 3G cell community. Electricity transmission firm RTE and Delair-Tech set a brand new distance file this morning once they flew a civilian drone 30 miles (50 kilometers).  Officially, the flight’s mission was to examine …

By Mike Winn, CEO and co-founder, DroneDeploy — DJI is at the moment successful the drone wars. Not solely have they captured the lion’s share of the market, however in only one 12 months they’ve additionally managed to launch a whole product line —from client to enterprise— the place different …

Kittyhawk, the drone administration platform for lovers and business pilots, has introduced the mixing of FAA sectional charts into its Flight Deck app and Web Dashboard to current Plus, Commercial and Enterprise subscribers. They rolled the brand new function out in response to overwhelming buyer demand.   ​The new function …

Amazon‘s drone delivery project has resulted in the filing of dozens of patents.  We’ve seen concepts for drones hitching rides on vans, a “welcome mat” fashion touchdown pad, folding wing designs, and even flying warehouses.   A brand new patent utility, filed in February however revealed yesterday, describes a plan for …

Florian Fischer has gained the “Dronie” award on the New York City Drone Film Festival for 3 years in a row. And it’s no surprise. His work elevates the dronie from a easy selfie shot by way of drone to one thing that’s each creative and technically spectacular. This yr …

A well known Japanese investor has began a $9M fund to encourage drone startups in Japan. Japanese information supply The Bridge stories that investor Kotaro Chiba joined Kamakura Investment Management to determine the 1 billion yen (about $9M US) DroneFund.  Chiba, a co-founder of Japanese gaming and site companies platform Colopl, …